Jun 1, 2026 · 29 min · 12 segments
Over the past week, the concerns over Bill C-22, the government’s lawful access bill, continued to mount. Many companies, notably including Apple, Google, Meta, Signal, and DuckDuckGo, have spoken out…
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Over the past week, the concerns over Bill C-22, the government's lawful access bill, continued to mount.
Now, part of this has to do with the government's frankly incoherent response, which has included Justice Minister Sean Fraser implausibly comparing metadata to phone book data, and Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree suggesting that Canada was just trying to match US metadata retention laws when the US has no such law, and claiming that tech company concerns regarding breaking encryption was based on misinformation.
Many companies, Apple, Google, Meta, Signal, and DuckDuckGo, have spoken out against the bill.
So too has the VPN sector, with some warning that they can't remain in Canada if the bill goes ahead as is.
Over the past week, the concerns over Bill C-22, the government's lawful access bill, continued to mount.
Now, part of this has to do with the government's frankly incoherent response, which has included Justice Minister Sean Fraser implausibly comparing metadata to phone book data, and Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree suggesting that Canada was just trying to match US metadata retention laws when the US has no such law, and claiming that tech company concerns regarding breaking encryption was based on misinformation.
Many companies, Apple, Google, Meta, Signal, and DuckDuckGo, have spoken out against the bill.
So too has the VPN sector, with some warning that they can't remain in Canada if the bill goes ahead as is.
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