This is believed to be an invasion of privacy and municipal politicians affiliated with or in support of either the federal or provincial NDP parties should not have access to either party's voter contact information. In other words, support for a party does not equate to an open invitation for party affiliated municipal politicians seeking election or re-election to access private information.
Barra's original post was written as follows:
My response to Barra was as follows:NDP candidates make a practice of using NDP membership lists for phoning and mailing. I contacted the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner to complain about this practice. As a party member I provide my personal info for matters related to the provincial and federal parties - not for municipal campaigning. Under the Act, this would be considered a purpose that is inconsistent with the Act. I pursued a complaint for a while, spoke to a party official who agreed that the practice is inappropriate, but didn't take it any farther. Now its happening again - just got a mailer from Dean's campaign.
This thread was started from posts originally created in the NDP "machine" in Victoria thread.Thanks, Barra.
So to confirm, Dean Fortin and pro-NDP candidates on council using this list to obtain your contact information is a violation of your privacy or would it just be an inappropriate but tolerable practice?