@chimpchomp
I recommend following
if you do not already.
Possible time line suggested in
https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/bill-c-22-second-reading-update-april-20-2026
and
In 2012 Bill C30 was silimar in snooping nastiness but PMSH withdrew it after much public push-back.
Bill C8 is working through the Senate.
What happens with C8 might indicate how likely the Libs are to ram the bill through the process.
There are many concerns with C8 as well.

On April 20, 2026, the House of Commons passed Bill C-22 β the Lawful Access Act, 2026 β at second reading. The bill is now at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, the last stage where substantial amendments are realistic before the Liberal majority votes it through. The bill mandates one year of metadata retention by "core providers," authorizes the Public Safety Minister to issue secret capability orders to electronic service providers, and lowers the police access threshold for subscriber information from "reasonable grounds to believe" to "reasonable grounds to suspect." Opposition is from a wide coalition: academic privacy law, civil-society groups, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, technology firms including Meta and Apple, and the Department of Justice's own Charter statement, which is silent on the metadata-retention question. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has no statutory oversight role under the bill as drafted.