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Federal Bill C-22 will facilitate cybertattacks on firms and tarnish Canada’s business reputation

Mark Lowey
September 2, 2026

The federal government's Bill C-22, proposed legislation on lawful acces, threatens to expose Canadian businesses and citizens to increased cyberattacks by weakening encryption and mandating insecure backdoors in online systems, say industry and Internet experts. They warn that this legislation will damage Canada's global business reputation and risks driving technology companies and online services providers out of the domestic market.

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Organizations:	Apple, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Center for Democracy and Technology, Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness, DuckDuckGo, Google, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, Internet Society, Meta, NordVPN, Public First, Public Safety Committee, Shopify, Signal, Technation, and University of Ottawa
People:	Lawrence Zhang, Mark Carney, Michael Geist, Michel Liboiron, Natalie Campbell, and Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia
Topics:	artificial intelligence, Bill C-22, business reputation, Cybersecurity, data privacy, Digital infrastructure, encryption, Five Eyes, internet regulation, lawful access, metadata retention, online security, surveillance, and tech sector

Federal Bill C-22 will facilitate cybertattacks on firms and tarnish Canada’s business reputation

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