Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
Government prematurely ends debate on Bill C-22 without dealing with dangerous surveillance powers
OpenMedia condemns ramming through of secret-order regime days before the House rises
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 12:45 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]The Safe Social Media Act needs major fixes
Safety legislation is one step forward, two steps back
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 12:45 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Alberta’s massive voter data breach is just the beginning
Privacy breach that affects 2.9 million Albertans just a start unless Parliament apply privacy rules to political parties
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 12:45 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]New poll: political parties dead last on privacy trust
Ipsos survey finds strong public support for effective privacy rules and external oversight of federal political parties.
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 12:45 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Civil Society to Parliament: Kill Bill C-22
More than 25 leading rights and privacy organizations and experts call for full withdrawal of the Lawful Access Act, warning it would be "the most expansive invasion of Canadian privacy rights in modern history"
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 12:45 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Ottawa Repackages Its Surveillance Backdoor in Bill C-22
Bill C-22 lays the groundwork for a Canadian surveillance state.
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CRTC’s new definition of Canadian stories fails to reflect Canada
Stories about the world and our role in it do not qualify
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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 12:45 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]Bill C-12’s introduction solves none of Bill C-2’s problems
Organizations across sectors reiterate call for complete withdrawal of both bills
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 12:45 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Government brings back Cybersecurity Bill without fixing dangerous loophole that leaves Canadian networks vulnerable to attack
MPs will debate Bill C-8 today including a controversial “spy clause”, despite warnings from experts and civil society groups
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