Michael Geist has already pointed out the privacy implications of Stephen Harper's reprisal of the Rosh Hashanah mailout which caused so much controversy last year. But in the midst of a federal election campaign, there's another issue which may be even more important: namely, how the latest card mailout fits into Canada's campaign financing rules.
After all, the message seems to have been timed to put Harper's name and face in front of voters during the course of a federal election called at a time of his choosing. So if anybody but Harper or the Cons is footing the bill - or if the Cons are trying to keep the mailout off the election books by pretending it's not related to the campaign - then this may be just the first sign that Conadscam was just the beginning of Harper's contempt for Canada's election laws.
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