Gimster that woman is doing something illegal. She is invading on your privacy when she is asking you to show a gas bill of yours

Your gas bill has personal information: your address, account number, etc. Your gas company is probably a major Canadian company (you live in Ottawa right. I used to live in Ontario.) By law, your gas company actually has to comply with federal and Ontario legislation on restricted access to your personal information and details about you as a customer. They cannot give information to other parties outside their company about your household unless you give written consent/inform you in advance.

There have been several court cases and tribunal hearings in Ontario and other provinces on violations.

Tell your hubby, don't be dumb. That woman is not a representative of the gas company at all. Forget about disclosing the info.


I manage the records management dept. for our organization...people in our role...must often advise our employers and other employees how to handle personal information collected from customers, contracts, hiring, etc. It is a real challenge where I am, 1/2 of the management team are not Canadians..so they are not familiar with Canadian law.