Through Bill C-22, the federal government tells electronic service providers: "We're coming for Canadians' internet data, you're going to make it easy for us, and mum's the word."
Bill C-22, introduced in Parliament on March 12, would enact the Supporting Authorized Access to Information Act. This legislation will establish significant federal government control over internet platforms (like Google or X), over telecommunications and internet providers (like Telus or Rogers), and over anyone else providing an electronic service in Canada. That's a long list indeed.
If C-22 passes, the federal government will be empowered to order electronic service providers to develop capacity for extracting and organizing information for government or law enforcement review, to install devices that allow government and law enforcement to access information, and to retain metadata for up to one year. In addition, the government can order electronic service providers to keep requests for information secret.
This legislation is about compelling electronic service providers to surrender Canadians' information to the federal government.
The federal government is not coming for Canadians' internet search histories or social media activities (yet). Information later. Infrastructure now. And that's precisely what C-22 is: legislative and regulatory infrastructure designed to facilitate a vast flow of information from electronic service providers to government and law enforcement.
Tell your MP that surveillance of law-abiding citizens will not be tolerated in Canada.
Find your MP here:
ourcommons.ca/Members/en/seaβ¦
Read the full text of C-22 here:
parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45β¦
Read internet and privacy expert Michael Geist's (
@mgeist) analysis of C-22 here:
michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/a-taβ¦