Political parties can call whomever they want. They are exempt from DNC . So are riding associations.

This is not about "do not call". It is against the law in Canada to contact anyone by automatic means (dialers, SMS) who whom you cannot prove was inviting your call. The issue is not the fact that OP was "contacted" but "how" - "Erin" did not personally text a bunch of people one at a time. "Erin" is most likely the name of an "electronic list" or "database" of numbers in one area taken from the recent CENSUS.

These are "exempt" telemarketers soliciting for votes or polling, but they must still comply with the statutory law found here:
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/trules-reglest.htm

The aspect I mentioned is in Part IV: Automatic Dialing-Announcing Device (ADAD) Rules
2. A telemarketer shall not initiate, and a client of a telemarketer shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that the telemarketer does not initiate, a telemarketing telecommunication via an ADAD unless express consent has been provided by the consumer to receive a telemarketing telecommunication via an ADAD from that telemarketer or the client of that telemarketer.

and

Part V: Express Consent 2. The onus is on the telemarketer and, where applicable, the client of the telemarketer to demonstrate that valid express consent was given by the consumer.

Political parties can call whomever they want. They are exempt from DNC . So are riding associations.

This is not about "do not call". It is against the law in Canada to contact anyone by automatic means (dialers, SMS) who whom you cannot prove was inviting your call. The issue is not the fact that OP was "contacted" but "how" - "Erin" did not personally text a bunch of people one at a time. "Erin" is most likely the name of an "electronic list" or "database" of numbers in one area taken from the recent CENSUS.