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AccountabilityMay 21, 20268 min read
Bill C-22 Is at Committee. Here Are the MPs Who Put It There — And How to Reach Them.
On April 20, 2026, the House of Commons passed Bill C-22 (Lawful Access Act, 2026) at second reading. The bill is now at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU), which is the last realistic stage for substantive amendments. This article catalogues the load-bearing Liberal MPs in C-22's path to passage — the bill's sponsor (Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree), three Cabinet members who spoke for the bill at second reading (Justice Minister Sean Fraser, Secretary of State for Combatting Crime Ruby Sahota, Parliamentary Secretary Patricia Lattanzio), the Government House Leader who scheduled the debate (Steven MacKinnon), and the seven Liberal members on SECU led by Chair Jean-Yves Duclos. Each MP's public role on C-22 is described and public-record contact information is included so constituents can reach their representatives. Parliament Audit takes no position on whether the bill should pass; we publish the record and the contact channel.
LegislationMay 19, 20267 min read
Bill C-22 Just Passed Second Reading. With a Liberal Majority, the Path to Royal Assent Is Now Mostly Clear.
On April 20, 2026, the House of Commons passed Bill C-22 — the Lawful Access Act, 2026 — at second reading. The bill is now at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, the last stage where substantial amendments are realistic before the Liberal majority votes it through. The bill mandates one year of metadata retention by "core providers," authorizes the Public Safety Minister to issue secret capability orders to electronic service providers, and lowers the police access threshold for subscriber information from "reasonable grounds to believe" to "reasonable grounds to suspect." Opposition is from a wide coalition: academic privacy law, civil-society groups, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, technology firms including Meta and Apple, and the Department of Justice's own Charter statement, which is silent on the metadata-retention question. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has no statutory oversight role under the bill as drafted.

Bill C-22 Is at Committee. Here Are the MPs Who Put It There — And How to Reach Them.

On April 20, 2026, the House of Commons passed Bill C-22 (Lawful Access Act, 2026) at second reading. The bill is now at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU), which is the last realistic stage for substantive amendments. This article catalogues the load-bearing Liberal MPs in C-22's path to passage — the bill's sponsor (Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree), three Cabinet members who spoke for the bill at second reading (Justice Minister Sean Fraser, Secretary of State for Combatting Crime Ruby Sahota, Parliamentary Secretary Patricia Lattanzio), the Government House Leader who scheduled the debate (Steven MacKinnon), and the seven Liberal members on SECU led by Chair Jean-Yves Duclos. Each MP's public role on C-22 is described and public-record contact information is included so constituents can reach their representatives. Parliament Audit takes no position on whether the bill should pass; we publish the record and the contact channel.

Bill C-22 Just Passed Second Reading. With a Liberal Majority, the Path to Royal Assent Is Now Mostly Clear.

On April 20, 2026, the House of Commons passed Bill C-22 — the Lawful Access Act, 2026 — at second reading. The bill is now at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, the last stage where substantial amendments are realistic before the Liberal majority votes it through. The bill mandates one year of metadata retention by "core providers," authorizes the Public Safety Minister to issue secret capability orders to electronic service providers, and lowers the police access threshold for subscriber information from "reasonable grounds to believe" to "reasonable grounds to suspect." Opposition is from a wide coalition: academic privacy law, civil-society groups, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, technology firms including Meta and Apple, and the Department of Justice's own Charter statement, which is silent on the metadata-retention question. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has no statutory oversight role under the bill as drafted.