DontSurveil.Me has put together a great explainer on Bill C-22.
Canadians need to pay attention.
Expanding surveillance powers, retaining metadata, and weakening encryption all threaten privacy, free expression, civil liberties, and digital rights.
If we care about privacy, digital rights, and a free society, now is the time to speak up, contact MPs, and push back before this becomes law.
Learn more: https://dontsurveil.me/c22.html
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From 2026-5-16: A good read.
"Canadian Privacy Clash: VPN Pioneer Windscribe and Signal Draw a Line Against Surveillance Bill"
https://www.webpronews.com/canadian-privacy-clash-vpn-pioneer-windscribe-and-signal-draw-a-line-against-surveillance-bill/
Windscribe has vowed to relocate its Toronto headquarters if Bill C-22 passes, joining Signal in rejecting mandates for metadata retention and technical access that would undermine no-logs policies and end-to-end encryption. The companies say compliance would destroy their services. Canadian officials call the concerns misplaced as the lawful access bill advances.
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From 2026-5-16
More push back from tech industry over Bill C22
"Bill C-22 Sparks International Alarm as Tech Giants and VPN Providers Warn Canada Risks Digital Flight"
https://www.streetinsider.com/Globe+Newswire/Yanik+Guillemette%3A+Bill+C-22+Sparks+International+Alarm+as+Tech+Giants+and+VPN+Providers+Warn+Canada+Risks+Digital+Flight/26508720.html
Quote: "The message from the global tech sector is becoming impossible to ignore: countries perceived as hostile to encryption and digital privacy will lose infrastructure, capital, talent, and strategic relevance."
Quote: "AI infrastructure, encrypted communications, financial technology, and cloud computing all depend on strong digital protections.
If Canada becomes associated with mandatory access regimes or systemic surveillance vulnerabilities, companies will simply deploy elsewhere.
The infrastructure of the future is mobile."
RE: https://techhub.social/@tnsaf/116592243158354321
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NordVPN is one of the largest and most popular VPNs in the world.
One by one it looks like all of the VPNs are considering pulling out of Canada if C22 passes.
Canada might have 20M users tops while those companies have so many more users world-wide.
Most of those people would drop any VPN provider that complied with C22.
It would be financial suicude for any company to risk that many customers just for Canada.
At the rate we are going there won't be one reliable VPN provider available to Canadians if C22 passes.
A Canadian internet without reliable VPNs would be like setting the clock back 40 years and likely might not be safe for anyone.
Might be the end of work from home forever.
If you are concerned then sign the petition at
https://action.openmedia.org/page/188754/action/1
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From 2026-5-15 (via Canadian Press)
"Major VPN provider says it could leave Canada over lawful access bill"
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/major-vpn-provider-says-it-could-leave-canada-over-lawful-access-bill/ar-AA23hIOK
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"[VPN] service NordVPN warned on Friday it could pull out of Canada over the [fed gov's] proposed lawful access bill.
NordVPN said in a social media post it is reviewing the bill and would consider leaving Canada if the bill requires it to compromise its privacy protections.
The company said if Bill C-22 passes 'and if we are subjected to mandatory obligations, there isn't a scenario in which we would compromise our no-logs architecture or encryption protections.'
'To prevent this, we will consider all viable options, including limiting or, if necessary, removing our presence from Canadian jurisdiction,' NordVPN said in a post on X."
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On this pride day, let’s remember that if bill C-22 was a thing back then, then the government would have crushed the lgbt right movement cause it would have known all about who is gay and who is organizing riots.
We need privacy for civil rights, bill C-22 threatens that. Sometimes people have things to hide that are legitimate and it’s best that they can still hide it.
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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 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?
RE: https://mastodon.social/@3CatInfo/116583568120523003
I would like to point out - these are the people who will be empowered by #BillC22 to spy on #Canadians without checks:
"**Three #Canadian #police arrested for sexual assault in a cab in Barcelona** Two of the arrested were tourists to the city, are being investigated for sexual assault and injury."
They picked up a prostitute, started to sexually assault her, hit her in the face causing injuries requiring stitches. One tried to flee the country.
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