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Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s Lawful Access Act is headed for study at committee, which could be reformed to give the Liberals the edge and power over the bill’s passage in its current form, writes Josh Tabish. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How a Liberal majority could hurt Canada’s digital sovereignty

With their newfound majority, the Liberals could take control of committees, giving them final say over the extent of Bill C-22’s sweeping new surveillance powers.

Ontario Provincial Police and Ottawa Police gather on Metcalfe Street near Parliament Hill as they clear out the Freedom Convoy occupation of downtown Ottawa on Feb. 17, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Not about the convoy’: Critics say Ottawa’s second appeal won’t lower missed Emergencies Act threshold

On March 17, the federal government appealed to the Supreme Court a pair of lower court decisions that found its February 2022 invocation of the Emergencies Act was ‘unlawful.’


Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree tabled his lawful access bill, Bill C-22, in the House of Commons on March 12. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Minister Anandasangaree debuts lawful access bill

The Carney government’s first attempt at these laws, in Bill C-2, caused a backlash from civil liberty and privacy activists, some legal experts, and opposition politicians, and the new bill addresses some of the complaints.

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Liberal MP Jean-Yves Duclos, chair of the House Public Safety and National Security Committee, has had the most decisions appealed, with 13 of his rulings being overturned and 13 sustained. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Flipping the script: rejected rulings of House committee chairs on the rise

Nearly 60 per cent of rulings by committee chairs are being reversed when appealed, which is an increase from past minority Parliaments.

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