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"The Lawful Access Two-Headed Surveillance Monster: How Bill C-22 Went Off the Rails"
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/the-lawful-access-two-headed-surveillance-monster-how-bill-c-22-went-off-the-rails/
Any bill related to technology usually falls off the rails since politicians fundamentally do not understand the technology and I'm not convinced their tech advisers do either.
Those companies pulling out of Canada know that the internet would become a dangerous place if the gov was permitted to weaken encryption.
The rest of the world would be wise to put Canada into an information quarantine-silo to safeguard their own countries.
Any remote office worker, small business or satellite office, more than likely, uses one or more VPNs.
Weakening encryption is a recipe for diaster.
IMO we should be thinking about moving from 256 bit to 512 bit or 1024 bit encryption (which would take some time).
Threaten the safety/security of millions of Canadians just so the spooks/cops can play sneaky-peaky.
Madness!
The Lawful Access Two-Headed Surveillance Monster: How Bill C-22 Went Off the Rails - Michael Geist
The government’s plans for lawful access have gone off the rails. In recent days, Signal has warned it would pull out of the Canadian market rather than comply with Bill C-22. Windscribe, the Toronto-headquartered VPN provider, has said it would relocate its headquarters out of Canada and NordVPN has warned it would consider following suit. Apple and Meta have both raised public concerns about the bill’s effect on encryption and cybersecurity. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Cybersecurity Advisors Network, civil liberties groups, and a long line of legal and security experts have all called for changes. The chairs of the U.S. House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees have written to Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree warning that the bill threatens U.S. national security and the integrity of cross-border data flows. Even the bill’s own oversight body, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency, has told the SECU committee it does not have the access it needs for effective oversight. If the government thought it could push through the bill largely unnoticed, it has been proven painfully wrong as there are now trade frictions with the U.S., the prospect of leading companies exiting the Canadian market, and weaker cybersecurity protections for ordinary users. How did Canada’s lawful access plan go awry so quickly?
