Privacy invasions being helped along by lackadaisical legislatures

We are headed further down the golden-brick road to more privacy invasions drawn from giant personal metadata pools by both government and corporate surveillance teams.

Authorities will say they are handling recent privacy crises, but this is not reassuring for those who have been or will be widely targeted by massive invasions, like former Alberta premier Jason Kenney, writes Ken Rubin.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

May 13, 2026

OTTAWA—Three intense and massive privacy invasion events—one currently happening, one still felt, and one unfolding—are scarring Canada’s political, psychological, and protection landscape.

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