Liberals say they won’t split off controversial section of ‘lawful access’ bill

Conservatives call on government to split controversial police search powers bill

Canadian Conservatives propose splitting Bill C-22: C-22A permits police/CSIS subscriber verification with warrants; C-22B mandates tech companies retain location and device data for law enforcement. For IT leaders and CTOs, C-22B signals incoming data retention obligations that could force encryption services to store sensitive user information—a compliance risk with international precedent implications.