My understanding is the political parties in Canada (using a base voter list provided to them by Elections Canada) have substantial unregulated databases on voters.
I used to get ones from the Tories a few years back, looks only (ignoring content) this is somehow tamer, those looked like Peter Popov mailers complete with the random fake pencil scrawls in the margins, highlighting and blue ink underlining.
I was aware of the information they have access to, and the information made available. It is troubling though that I have yet to find a direct answer on direct mail campaigning. At the very least it is a grey area being taken advantage of but I was sure it was against the law to be this direct and use that much information on a voter.
My understanding is the political parties in Canada (using a base voter list provided to them by Elections Canada) have substantial unregulated databases on voters.
Yeah that’s my understanding too.
I used to get ones from the Tories a few years back, looks only (ignoring content) this is somehow tamer, those looked like Peter Popov mailers complete with the random fake pencil scrawls in the margins, highlighting and blue ink underlining.
I was aware of the information they have access to, and the information made available. It is troubling though that I have yet to find a direct answer on direct mail campaigning. At the very least it is a grey area being taken advantage of but I was sure it was against the law to be this direct and use that much information on a voter.