An elections watchdog investigator showed up with police to the April 29 launch of David Parker's Centurion Project to follow up on a cease-and-desist letter.
Great reporting, Jeremy. Since “only official political parties, MLAs, constituency associations and candidates are permitted to obtain the list, which includes voters’ names, addresses, phone numbers and voter registration numbers” it’s not difficult to determine who gave them the list.
Knowing that political parties are one of the permitted organizations to access the voters list but are also completely exempted from privacy regulation (even security measures), I think this underlines the need for parties to be regulated with regard to the (extensive) personal information they can access, collect and compile. BC political parties are subject to BC PIPA already. If Minister Glubish is serious when he says he wants Alberta to be a leader in privacy protection, he would address this gap when amendments to Alberta PIPA are put forward.
This is how they conceive of “accountability”? OMG:
He recalled that during the 2023 election campaign, he urged supporters to find 10 people to vote UCP, but had no means of verifying that anyone had actually done that.
“Now we have a way of accountability,” he added, implying some sort of surveillance mechanism before emphasizing that the identities of voters that each participant has claimed are anonymized.
Great reporting, Jeremy. Since “only official political parties, MLAs, constituency associations and candidates are permitted to obtain the list, which includes voters’ names, addresses, phone numbers and voter registration numbers” it’s not difficult to determine who gave them the list.
I’ve got a followup I’m working on for Canada’s National Observer that might provide a clue
Knowing that political parties are one of the permitted organizations to access the voters list but are also completely exempted from privacy regulation (even security measures), I think this underlines the need for parties to be regulated with regard to the (extensive) personal information they can access, collect and compile. BC political parties are subject to BC PIPA already. If Minister Glubish is serious when he says he wants Alberta to be a leader in privacy protection, he would address this gap when amendments to Alberta PIPA are put forward.
This part made me laugh out loud.
"He claimed that Alberta’s treatment within Canada is “worse than the slavery they wrote about in Exodus.”
At this point, a member of the audience who appeared otherwise sympathetic shouted, “can you cut the bible belt crap?”
“Buddy, I’m speaking, you’re not speaking. Sit down,” said Parker to applause."
I really want to hear the audio to this!
You beat me to it. The Bible Belt line slays.
This is how they conceive of “accountability”? OMG:
He recalled that during the 2023 election campaign, he urged supporters to find 10 people to vote UCP, but had no means of verifying that anyone had actually done that.
“Now we have a way of accountability,” he added, implying some sort of surveillance mechanism before emphasizing that the identities of voters that each participant has claimed are anonymized.