[kwlug-disc] C-22 ... metadata ... is now debated on the floor

[Mikalai Birukou]

Somehow I found myself reading this.

https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/more-surveillance-demands-to-come-government-admits-bill-c-22s-lawful-access-provisions-could-be-expanded/

Personally, as a maker of 3NWeb, were 2nd N stands for "No unnecessary 
metadata given to service provider", 
https://opensource.ieee.org/3nweb/architecture#-federation-classical-vs-web-based 
, I could be smug with an "I told you so" smile. But.
Personally, I have on my mind only one thing: please, please, please, 
don't turn this place into worst parts of the USSR, clearly observable 
in Putin's Russia.

Where do we communicate to our reps/MP(s)?

Collection of metadata on all, forced by government, is incompatible 
with EU. In other words, companies from here won't be able to do 
business in 500M population market.

If a company collects all this metadata, creating a juicy target, will 
government protect it? E.g. I have to store financial document in the 
office, but there is Police and RCMP that are a deterrent for those who 
may steal my physical stuff. Hence, we can keep those note paper. But in 
a digital realm, if government forces me to collect a pile of stuff that 
attracts thieves, then it should provide protection. Where is it? And if 
there is none, don't force me to collect metadata.

I wonder, if for modern app, it may be more expensive to capture and 
keep all of metadata, than it is to just keep user's data.
It feels like a squeeze: government requirements on one side, and crazy 
prices for storage one another.
Thoughts?