Officials Defend Liberal Bill that Would Force Hospitals, Banks, Hotels to Hand over Data

Officials defend Liberal bill that would force hospitals, banks, hotels to hand over data

The Liberal government's proposed border bill would empower police and the country's spy agency to seek information from a wide range of service providers — including medical professionals, banks and car rental companies — without a warrant, government officials spelled out Thursday.

Border Bill Powers Would Allow Warrantless Police Requests to ‘Public Services’ of All Types – Pixel Envy

Marie Woolf, of the Globe and Mail, reporting on the extraordinarily broad provisions of Bill C-2: New powers in the government’s border bill would allow the police and CSIS to request information on whether people have accessed services from abortion clinics, doctors, hotels and other entities without a warrant from a judge, experts warn. Michael Geist: There is no definition or obvious limitation on the services in question or the person who…

“Big Brother Tactics”: Why Bill C-2’s New Warrantless Disclosure Demand Powers Extend Far Beyond Internet and Telecom Providers - Michael Geist

The government’s inclusion of warrantless information demand powers in Bill C-2 may make this the most dangerous lawful access proposal yet, exceeding even the 2010 bill led by Conservative Public Safety Minister Vic Toews. The initial concern regarding the bill’s warrantless disclosure demand unsurprisingly focused on whether the proposal was consistent with Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence upholding the reasonable expectation of privacy in