PCs making false membership claims

RE: ELECTION ETHICS

Recently I received a call from the Progressive Conservative Party, asking me to update my membership. I asked him the source of his information and said I have never been a member. He quickly said OK and hung up. A friend in Toronto received a similar call, same party. From the privacy policy of the PC Party, I learned that Elections Canada provides a list of electors and the party collects other information from publicly available data. I felt the call I received was unwarranted and the tactic unfounded in truth. At a time of controversy and scrutiny about political party methods and messages, a call such as the one I received serves to provoke ill will toward that party. Janet Rush, Hamilton