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[Michael Geist @mgeist]

This was a very bad week for privacy in Canada.

[Precurse @precurse_ca]

@JCCFCanada These are becoming difficult to keep track of

[Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms @JCCFCanada]

Tech companies on Bill C-22

• Shopify @Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke @tobi warned that Bill C-22 could become a “death blow to Canadian tech viability” and make Canada “essentially unviable for those with choices on where to build.”

• Signal's @signalapp VP of Strategy & Global Affairs Udbhav Tiwari stated, "In its current form, Bill C-22 would convert the everyday tools Canadians rely on into a sprawling, insecure surveillance apparatus."

• Apple @Apple Senior Director of User Privacy & Child Safety Erik Neuenschwander warned that Bill C-22 allows the Government of Canada to force companies to break encryption by inserting backdoors into their products - “something Apple will never do.”

• Google's @Google Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy Jeanette Patell warned that Bill C-22 “goes well beyond lawful access regimes in other G7 democracies, and risks creating new surveillance infrastructure that would introduce serious security vulnerabilities, undermine user trust and hinder our ability to innovate and offer pro-privacy technologies.”

• Meta @Meta warned that Bill C-22 could require companies to build or maintain capabilities that weaken encryption and that could force providers to "install government spyware directly on their systems."

• Proton VPN @ProtonVPN General Manager David Peterson warned that complying with Bill C-22 could conflict with Swiss and European privacy obligations. He said, “Complying with foreign surveillance orders without Swiss legal process is a criminal offence...We’ll defend our Canadian users and never compromise them.”

• NordVPN @NordVPN stated that “there isn’t a scenario in which we would compromise our no-logs architecture or encryption protections" and that it would consider limiting or removing its Canadian presence.

• ExpressVPN @expressvpn warned, “Legislation that mandates data retention or technical access, however well-intentioned, undermines the security that millions of users rely on."

• DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo stated that "if the bill passes, we will be forced to stop offering our VPN in Canada."

• Windscribe @windscribecom stated, “...they want to destroy the entire essence of our service to basically spy on its own citizens."

Privacy protects citizens. It also protects innovation.

Note: These statements were made before Bill C-22 was amended on June 18, 2026. In our view, those amendments did not meaningfully address concerns raised by tech companies, privacy experts, or civil liberties organizations. The companies above are free to tell Canadians whether the amendments have changed their assessment.

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

The government has pushed through its motion to end debate on Bill C-22, forcing the committee into a late night hearing going on right now that no one will watch or can follow to pass the bill and send to the House. An absolute democratic embarrassment.
https://t.co/brRAEXxaWO

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

It is dizzying to see @EvanLSolomon and Liberal MPs tweet about the importance of privacy even as they prepare to vote to shut down lawful access hearings and stop debating (or making public) amendments to safeguard privacy.
https://t.co/UWaAE0D6Ik

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

Public Safety Minister @gary_srp committed to amendments to Bill C-22 in light of concerns about security risks, encryption and metadata retention. Instead, the government is shutting down the hearing with no further debate on changes to lawful access.
https://t.co/sxgD7dsZ3r

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

🚨The government is moving to shut down lawful access hearings and consideration of amendments on mandatory metadata retention, security backdoors, and weakened encryption today. All amendments to Bill C-22 would be kept secret and voted on without debate.
https://t.co/sxgD7dsZ3r

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

Canada's biggest attempt to regulate social media and AI services is here, complete with mandated age verification for millions, a powerful new regulator to oversee it all, and many unresolved questions. My post takes stock of Bill C-34's first week.
https://t.co/rkqtJGX7cY

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

"Ottawa is also considering a government-run age-verification service"
https://t.co/PesnMDGs5r

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

Tens of millions of Canadians will be required to age verify to use social media when the ban launches. My post on how the government plans to implement it without standards, privacy review, or an enforcement mechanism with potential exemptions years away.
https://t.co/LCNLHhrzpG

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

My post on why if your idea of dealing urgently with online harms is requiring age verification of the majority of Canadians, taking years to implement, and be led by an enforcement agency that doesn't even exist yet, the Safe Social Media Act is for you.
https://t.co/OR1j9K9UhO

[Signal @signalapp]

Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.

https://t.co/VdWe9uhi8p

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

Just catching up on the Canadian government’s plans for a social media ban for kids coming later today? I’ve got you covered with an FAQ on why it is an ineffective and harmful policy that raises privacy concerns for tens of millions of Canadians.
https://t.co/NsQuubFYog

[Lindsay Brown @Lidsville]

If Carney passes Bill C-22, Signal will exit Canada and the work that I & so many others do will be unfixably impacted. It is hard to overstate how absolutely essential Signal has become.

If Liberals push this bill through, we'll make sure they pay a price. #c22 #cdnpoli

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

Start here: you cannot keep under-16s off a platform without verifying everyone's age on it. Identifying who falls below the line means identifying who sits above it. A rule intended for a minority of users becomes an age-verification mandate for the entire population.

[Josh Dehaas @JoshDehaas]

The Carney government's Digital Safety Act drops tomorrow

This is expected to include a ban on social media for unders 16 + a digital safety commissioner.

I recently wrote about Australia's dismal experience with a similar online censorship czar👇

https://t.co/DF8QKWpLwN

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

The RCMP and CSIS at the committee table as witnesses during Bill C-22 clause-by-clause review. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada deliberately excluded by Liberal MPs. Pretty telling of the government’s view on striking a balance on lawful access.
https://t.co/4ZWDmCA9vT

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

Can’t emphasize this enough as online harms bill coming this week: a “temporary” ban on social media for kids still requires ID for everyone and a regulatory infrastructure to enforce. Once in place with all its privacy risks, there is no turning back.
https://t.co/lQkeNnJfSl

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

How do you know the government is uninterested in the privacy risks of Bill C-22? The Liberal MPs on the Public Safety committee just voted against multiple motions to invite the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to committee to answer questions on potential amendments.