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Bill C-22

Civil-society organizations are publicly arguing the Liberals are using the new majority to push C-22 through1. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada was not consulted on Bill C-22.

2 SOURCES · 3 DOCUMENTED FACTS · 4 DISPUTED · OPENED 2026-07-23 · UPDATED 2026-07-23
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Civil-society organizations are publicly arguing the Liberals are using the new majority to push C-22 through

CANOPTICON DOSSIER — BILL C-22 (LAWFUL ACCESS ACT, 2026)
“Civil-society organizations are publicly arguing the Liberals are using the new majority to push C-22 through”
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada was not consulted on Bill C-22

Bill C-22 has three pillars: mandatory build-out, mass metadata retention, and secret orders

Disputed — who says what, against what see standalone →

These are things people say about Bill C-22 that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.

Disputed
"Anandasangaree distinguishes the two issues but is content for the political pressure to flow to C-22"
Asserted by Anandasangaree · stance: neutral
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
CANOPTICON DOSSIER — BILL C-22 (LAWFUL ACCESS ACT, 2026) ↗
Disputed
"Bill C-22 is about building permanent surveillance infrastructure into every network Canadians use"
Unattributed assertion · stance: pro
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
CANOPTICON DOSSIER — BILL C-22 (LAWFUL ACCESS ACT, 2026) ↗
Disputed
"The Charter Statement was tabled after the bill passed second reading and doesn't address the most constitutionally vulnerable provision"
Unattributed assertion · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
CANOPTICON DOSSIER — BILL C-22 (LAWFUL ACCESS ACT, 2026) ↗
Disputed
"The government quietly added a clause that lets Cabinet order phone companies to keep a year of location data"
Unattributed assertion · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
CANOPTICON DOSSIER — BILL C-22 (LAWFUL ACCESS ACT, 2026) ↗
Undated
Bill C-22 passed second reading
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