Discussion Canada's Bill C-22?

Bill C-22 would expand law enforcement’s authority to access digital information and subscriber information. It would require digital service providers to retain metadata about user activities for up to a year, and compel telecommunications and online service providers to grant authorities access to user data.

Many privacy online servers are saying they will leave Canada if Bill C-22 becomes law. Proton mail is one of those companies


Others are following..
Signal is an open-source, fully encrypted messaging service that runs on centralized servers maintained by Signal Messenger. Founded in 2012, the company is based in the United States but has millions of users in Canada.The only data it stores on its servers are phone numbers, the date a user joined the service, and information on the last login. Users’ contacts, chats, and other communications are only stored on users’ phones, and they have the option to set the app to automatically delete conversations after a certain period of time


Canadian VPN service Windscribe says it will consider moving its headquarters out of Canada if the bill passes.

Panama-based VPN service NordVPN also says it would consider pulling out of Canada if Bill C-22 is passed in its current form to protect its users’ privacy.


I respect any company that will not compromise what it stands for!!


Have you changed your online presence because of concerns with Bill C-22?
Any thoughts on there being enough pushback for this to have the senate say "NO"?

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?

https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/the-lawful-access-two-headed-surveillance-monster-how-bill-c-22-went-off-the-rails/