Without meaningful limits, bills like C-8 and specifically Bill C-2 can hand the government secret, warrantless powers over Canadians' communications. This is a serious setback for privacy. It's also a serious setback for democracy.
With no requirement for privacy impact assessments before these laws or regulations are passed, and with their serious implications for Canadians' privacy, isn't Parliament simply being asked to grant sweeping powers of surveillance to the government without a formal review by the body—the commissioner—that Canadians and Parliament have asked to do that very thing?