FILE ON COLIN BENNETTPerson

Colin Bennett

Pass 5 becomes a collaborative investigation if two or more priority-list researchers respond substantively1.

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Pass 5 becomes a collaborative investigation if two or more priority-list researchers respond substantively

PASS 4 — The Researchers, The Natural Experiments, and the T
“If two or more of the priority-list researchers (Daoust, Bennett, Stephenson, Fournier, Kennedy) respond substantively, Pass 5 becomes a *collaborative* investigation rather than a solo forensic one.”
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These are things people say about Colin Bennett that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.

Disputed
"Canadian political parties operate the largest unregulated voter-data infrastructure in the Western democratic world"
Asserted by Colin Bennett · stance: pro
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
PASS 4 — The Researchers, The Natural Experiments, and the T ↗
Disputed
"The publishable angle here is not "Cambridge Analytica in Canada" — it is "Canada has refused to regulate political parties as data processors, and Mark Carney's Liberal Party operates a voter-data infrastructure of unknown scope while exempt from PIPEDA.""
Asserted by Colin Bennett · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
PASS 4 — The Researchers, The Natural Experiments, and the T ↗
Undated
PROC testimony