Bill C-22

Lawful Access Act, 2026

An Act respecting lawful access

Sponsor

Gary Anandasangaree  Liberal

Status

Bill passed the House, now waiting to be considered in the Senate, as of June 18, 2026

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Summary

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

Part 1 amends various Acts to modernize certain provisions respecting the timely gathering and production of data and information during an investigation. It, among other things,
(a) amends the Criminal Code to, among other things,
(i) facilitate access to basic information that will assist in the investigation of federal offences through confirmation of service demands given to telecommunications service providers or judicial production orders for the production of subscriber information,
(ii) expedite the response to production orders by shortening the review process and clarify the ability of peace officers and public officers to receive and act on certain information that is voluntarily provided to them and to obtain and act on information that is publicly available,
(iii) specify certain circumstances in which peace officers and public officers may obtain evidence, including subscriber information, in exigent circumstances,
(iv) allow a justice or judge to authorize, in a warrant, a peace officer or public officer to obtain tracking data or transmission data that relates to any thing that is similar to a thing in relation to which data is authorized to be obtained under the warrant and that is unknown at the time the warrant is issued,
(v) provide and clarify authorities by which computer data may be examined, and
(vi) allow a justice or judge to authorize a peace officer or public officer to make a request to a foreign entity that provides telecommunications services — or that provides services by a means of telecommunication — to the public to produce transmission data or subscriber information that is in its possession or control;
(b) makes a consequential amendment to the Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act ;
(c) amends the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act to allow the Minister of Justice to authorize a competent authority to make arrangements for the enforcement of a decision made by an authority of a state or entity that is empowered to compel the production of transmission data or subscriber information that is in the possession or control of a person in Canada;
(d) amends the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act to, among other things,
(i) facilitate access to basic information that will assist the Canadian Security Intelligence Service in the performance of its duties and functions under section 12 or 16 of that Act through confirmation of service demands given to telecommunications service providers and judicial orders against those providers, and
(ii) clarify the response time for production orders; and
(e) amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Cannabis Act to provide and clarify authorities by which computer data may be examined.
Part 2 enacts the Supporting Authorized Access to Information Act . That Act establishes a framework for ensuring that electronic service providers can facilitate the exercise, by authorized persons, of authorities to access information conferred under the Criminal Code or the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act . It also makes related and consequential amendments to the Intelligence Commissioner Act .
Part 3 provides for the parliamentary review of Parts 1 and 2.

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-22s:

C-22 (2022) Law Canada Disability Benefit Act
C-22 (2021) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
C-22 (2016) Law An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts
C-22 (2014) Law Energy Safety and Security Act

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on May 5, 2026

  • McGuire, Director General, International and Border Policy, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Hiegel, Director General, National Security Policy Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Ho, Director, Intelligence Policy, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Nashef, Director General, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  • Burchill, Director General, Technical Investigation Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • LeBel, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice
  • Gibner, Deputy Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector, Department of Justice
  • Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety
  • Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice
  • Giles, Deputy Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on May 7, 2026

  • West, Associate Professor, As an Individual
  • Darcy Fleury, Chief of Police, Thunder Bay Police Service
  • Myron Demkiw, Chief of Police, Toronto Police Service
  • Diab, Professor, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University, As an Individual
  • Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, As an Individual
  • Fraser, Partner, McInnes Cooper, As an Individual
  • St-Germain, General Counsel, Canadian Centre for Child Protection
  • Pierce, Vice-President, Government Relations, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
  • Beth Moellenkamp, Chief Executive Officer, Peel Children's Aid Society
  • Curran, Head of Public Policy, Meta Platforms Inc.
  • Marie Deschamps, Chair, National Security and Intelligence Review Agency
  • Simon Noël, Intelligence Commissioner, Office of the Intelligence Commissioner
  • Greene, Director, Privacy and Public Policy, Meta Platforms Inc.

