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Bill C-26 (Historical)

An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts

This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in January 2025.

Sponsor

Marco Mendicino  Liberal

Status

At consideration in the House of Commons of amendments made by the Senate, as of Dec. 5, 2024
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

Part 1 amends the Telecommunications Act to add the promotion of the security of the Canadian telecommunications system as an objective of the Canadian telecommunications policy and to authorize the Governor in Council and the Minister of Industry to direct telecommunications service providers to do anything, or refrain from doing anything, that is necessary to secure the Canadian telecommunications system. It also establishes an administrative monetary penalty scheme to promote compliance with orders and regulations made by the Governor in Council and the Minister of Industry to secure the Canadian telecommunications system as well as rules for judicial review of those orders and regulations.
This Part also makes a consequential amendment to the Canada Evidence Act .
Part 2 enacts the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act to provide a framework for the protection of the critical cyber systems of services and systems that are vital to national security or public safety and that are delivered or operated as part of a work, undertaking or business that is within the legislative authority of Parliament. It also, among other things,
(a) authorizes the Governor in Council to designate any service or system as a vital service or vital system;
(b) authorizes the Governor in Council to establish classes of operators in respect of a vital service or vital system;
(c) requires designated operators to, among other things, establish and implement cyber security programs, mitigate supply-chain and third-party risks, report cyber security incidents and comply with cyber security directions;
(d) provides for the exchange of information between relevant parties; and
(e) authorizes the enforcement of the obligations under the Act and imposes consequences for non-compliance.
This Part also makes consequential amendments to certain Acts.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-26s:

C-26 (2021) Law Appropriation Act No. 6, 2020-21
C-26 (2016) Law An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act and the Income Tax Act
C-26 (2014) Law Tougher Penalties for Child Predators Act
C-26 (2011) Law Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act

Votes

March 27, 2023 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-26, An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Jan. 29, 2024

  • Sami Khoury, Head, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment
  • Colin MacSween, Director General, National Cyber Security Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Kelly-Anne Gibson, Director, Cyber Protection Policy Division, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Andre Arbour, Director General, Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch, Department of Industry
  • Daniel Couillard, Director General, Partnerships and Risk Mitigation at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Feb. 1, 2024

  • Trevor Neiman, Vice-President, Policy, and Legal Counsel, Business Council of Canada
  • Byron Holland, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Internet Registration Authority
  • Joanna Baron, Executive Director, Canadian Constitution Foundation
  • Aaron Shull, Managing Director and General Counsel, Centre for International Governance Innovation
  • Sharon Polsky, President, Privacy and Access Council of Canada

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Feb. 5, 2024

  • David Shipley, Chief Executive Officer, Beauceron Security
  • Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia, Senior Director, Digital Economy, Technology and Innovation, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
  • Tiéoulé Traoré, Government and Regulatory Affairs Executive, IBM Canada
  • Daina Proctor, CyberSecurity Service Line Executive, IBM Canada
  • Todd Warnell, Chief Information Security Officer, Bruce Power
  • Kate Robertson, Senior Research Associate, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Citizen Lab
  • Matthew Hatfield, Executive Director, OpenMedia

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Feb. 8, 2024

  • John de Boer, Senior Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Canada, BlackBerry
  • Jennifer Quaid, Executive Director, Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange
  • Francis Bradley, President and Chief Executive Officer, Electricity Canada
  • Chris Loewen, Executive Vice-President, Regulatory, Canada Energy Regulator
  • Leila Wright, Executive Director, Telecommunications, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
  • Christopher Finley, Director, Emergency Management and Security, Canada Energy Regulator
  • Steven Harroun, Chief Compliance and Enforcement Officer, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
  • Anthony McIntyre, General Counsel and Deputy Executive Director, Legal Services, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Feb. 12, 2024

  • Philippe Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  • Tolga Yalkin, Assistant Superintendent, Regulatory Response Sector, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
  • Kate Robertson, Senior Research Associate, Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, As an Individual
  • Robert Ghiz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Telecommunications Association
  • Angelina Mason, General Counsel and Senior Vice-President, Legal and Risk, Canadian Bankers Association
  • Andrew Clement, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, As an Individual
  • Eric Smith, Senior Vice-President, Canadian Telecommunications Association

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Feb. 15, 2024

  • Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs
  • François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
  • Patrick Boucher, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, National Cyber Security Branch, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Mark Schaan, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector, Department of Industry

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on March 18, 2024

  • Andre Arbour, Director General, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector, Department of Industry

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on April 8, 2024

  • Andre Arbour, Director General, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector, Department of Industry
  • Colin MacSween, Director General, National Cyber Security Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Stephen Bolton, Director General, Strategic Policy, Communications Security Establishment
  • Richard Larose, Senior Technical Advisor, Communications Security Establishment