@journodale.bsky.social:
And yet political parties, federal and provincial, refuse to put proper safeguards and enforcement in legislation around those voter lists.
I learned that in Danielle Smith’s disgusting Wildrose days, constant harassment to my unlisted phone number, the fuckers demanding money, and my vote. No other party harassed me like the Wildrose did, until American Cam Fucking Davies and his shit Republican Party. I called the Wildrose often, demanding they stop harassing me. They never did until Smith fucked her party and crossed the floor. As if the vile hate-filled religious fucks will ever get my vote. Never will I fucking vote for Nazis. Never.
@matthewblack.ca:
One of 400+ messages received by OIPC re: voter list leak:
“Knowing that personal information tied to our household could now potentially be accessed, shared, or misused is honestly terrifying”
Info commish is calling for tougher rules for political parties
‘Worst breach in Canadian history’: Privacy watchdog cites Alberta voter list leak concerns in renewed call for oversight, Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod said her office has received over 400 emails and calls from Albertans expressing fears about their safety by Matthew Black, Jun 03, 2026, Calgary Herald
Alberta information and privacy commissioner Diane McLeod is renewing her call for stronger privacy laws governing political parties after a leaked provincial voters list prompted hundreds of complaints to her office.
McLeod said her office has received more than 400 emails and calls from Albertans expressing fears about their safety after a version of the list provided to the Republican Party of Alberta was published by another separatist group, the Centurion Project, which is led by Take Back Alberta founder David Parker. The list includes the full names, addresses, postal codes, phone numbers and unique elector-identified numbers.
Her office released a sample of that correspondence in a news release Wednesday.
“My personal information should never have ended up exposed like this, and I do not think the government fully understands how unsafe this makes some families feel,” reads one such comment.
“Knowing that personal information tied to our household could now potentially be accessed, shared, or misused is honestly terrifying,” reads another.
“Albertans trusted political organizations to protect this information. That trust has been seriously damaged.”
Elections Alberta provides the list to political parties, MLAs, and constituency associations for their use in identifying and contacting voters, though it is not to be shared with third parties.
McLeod’s office and the RCMP are both investigating the leak, which she referred to Wednesday as “the worst breach in Canadian history involving voter data.” She also noted that her office has for decades called for amendments to Alberta’s privacy legislation to cover political parties.
“If a political party or other political actors collect, use or disclose personal information for political activities, they have a responsibility to respect privacy rights and be held accountable to uphold these rights,” McLeod stated in Wednesday’s release.
“We know that many Albertans are angry and extremely frustrated about what has happened.”
McLeod acknowledged the uniqueness of political parties and their activities, but said privacy laws need to be updated to protect the public’s personal details.
“Canadians’ privacy should be protected to a common, acceptable level when it comes to political party activities, no matter where they are being carried out or by whom. This will serve to instill confidence in voters that their personal information will be managed responsibly.”
The province last overhauled its privacy legislation last June.
‘Albertans’ personal information is taken very seriously’: UCP
In a statement, the office of Justice Minister Mickey Amery said it would wait for the results of the investigations into the leak before commenting further.
“The protection of Albertans’ personal information is taken very seriously by our government, and those responsible should be held accountable under the law.”
McLeod also referenced an Ipsos poll published Wednesday showing support for stronger safeguards on how parties use, share, and retain voter information.
The poll, commissioned by the B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, surveyed 801 Albertans and found that 84 per cent believe political parties should be subject to the same private-sector privacy laws as other organizations.
“Many have expressed a loss of confidence in the ability of political parties to protect their personal information,” McLeod wrote.
Ipsos says the poll is accurate to within plus or minus 4.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.