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more journalistic malpractice from Canada's national broadcaster

The government has just rammed through legislation to turn Canada into a police surveillance state where all the democratic and processed based guard-rails have been removed. 

They used some legislative loophole to force a vote on amendments without debate at a committee meeting at midnight.

But this is what the front page of our national broadcaster's news site looks like.

screenshot of homepage of CBC news

  • Do you see any mention of Bill C-22?
  • Do you see any word of a midnight SECU session with a forced vote?
  • Do you see any mention of MPs in tears at how democracy is being shredded before their very eyes?
  • Do you see anything removing about all legal protections against having your data intercepted, read and kept on file (in a word of hackers and data breaches)?
  • Do you see anything about how experts in Australia (who have already gone partway down the path Canada has just widened, flatted, and turned into a racetrack) are warning Canadians not to do this?

No.

The CBC is spineless. Just a mouthpiece for whoever wields the most power and influence. 

The CBC is not serving Canadians. 

I wrote them to tell them as much.

What's the big deal about C-22?

From the International Civil Liberties monitoring group

Bill C-22, introduced in March 2026, presents one of the greatest threats to privacy in Canada of the past two decades! If adopted, this legislation will threaten privacy and Charter rights across Canada by lowering the threshold for police to access our personal information, forcing companies to create new backdoors to allow police and spy agencies to monitor and collect our personal communications and data, and opening the possibility of companies being required to hold on to personal information about users for up to a year, creating a treasure trove of data to be targeted by hackers and ripe for abuse.

From the Canadian Civil Liberties Association

As the joint analysis outlines, elements of the bill are almost certainly constitutionally fatal. This ia particularly the case for SAAIA’s metadata retention obligation, which lets the government compel any digital service to record and keep sensitive data on every single customer for up to one year. The retention obligations amount to a de facto seizure and as a result their indiscriminate nature is inconsistent with section 8 of the Charter.

From my new favourite account on Bluesky

The most consequential National Security surveillance bill ever to be tabled in Canada 🇨🇦 (C-22) described as “worse than the 🇺🇸 Patriot Act.” is being put to vote with a process that rivalled the worst of authoritarian countries and the Canadian media has gone AWOL, Canadians have no idea.


Read more

https://iclmg.ca/c-22-supercharges-surveillance/

https://ccla.org/privacy/ccla-and-citizen-lab-researchers-release-detailed-analysis-of-bill-c-22s-many-flaws/

https://iclmg.ca/c-22-motion-joint-pr/

https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/government-moves-to-shut-down-lawful-access-hearing-in-order-to-fast-track-passing-the-bill-this-week/

Send a letter

https://iclmg.ca/stop-c-22/


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