Political parties should be subject to proper privacy regulation. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I 100% agree that amendments to criminalize non-consensual deepfakes are overdue, but this is a problem of the Minister's making This is what happens when you bundle a bunch of things into one Bill. www.ipolitics.ca/2026/06/04/f...

One (unsurprising) takeaway from this SECU hearing on Bill C-22 Lawful Access: RCMP Sergeants know a lot more about how things actually work than Superintendents. parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/P...

Glad to speak with MPs about #BillC22's many problems today; but good intentions are not enough, only massive amendments or striking Part 2 can save this bill and make it safe for rights in 🇨🇦. cheknews.ca/mps-get-an-e... #cdnpoli

The principal police lobby groups (Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, National Police Federation and Canadian Police Association) have something to say about Bill C-22 Lawful Access, and it's so full of crap that I hardly know where to start. www.cacp.ca/cgi/page.cgi...

It's worth noting as well, as the discussion about Bill C-22 continues to develop, that "lawful access" is not a Liberal invention. It has been proposed (and failed) a number of times under a number of governments: blog.privacylawyer.ca/2025/06/past...

Heritage Minister Marc Miller is ordering the CRTC to review its decision to make streaming giants pay 15% into a CanCon fund. "At a time when Canadians face cost-of-living pressure, now is not the time to make culture and entertainment more expensive." www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...

Lawful basis for web scraping to train Gen AI models:

Signal Calls Bill C-22 a Human Rights Violation and Tells Ottawa to Scrap It Signal told a parliamentary committee studying Bill C-22 on Tuesday that it will pull out of Canada before it ever builds surveillance into its app, and the testimony came amid growing chaos over how the government is…

It may be worth noting in connection with Bill C-22 Lawful Access, that the folks who sign production orders and warrants in many provinces don't have to be qualified to even apply to be a judge, let alone a lawyer.

This govt is jamming Bill C-22 Lawful Access through Parliament, undermining democratic fundamentals. Witnesses are being heard while the door has already closed for proposed amendments. Parliamentarians haven't been provdied with briefs from witnesses. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

It should be noted that police regularly seek "metadata" from telcos. In 2016, they got an order for the metadata of 30,000+ customers. The staggering scope of the demand was held to violate the Charter, even with a court order. canlii.ca/t/gmx3q

I fully expect these are the last witnesses at #SECU on Bill C-22 Lawful Access. Tune in: parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/P...

Sweeping powers, secret orders, the beginning of a surveillance state… What actually is the Liberals’ new lawful access legislation: Bill C 22?

FOI / ATI in Canada is broken. This sort of crap happens regardless of the political stripes of those in power.

Access-to-info request: PM Carney's meeting with cast/crew of 'Heated Rivalry' chock full of cabinet secrets and confidential advice. #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #broken

Tune in tomorrow as the #SECU committee has agreed to another hearing on Bill C-22 Lawful Access. Some great organizations to hear from. www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentView...

I first published this on March 14, 2026. In two and a half months of spin and disinformation by Public Safety and its Minister, none of this about Bill C-22 Lawful Access has been proven to be untrue. youtube.com/shorts/VPv3T...

Canada’s spy agency didn’t report potentially unlawful activity to feds: watchdog - National | Globalnews.ca share.google/BShnbAGOCWUc...

No official notice of the meeting has been posted yet, but I understand that the Canadian Bar Association has also been invited to testify on Tuesday. #SECU

BREAKING: We just learned we WILL get a chance to testify to #BillC22's many problems; tune in June 2 at 3:30 EST to SECU committee. The *only* reason this is happening is because so many of you have written your MP about #BillC22's problems; if you haven't sent a message yet, please do! #cdnpoli

At about 30 seconds in on this clip, the RCMP says the current geopolitical climate is a "tool that they need". WTF? That reads to me as the pretext they've found to advance this agenda.

I'd like to make this observation having watched all testimony on Bill C-22 Lawful Access at #SECU: I have been impressed by the un-uniformed public servants who really seem to take care that their testimony is not just spin or misinformation.

I'm getting the feeling that every Five Eyes meeting starts with standing in a circle, pulling out rulers and measuring relative <ahem> capabilities.

For my analog minded friends making sense of Bill C-22 Lawful Access: imagine if the government could secretly order all lock companies to make sure that every lock in Canada could be opened with a master key. The police can't use it except with a court order.

