Watchdogs issue warning over Bill C-25’s ‘light-touch’ approach to political party privacy rules

Self-regulation by political parties is insufficient to protect democratic integrity in the digital era, says former B.C. and U.K. commissioner Elizabeth Denham.

Government House Leader Steve MacKinnon says political parties are already the 'most regulated sector in Canada,' and that further restrictions on data collection on the doorstep would be harmful to a healthy democracy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

June 3, 2026

Current and former Canadian privacy and information commissioners are urging Senators to further fortify the Liberal government’s proposed electoral reform bill, and subject federal political parties to firmer privacy rules, independent oversight, and clearer limits on the...

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