In case you missed this on Sunday evening: The first of a series on what's in Bill C-22, Canada's new #LawfulAccess bill. A close look at the warrantless "Confirmation of Service Demand" in Part 1 of the bill, new on my YouTube channel: youtu.be/gMno2l6QfOY
The first of a series on what's in Bill C-22, Canada's new #LawfulAccess bill. A close look at the warrantless "Confirmation of Service Demand" in Part 1 of the bill, new on my YouTube channel: youtu.be/gMno2l6QfOY
In the coming days, Canada's opposition parties are going to have to decide whether they support Bill C-22, the #LawfulAccess Act. They--and all Canadians--need to consider whether this massive surveillance infrastructure is what we want. Or will tolerate.
What Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, 2026 can do. Do Canadians want this? More here: youtu.be/tZFbTYttuN8 #lawfulaccess #cdnpoli
#lawfulaccess is back in Canada 🇨🇦 in the form of #billc22 and it doesn't look good
If the new Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act 2026 becomes the law, the government of Canada will be able to secretly order Apple to build a capability into its infrastructure to allow Canadian law enforcement and national security folks to track every iPhone, iPad, Apple watch, Apple AirPod and AirTag in real time. Then they’ll be able to require Apple to confirm whether they provide you any services. Then they can go to a justice of the peace and get an order – without actually believing that a crime has been or will be committed – requiring Apple to hand over EVERY device identifier for every device you use with their services. That’s the digital ID for your iPhone, iPad, Apple watch, Apple AirPod, Apple TV and AirTag. With that information, they can go back to the judge and get an order – again without actually believing that a crime has been or will be committed – requiring Apple to give them the moment-by-moment locations of all your devices. Oh, and that secret order also required Apple to keep your location history for a full year, so cops can get that too. Is that a power we want Canadian police and law enforcement to have?
I have some thoughts on #BillC22 related to #lawfulaccess. More to come ...
If you care about #lawfulaccess (and you should), you should read what Robert has to say.
#cdnpoli #lawfulaccess
Here's what the Liberals' new bill on 'lawful access' for police and spies would do www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/her...
Screencap from an article: "Making his case for the new powers, Ottawa police Chief Eric Stubbs Stubbs drew on a recent example of a victim who had AI-generated intimate deepfake images of her posted online by a suspect who used six different social media accounts over the span of 10 days. Under the current process, the return of data following a court order took between 12 days and 11 weeks. “The process can be slow and it can be complicated, and in some cases, by the time critical information is obtained, valuable information is lost,” Stubbs said."
Yes, the new #lawfulaccess bill, #BillC22, is much less worse than #C2 but I am really tired of its defenders who clearly don't know what it actually says making up justifications that are not addressed in the bill. I'd wager that Ottawa Police Chief either hasn't read it or doesn't understand it.
A medium close-up, color photograph of a white-breasted nuthatch in an outdoor winter setting. The shot shows the nuthatch clinging head-down to the deeply-furrowed, grey-brown bark of a tree on the left of the image. Its dark cap, back, and wings are distinct against its white face, breast, and underside. Large, defocused white snowdrifts are in the bottom foreground. In the blurry background, a snow-covered branch, possibly and evergeen, is visible on the right.
Watching birds and other visitors in my back yard is one of my happy places. Before #lawfulaccess takes over the joint, here are some lovely creatures living in a state of bliss, and yet caring not a whit about privacy. This one is a nuthatch.
"I want to highlight a very important bill that needs to move, which is Bill C-2, which is another series of border measures. But one of the core things that it includes is something called lawful access. Now, lawful access is through the courts, getting a warrant, but being able to access messaging between suspected criminals and these individuals know from their investigations, from their prosecutions, that what we see in extortion is very often through private messaging services. That's the mechanism to terrorize our population." "We need to give the police, the prosecutors, lawful access to those messages so they can prosecute. And that's a job for Parliament, and we need to move on that."
During his speech in Surrey this morning, Carney talked about moving ahead on #LawfulAccess. As a reminder, Lawful Access has *twice* been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada.
I have some concerns about what they plan to do about private messaging services here.
Unless there's an early election, I'm 99% confident that #LawfulAccess will be back. I expect that there will be improvements that make it palatable for those who care about the Charter, but the gov't has not made the case for mandatory, secret back doors. nationalpost.com/news/politic...
Yeah, #lawfulaccess is coming back. I expect that some deeply problematic bits will be made somewhat less horrible, but I think the secret back doors into our service providers will still be on the government's wish list. Thanks @journodale.bsky.social for the good discussion!
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Is #LawfulAccess back? Is the government planning to revive #BillC2? blog.privacylawyer.ca/2025/11/is-l...
The Canadian government is misleading Canadians when it comes to the #LawfulAccess measures of #BillC2. This Bill sounds like a privacy nightmare. Information about medical services someone has obtained should never be available to police with a warrant. #cdnpoli #canpoli
Gov't officials just surprised many by apparently calling for the revival of #LawfulAccess measures from #BillC2. Here's my take on it, with some corrections/clarifications of some pretty problematic statements from gov't officials.
youtu.be/h9_amTjosn8
Looks like the government is trying to breathe some life back into #BillC2 #LawfulAccess. Ugh.
It’s quite something to watch Ruby Sahota morph into Vic Toews before our very eyes. #LawfulAccess #QP
I was happy to talk with @cattunney.bsky.social about #BillC2's #lawfulaccess provisions, which the government apparently still is pushing. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
So it appears that the government has not abandoned #lawfulaccess, but have effectively split their border bill in two. The new #BillC12 includes all the old stuff other than lawful access and they'll push forward with lawful access in #BillC2 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Stéphanie Marin and Boris Proulx in Le Devoir have a very good piece on the problems with the scope of the #lawfulaccess provisions of #BillC2. Here's an English translation: www-ledevoir-com.translate.goog/societe/just...
Not sure how I missed this from a month ago ... Leah is in the toppest of the top tier of Canadian national security law experts. I expect she worked alongside some of the folks who wrote and will advocate for the #lawfulaccess provisions of #BillC2, but she pulls no punches.
Anyone interested in smart, insightful analysis of #BillC2 #LawfulAccess measures really should check out "The Missing Manual" by @robertdiab.bsky.social robertdiab.substack.com/p/bill-c-2-b...
For those who prefer to read stuff, I've put the text of my YouTube episode on #BillC2 Part 14's new #lawfulaccess demands and orders for customer information on my blog: blog.privacylawyer.ca/2025/07/bill...
In case you wanted to compare #BillC2's #LawfulAccess provisions to previous unsuccessful Bills introduced by past Liberal and Conservative governments, I've put them all here: blog.privacylawyer.ca/2025/06/past...
I've created a YouTube playlist of credible commentary on #BillC2's (Strong Borders Act) #LawfulAccess provisions, for your viewing pleasure. I'll add to it as more content is posted. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The @JusticeCanadaEN Charter Statement on the #BillC2 #LawfulAccess provisions has some serious mistakes, making it look more Charter-compliant than it really is. I'm hoping its a mistake, but I'm getting cynical.
youtu.be/t6yjuEOjMPo
Glad to see @ianrunkle.bsky.social Ian Runkle's take on #BillC2 and its #LawfulAccess provisions. youtu.be/D6gwBe4rn4E
The Charter Statement for Bill C-2's #LawfulAccess provisions contains some significant errors/misstatements that make it look more Charter-compliant. youtu.be/t6yjuEOjMPo
