Roman Baber, York Centre
“This bill will force phone and internet companies to keep records of everyone's calls and locations for a year. It could also let foreign hackers break into private data. Canadians want their privacy protected. I want the government to pause this part of the bill so we can fix it.”
“Mr. Speaker, part 2 of Bill C‑22 would force providers to retain the metadata of all Canadians. Liberals say the data is no different than the phone book, but the phone book did not log every phone call in every location of every Canadian for the last 12 months. There are also real concerns that foreign actors would exploit a back door to encryption. Law-abiding Canadians do not want their privacy breached, but Liberals are cutting off debate and ramming the bill through. Part 2 is not ready to be passed into law, so will the Liberals work with us to pass part 1 of Bill C‑22, but pause on part 2 to allow us to fix the bulk of this bill?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, part 2 of Bill C‑22 would force providers to retain the metadata of all Canadians. Liberals say the data is no different than the phone book, but the phone book did not log every phone call in every location of every Canadian for the last 12 months. There are also real concerns that foreign actors would exploit a back door to encryption. Law-abiding Canadians do not want their privacy breached, but Liberals are cutting off debate and ramming the bill through. Part 2 is not ready to be passed into law, so will the Liberals work with us to pass part 1 of Bill C‑22, but pause on part 2 to allow us to fix the bulk of this bill?