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on May 26, 2026

  • Nadeau, President, Barreau du Québec
  • Lefebvre, Chairman and Co-founder, Crypto Québec
  • Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada
  • Marchand, Member, Criminal Law Expert Group, Barreau du Québec
  • Le Grand Alary, Lawyer, Secretariat of the Order and Legal Affairs, Barreau du Québec
  • Neuenschwander, Senior Director, User Privacy and Child Safety, Apple Inc.
  • Israel, Director, Privacy, Surveillance and Technology Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association
  • Patell, Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Canada, Google
  • Charlet, Senior Director, Privacy, Safety and Security, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google
  • Van Laer, Retired Staff Sergeant, Reservist, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Thomas Carrique, President, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
  • Brown, Mayor, City of Brampton
  • Smith, Senior Vice-President, Canadian Telecommunications Association
  • Ullock, Board Chair, Ontario Child Sexual Exploitation Investigators Association
  • Chief Nick Milinovich, Deputy Chief of Police, Peel Regional Police
  • Murray Rankin, Barristor and Solicitor, As an Individual

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on May 28, 2026

  • Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety
  • O'Gorman, President, Canada Border Services Agency
  • Deputy Commissioner Bryan Larkin, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Pyke, Assistant Commissioner, Correctional Operations and Programs Sector, Correctional Service of Canada
  • Legault, Chief Financial Officer, Parole Board of Canada
  • Giles, Deputy Director, Policy, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  • McCrorie, Vice-President, Intelligence and Enforcement, Canada Border Services Agency
  • Hazen, Chief Financial Officer, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Bilodeau, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, National Cyber Security Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Nashef, Director General, Policy, Planning and Accountability, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  • Superintendent Richard Burchill, Director General, Technical Investigation Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Wong, Acting General Counsel, Policy Sector, Department of Justice
  • Hiegel, Director General, National Security Policy Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Gibner, Deputy Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector, Department of Justice

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on June 2, 2026

  • Saad, Chair, Privacy and Access Law Section, Canadian Bar Associaton
  • Surgenor, Counsel, Canadian Constitution Foundation
  • Hatfield, Executive Director, OpenMedia
  • Alqazzaz, Executive Director, Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council
  • McSorley, Senior Fellow, Centre for Free Expression
  • Tiwari, Vice-President, Strategy and Global Affairs, Signal

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on June 4, 2026

  • Wong, Acting General Counsel, Policy Sector, Department of Justice
  • Burchill, Director General, Technical Investigation Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Gilkes, Acting Officer-in-Charge, RCMP Lawful Access, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Gibner, Deputy Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector, Department of Justice
  • Hiegel, Director General, National Security Policy Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Nashef, Director General, Policy, Planning and Accountability, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  • Bilodeau, Acting Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on June 9, 2026

  • Bilodeau, Acting Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Burchill, Director General, Technical Investigation Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Nashef, Director General, Policy, Planning and Accountability, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  • Wong, Acting General Counsel, Policy Sector, Department of Justice
  • Gibner, Deputy Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector, Department of Justice
  • Gilkes, Acting Officer-in-Charge, RCMP Lawful Access, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Hiegel, Director General, National Security Policy Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on June 11, 2026

  • Wong, Acting General Counsel, Policy Sector, Department of Justice
  • Gilkes, Acting Officer-in-Charge, RCMP Lawful Access, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Nashef, Director General, Policy, Planning and Accountability, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  • Gibner, Deputy Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector, Department of Justice

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on June 16, 2026

  • Gilkes, Acting Officer-in-Charge, RCMP Lawful Access, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Bilodeau, Assistant Deputy Minister, National and Cyber Security Branch, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Hiegel, Director General, National Security Policy Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Superintendent Richard Burchill, Director General, Technical Investigation Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Wong, Acting General Counsel, Policy Sector, Department of Justice
  • Gibner, Deputy Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector, Department of Justice
  • Nashef, Director General, Policy, Planning and Accountability, Canadian Security Intelligence Service