Robert Diab
Role at the time: Law professor at Thompson Rivers University
Condemned
Statement summary
Diab criticizes the breadth of the amended retention power.
“This is still a power to order the retention of almost everyone’s metadata without individualized suspicion for a significant period of time.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Robert Diab examines Bill C-22 after the Commons amendmentsEncryption and metadata-retention sections
Diab considers the amended text and questions whether its safeguards resolve privacy concerns.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The case concerns Bill C-22 Part 2's proposed mandatory capabilities, metadata retention and safeguards. Diab criticizes the breadth of the amended retention power.