May 2025 — October 2025
Update 26/04/29: As of Oct 8, 2025, Bill C-2 was put in limbo and replaced with Bill C-12, which removed the privacy invasions but kept many of the problematic anti-immigration policies. Bill C-12 passed into law on Mar 26, 2026.
Update 26/05/04: Bill C-22 was introduced in March 2026 as a reworked version of the surveillance aspects of Bill C-2, and continues to threaten privacy rights and civil liberties.
Tell your MP to say NO to Bill C-22!
Our archived post is below.
Bill C-2 was first introduced in May 2025 as an omnibus bill. It has faced criticism by multiple organizations:
- Electronic Frontier Foundation: Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance
- OpenMedia: Bill C-2 FAQ: Explaining Canada’s Dangerous New Surveillance Law
- CBC, Catharine Tunney: Officials defend Liberal bill that would force hospitals, banks, hotels to hand over data
- The Canadian Bar Association: A big brother bill
- Tech Policy Press: Buried in a Border Bill, Canada Creates Major New Search Powers Over Private Data
- Dr. Michael Geist: Lawful Access on Steroids: Why Bill C-2’s Big Brother Tactics Combine Expansive Warrantless Disclosure with Unprecedented Secrecy
Many organizations have also criticized other aspects of the bill:
- Amnesty International Canada: Bill C-2, Canada’s new border bill, an attack on the human right to seek asylum
- Migrant Rights Network: Migrant Rights Network Condemns Bill C-2’s Anti-Refugee & Mass Deportation Provisions
- Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking: Bill C-2 Undermines Migrant Safety in Canada
There are a number of concerns that we as technologists have with regards to Bill C-2:
- Loss of privacy from requiring electronic service providers to provide basic subscriber information to CSIS and law enforcement agencies without a warrant.
- Creation of a new term, electronic service provider, which includes social media platforms, email providers, messaging services, gaming platforms, internet service providers, and more…
- Reduction of oversight over CSIS and law enforcement agencies.
Take action now to stop Bill C-2!
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