This is absolutely appalling. Shameful. "Government prematurely ends debate on Bill C-22 without dealing with dangerous surveillance powers | OpenMedia" openmedia.org/press/item/gov…

In the last 24 hours, government has announced plans to eviscerate the Privacy Commissioner’s office, cut off debate on a lawful access bill that includes metadata retention, and reversed age verification privacy safeguards 5 days after introducing them. x.com/mgeist/status/20666607…

Great breakdown of the government’s plan to ram through Bill C-22 from @mgeist michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/gove…

🚨BREAKING NEWS: the Orwellian Surveillance state is officially coming to Canada. The Carney government just filed a motion to ram Bill C-22, the mass Canadian spy bill, through Parliament by the end of this week. Here’s their play: ✅ Amendments kept SECRET from the public before the vote ✅ Zero discussion on any remaining amendments ✅ Weeks of expert testimony from the Privacy Commissioner, lawyers, security companies, discarded ✅ Only 30 minutes of committee debate They want all the big tech companies to be forced into metadata retention, encryption backdoors, warrantless data sharing. Not to mention that they introduced Bill C-36, which strips the Privacy Commissioner’s role in private sector privacy regulation. The privacy regulator gutted on Monday. The surveillance bill rammed through on Tuesday. The amendments hidden from Canadians on Wednesday. Spying on us by next week? So this is what Carney means when he said doing things “at speeds not seen in generations?”

Anyone else really wonder exactly what the @CBC spends the $1.383 billion taxpayer fund them on? Because it just seems to be less and less on things Canadians actually want to tune into.

Here’s the basic question for the government: how does eliminating the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s role in regulating private-sector privacy and replacing it with a super-regulator with less independence and less expertise improve Canadians’ privacy? x.com/mgeist/status/20666607…

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. michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/gove…

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. x.com/mgeist/status/20668570…

The government recognized the risks of age verification with its social media ban in Bill C-34 by mandating that the Commission consult with the Privacy Commissioner when setting the standards. Five days later, it repealed the safeguard in Bill C-36. x.com/mgeist/status/20666552…

🚨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. michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/gove…

Canada's Kids Social Media Ban Hides a Bigger Secret. One Person Could Control the Entire Internet iphoneincanada.ca/2026/06/15…

Josh Dehaas: The Liberals are using the excuse of protecting children to usher in an expansive censorship regime nationalpost.com/opinion/jos…

My first post on Bill C-36 and the seismic shift in Canadian privacy. The bill marks the end of the Privacy Commissioner's role in private-sector privacy law and the arrival of a super-regulator with astonishing powers to regulate online speech and privacy michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/cana…

Don’t take it from me. Take it from one of the internet’s greatest pioneers @jimmy_wales

If you aren't following Mr. Geist you are missing out, He's a rare gem who is evidence based in his critiques of govt tech legislation. I've been a follower of his since the TPP in 2018 when then he was pointing out flaws within it to the then Harper govt. Recommend follow.

This is the dumbest shit yet, I'm gunna tell my kids about not using social media, while posting them and what I said to social media... So what's actually the problem here? Social Media? or Adults that can't function without putting their ENTIRE existence online?

Hot take but let them create a generation of young people who hate the government. Far too many people actually think the current govt structure is on their side.

You have to read Bill C-34 on The Commission to believe it. It sets the rules on age verification, social media bans, and content removals while serving as combined regulator, investigator and advocate. At the start, Chair alone can be the full Commission. x.com/mgeist/status/20665288…

The kids’ social media ban gets the headlines, but my post argues Bill C-34’s most consequential element may be the Commission, a super-regulator overseeing the system with its own rules of evidence, potentially secret hearings, and wide-ranging powers. michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/thec…

The Commission: Bill C-34’s super-regulator decides how dozens of rules are implemented, including age verification, social media ban exemptions, and harmful content removal requirements. Full investigative power and potential one person will decide it all x.com/mgeist/status/20665288…