On November 2, 2026, in Ottawa, Philippe Dufresne of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada urged the federal government to amend the newly introduced lawful access bill. He said the changes should restrict the type of information authorities can obtain under a new production order.
The request follows the government's rollout of a bill that expands police powers to access electronic data. Dufresne said additional safeguards are needed to limit the scope of information law enforcement can retrieve.