"While Bill C-2 does not explicitly state that it is paving the way for new and expanded data-sharing with the United States or other countries, the legislation contains references to the potential for “agreement[s] or arrangement[s]” with a foreign state, and references elsewhere the potential that persons in Canada may become compelled by the laws of a foreign state to disclose information.2 Other data and surveillance powers in Bill C-2 read like they could have been drafted by U.S. officials.
Furthermore, in response to questions at a technical briefing on Bill C-2 by Justice Canada on June 9, 2025, Justice Canada officials acknowledged to the persons present at the briefing that the intent of certain provisions within Bill C-2 is to enable Canada to implement and ratify a new data-sharing treaty, publicly known as the “Second Additional Protocol” to the Budapest Convention (“2AP”). The briefing acknowledged that other cross-border “cooperation” tools were foreseeable.
The federal government’s quiet acknowledgement that new provisions in Bill C-2 are being introduced to implement the 2AP treaty raises broader questions about the full extent of Bill C-2’s impacts as it concerns data-sharing with U.S. law enforcement authorities."
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-preliminary-analysis-of-bill-c-2/
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