Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of Bill C-8

The Citizen Lab critiques Canada’s proposed Bill C-8 (formerly C-26), warning that its broad, warrantless data-collection powers over telecom providers and ambiguous order authorities could undermine encryption and communications security; senior researcher Kate Robertson’s submission to the House SECU committee urges amendments to address constitutional deficits and to ensure orders cannot compromise communications network security, ahead of her Nov. 4, 2025 testimony, with related media coverage noted.