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

[Jason]

I get all of Open Media's emails on these topics and there's usually a way
to submit a form or custom email template to your MP and the relevant
ministers. Here's the relevant one here under Campaigns:

https://action.openmedia.org/page/188754/action/1?chain

Related Article:

https://openmedia.org/press/item/ottawa-repackages-its-surveillance-backdoor-in-bill-c-22


On Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:43 PM Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> 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?
>
>
>
>
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