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Canada vows to amend Bill C-22's encryption and metadata rules amid massive tech backlash
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this post was submitted on 28 May 2026
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I’m still trying to figure out how ”better define” works. It’s the same encryption used by politicians, bankers, soccer moms and international spies and hitmen. Same metadata.
Part of me suspects that to be exempt, you’ll need to be added to some sort of registry. At which point… we’re no further ahead, and the law STILL won’t provide any protection or deterrent, it’ll only allow for fishing expeditions after the fact.
Standard procedure would be for the bill to go through several rewrites until the PM decides to do the Cabinet shuffle (the most boring dance in history) and the current Public Safety minister is moved to a different portfolio. Without a champion, the bill will then linger in committee until Parliament is prorogued (or dissolved for an election), which will then kill it. Or at least, that would be the ideal outcome at this point.