Government Bill (House of Commons) C-22 (45-1) - First Reading - Lawful Access Act, 2026 - Parliament of Canada
Government Bill (House of Commons) C-34 (45-1) - First Reading - Safe Social Media Act - Parliament of Canada
Government Bill (House of Commons) C-34 (45-1) - First Reading - Safe Social Media Act - Parliament of Canada
HF 1606 2nd Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Apple Warns Canada's Bill C-22 Could Force Encryption Backdoors
Apple and Meta have opposed a Canadian bill that the companies say could force them to create backdoor access to encrypted user data, should it pass through the country's parliament. Proposed by Canada's ruling Liberal Party, Bill C-22 contains provisions that could be similar to a UK data access provision order sent to Apple last year, depending on how they are implemented.
Sign on: Civil society letter against Bill C-22
This form is for signing yourself or your organisation on to the joint civil society letter against Bill C-22. Read the letter in French or in English. This letter was submitted to government on April 21, but remains open to endorsement and will be submitted to the Public Safety parliamentary Committee (tasked with reviewing Bill C-22) with a broader list of endorsements in May. The letter is closed for edits. If you have any questions or concerns, contact matt@openmedia.org.
Lawful-access bill could threaten encryption, deter investment, Chamber of Commerce warns
Bill would require telecoms, internet companies to change systems to give surveillance, monitoring capabilities to authorities
Keeping tabs on Canada’s Parliament | openparliament.ca
Info on what your representatives are doing in Ottawa can be hard to find and use. We're trying to make it easy.
Text - S.1748 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Kids Online Safety Act
Text for S.1748 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Kids Online Safety Act
Canada’s Bill C-22 and the security cost of collecting more data
Canada’s Bill C-22 risks forcing secure services to retain more metadata and build access systems. Tailscale explains why the bill should change.
How (Not) to Write a Privacy Law
After many years of failed starts, proposed information privacy legislation has begun moving forward in both houses of Congress. The docket in the recently ended 116th Congress was crowded, with a number of different proposals jostling for attention and no agreement on which deserved to be the front runner. Even so, as the 117th Congress begins, there is growing inside-the-Beltway consensus on the list of features that a successful bill will need to include. This paper critically assesses those zones of emerging consensus.
Home - Canadian Constitution Foundation
Bill C-22 seeks to expand government surveillance and turn your cell phone into a tracking device.
Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 128 (Tuesday, July 7, 2026)
Why the U.S. is noticing this Canadian security bill | CBC News
A Liberal government bill that proposes giving police and spies easier access to information during investigations has fallen into the crosshairs of U.S. tech giants and two American congressional committees, threatening to become the latest irritant in the Canada-U.S. relationship.
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?
Kiss your online privacy goodbye with Bill C-22, Canada
Civil liberties groups, legal experts and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce have been sounding the alarm for months on the privacy and cybersecurity issues contained in the Carney government’s Lawful Access Act, or Bill C-22. In a not-so-surprising twist, American lawmakers have now also added their voice to those warning about the bill.
Stop Bill C-22. Stop surveillance in Canada.
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