From Canada - Trump Wants to Tap Your Phone. Ottawa Might Let Him

Bill C-22 will lay the legal groundwork for giving the US warrantless access to our data

This month, the federal government is rushing surveillance law reform through parliamentary study, with committee hearings on Bill C-22 slated to conclude before the end of May. The legislation—called the Lawful Access Act—would give Ottawa broad new powers to compel technology providers to build surveillance tools into their systems.

Its scope could mean requiring companies to install spy tools into mobile devices, social media and messaging apps, cloud-storage services, video game platforms, smart home devices, live video camera networks, or health and fitness trackers—to name a few examples. The bill would also dilute privacy protections for other digital information, like the identity information behind anonymous social media accounts or IP addresses (often referred to as subscriber information).

The bill has drawn significant criticism, including on both constitutional and cybersecurity grounds. But amid the debate over privacy and state power, another issue has received far less attention: what the legislation could mean for data sharing with foreign law enforcement agencies.

https://thewalrus.ca/trump-wants-to-tap-your-phone-ottawa-might-let-him/

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Trump has proven he's no friend to Canada (or anybody else not named Trump for that matter). Why the Liberal government would voluntarily do this is beyond me.