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Commentary: Bill C-2 w/ Robert Diab
Canada’s federal C-2 Strong Borders Act is a sweeping and controversial bill that is currently moving through Parliament. The bill includes ‘lawful access’ provisions, unrelated to borders, that expand state powers to access personal information held by electronic service providers. This is not the first time that lawful access powers have been proposed, and privacy advocates across Canada have raised serious concerns about the implications of these measures.
Join me, FIPA president Mike Larsen, and guest Robert Diab, Professor of Law at Thompson Rivers University, for a discussion of C-2 and lawful access. Robert Diab is the author of Search and Seizure (Irwin Law, 2023), and an expert on search powers, technology, and privacy in Canada.
Read Robert’s article, The proposed Strong Borders Act gives police new invasive search powers that may breach Charter rights, at The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/the-proposed-strong-borders-act-gives-police-new-invasive-search-powers-that-may-breach-charter-rights-258257
Find him on Substack at https://robertdiab.substack.com/, and at https://www.robertdiab.ca
Also Listen to our commentary with Michael Geist on Bill C-4: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/commentary-bill-c-4-w/michael-geist
Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay.
Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca
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Calls to Action
- To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2 https://iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/
- Amend Bill C-4 https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-2025/
Bill C-2 & C-4 Updates
- 4 reasons to be concerned about Bill C-4’s threats to Canadian privacy and sovereignty
- Border bill raises questions about expanded data sharing with U.S.: Citizen Lab
- Hundreds of groups call on Ottawa to scrap border bill over privacy, rights concerns
- Fentanyl czar says government’s border bill will help in fight against lethal drug
Canada’s federal C-2 Strong Borders Act is a sweeping and controversial bill that is currently moving through Parliament. The bill includes ‘lawful access’ provisions, unrelated to borders, that expand state powers to access personal information held by electronic service providers. This is not the first time that lawful access powers have been proposed, and privacy advocates across Canada have raised serious concerns about the implications of these measures.
Join me, FIPA president Mike Larsen, and guest Robert Diab, Professor of Law at Thompson Rivers University, for a discussion of C-2 and lawful access. Robert Diab is the author of Search and Seizure (Irwin Law, 2023), and an expert on search powers, technology, and privacy in Canada.
Read Robert’s article, The proposed Strong Borders Act gives police new invasive search powers that may breach Charter rights, at The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/the-proposed-strong-borders-act-gives-police-new-invasive-search-powers-that-may-breach-charter-rights-258257
Find him on Substack at https://robertdiab.substack.com/, and at https://www.robertdiab.ca
Also Listen to our commentary with Michael Geist on Bill C-4: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/commentary-bill-c-4-w/michael-geist
Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay.
Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca
You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.
Full Show Links
Calls to Action
- To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2 https://iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/
- Amend Bill C-4 https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-2025/
Bill C-2 & C-4 Updates
- 4 reasons to be concerned about Bill C-4’s threats to Canadian privacy and sovereignty
- Border bill raises questions about expanded data sharing with U.S.: Citizen Lab
- Hundreds of groups call on Ottawa to scrap border bill over privacy, rights concerns
- Fentanyl czar says government’s border bill will help in fight against lethal drug