Again, at #SECU, more testimony about Bill C-22 Lawful Access from law enforcement that due diligence to convince a judge (on the current standard) to issue an order that would otherwise violate s 8 of the Charter takes time and effort. They'd rather not have to take that time or exert the effort.

Wow. The RCMP witness at #SECU just said encryption is the problem and Bill C-22 Lawful Access is the solution.

Starting soon. Buckle up for a lot of talk about what the government "intends", which bears little connection to what's actually written in Bill C-22 Lawful Access. parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/P...

Government ministers and MPs defending access to subscriber info and retention of metadata in Bill C-22 have recycled the same talking point: it's "just like the phone book." My post on why that’s a misleading, inaccurate claim the Supreme Court rejected.

Thanks to Facebook Memories for reminding me that I spent this week twelve years ago yelling at the internet about "lawful access". blog.privacylawyer.ca/search/label...

I lived in Romania shortly after the fall of the Iron Curtain. It was rumored that the Securitate could remotely activate the microphones of any phone to turn it into a listening device. That was chilling.

Let's see what these amendments to Bill C-22 Lawful Access look like. "Liberals to amend police data interception bill following searing criticism" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The #SECU posted a new meeting on Bill C-22 Lawful Access for this Thursday, including an hour with the Minister of Public Safety and three additional panels with DOJ, CSIS and law enforcement. www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentView...

Federal watchdog says lawful access bill poses privacy risks - The Globe and Mail www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

What I saw at today's #SECU meeting on Bill C-22 Lawful Access: (1) The main cheerleader of the lawful access (the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police) wants to bypass encryption, and they appreciate that the Bill will do this.

What an embarrassment at the Bill C-22 SECU hearing. Despite Liberal MPs admitting confusion, government is trying to rush the bill through. CPC MPs call for more meetings and ability to hear from officials before submitting amendments. Meeting runs out of time before decision is made.

The Peel Police Chief just said at #SECU "the last time there has been a substantial update to lawful access was prior to the development of Google." [1998] "We are hamstrung by outdated legislation. ... normally it begins with a production order." [Added to the Code in 2004, at police request.]

One thing seems really clear from the last hour of #SECU police testimony on Bill C-22 Lawful Access: It's largely a resource issue. Getting judicial authorizations using the current thresholds takes too much time and effort. They want shortcuts.

Thomas Carrique caps off his testimony about Bill C-22 Lawful Access with the tired "it's just phone book information" trope. Mr. Carrique, care to put your home address and phone number on the record? #SECU

This is amazing. Thomas Carrique of the CACP says he first raised the issue of lawful access in 1996 and NOTHING has progressed since then. Not sure if he's been paying attention, but general production orders were added to the Code in 2004.

The Mayor of Brampton tells the #SECU committee that the Peel Police can't get access to metadata like "tower dumps", so Bill C-22 Lawful Access is necessary. Reality suggests otherwise. blog.privacylawyer.ca/2016/01/towe...

Thomas Carrique of the OPP on behalf of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police demands access to encrypted communication under Bill C-22 Lawful Access. "Nerds: Math harder!" #SECU

OPP Commissioner, on behalf of the cop lobby group (Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police), seems to have forgotten about the existence of the Missing Persons Act of Ontario. #SECU www.ontario.ca/laws/statute...

Mayor of Brampton, paraphrased: "Without that pesky Charter, we could solve All The Crimes in one week!" #SECU

Interesting that the Privacy Commissioner notes that the secrecy provisions of Part 2 of Bill C-22 Lawful Access would make it unlawful for a service provider to disclose the cause of a data breach to his office if associated with a mandated "capability". #secu

Canada's signals intelligence agency, CSE, joins Public Safety in misleading spin about Bill C-22 Lawful Access. Part 2 of the bill does not "mandate" backdoors, but it authorizes the Minister to secretly order backdoors. www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Comm...

Chill your preferred beverage and get the popcorn ready: Four hours of witness testimony on Bill C-22 Lawful Access is about to start at 3:30 ET. Click on "Watch on ParlVU" to watch live or on demand. www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentView...

Conservatives look to limit government powers in Liberals' controversial lawful access bill - Parliamentary committee hearing from Bill C-22 champions and detractors on Tuesday www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The Information Technology Industry Council notes in their submission to the SECU Committee two very problematic provisions in Bill C-22 Lawful Access, which haven't gotten much attention in light of the Bill's other huge problems. www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Comm...

The Barreau du Québec's brief to the SECU Committee on Bill C-22 Lawful Access is an interesting read. It focuses exclusively on Part 1, and has this banger quote: www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Comm...