NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's office is apologizing after a staffer improperly used information from Election Canada's voter list to send Christmas cards to people's home addresses.
"This was an unintentional thing that happened that should not have happened," said Singh’s spokesperson George Soule. "We are sorry."
"That list has now been destroyed," Soule said. It remains unclear how many people on the Christmas mailing list had their private information accessed in this process, though it includes journalists who received these cards at their home addresses rather than to their offices, where it is common for MPs to send holiday cards to members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery.
Soule said the party has been in contact with Elections Canada and the Commissioner of Canada Elections' office, who is responsible for investigating potential violations and enforcing the Canada Elections Act. Myriam Croussette, a spokesperson for the commissioner, told CTV News in a statement that “there is no prohibition against the use of the list of electors by registered parties to send greeting cards to electors, including outside an election period. Sending holiday greeting cards is a manner of communicating with electors. In fact, it is a common practice for parties to distribute such material.”
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