Michael Geist
Role at the time: University of Ottawa law professor
Condemned
Statement summary
Geist argues that the Senate is being asked to approve a framework whose operational requirements remain unknown. He warns that ministerial orders could impose obligations on individual providers before any public regulations are established.
“secret orders could be imposed on individual providers before public regulations are even established.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Geist questions secret orders and delayed regulations under Bill C-22Discussion of commencement, ministerial orders and parliamentary review
Geist evaluates the amended six-month retention framework and argues that implementation and secrecy risks remain.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The reference point is Bill C-22's Part 2 lawful-access framework. The speaker expressly criticizes its capability, privacy or oversight provisions.