That's quite loony.
I certainly would not want my tax data shared with the political parties.
DSH
"Andrew Chaplin" <ab.chaplin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> The Canadian government captures data on our tax forms and uses them to
> maintain the voters' list, but they also pass those data on to the
> registered political parties. The parties use them to plan campaigns,
> recruit, and beg for money. The tax form allows one to opt out, but your
> name will consequently not appear on the voters' list. I opt out to
avoid
> compromising my non-partisan status at the House, so every election I
have
> to prove my right to vote with my pass****t and driver's licence.
