Liberal caucus office hired firm that helps run party’s digital campaigns

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Data Sciences, a Montreal-based company, is owned by Tom Pitfield, a childhood friend of Mr. Trudeau who ran the Liberals’ digital operations in the 2015 and 2019 elections. He is expected to take on the same role in the next general election. Mr. Pitfield’s company is known for using algorithms to target and adjust digital advertising during elections.

Mr. Trudeau’s Open and Accountable Government policy urges his ministers to uphold “the highest standards of honesty and impartiality,” and says “both the performance of your official duties and the arrangement of your private affairs should bear the closest public scrutiny.” The policy adds that this is an “obligation that is not fully discharged by simply acting within the law.”

“This would not be dissimilar to specialized support for other technology and software that MPs’ offices use to assist and communicate with their constituents, much of which is also provided to MPs of all parties by outside experts or professionals,” Ms. Cotton said.In the House of Commons Question Period on Tuesday, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole criticized the Liberals for awarding taxpayer-funded contracts to Data Sciences, calling Mr. Pitfield the Prime Minister’s “lifetime” friend.

“We have a data-management system that is entirely separate from the functioning of political parties,” he said. “We followed all the rules that guide the separation of politics from constituents.”

My God. The Globe and Mail thinks this is front page news. Were the Liberals supposed to hire a Tory firm to handle this ultra-sensitive information

Corruption abounds!

curryb If you aren’t stealing from taxpayers, you aren’t liberalling very well. cdnpoli

Enough with the hackneyed cliche that there is no one to vote for: Reality is that with an atrophied national media overwhelmingly spotlighting The Trudeau Show, the O'Toole Conservatives are a very experienced and qualified government-in-waiting.

Another ethics breach? Still if no penalty why not.

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