Philippe Dufresne told senators examining Bill C-22 that it’s better than the Liberals’ previous attempt to expand security agencies’ power to get digital records, but he’s still worried about infringements of privacy. Among other things, the commissioner said the Senate should amend the bill to make sure government agents can use it only to get telecom records—and not apply it to electronic health files, for example. (The Logic)

Talking point: The government says police investigations in the age of encrypted messaging apps are held back by a wiretapping law written for analog telephones and that police need better access to digital information. That includes whether a suspect has an account on a particular system, without needing to get a warrant first. The Liberals pushed the bill through the House of Commons right before a summer break. It’s drawn objections from sources as diverse as the Canadian Bar Association and cryptography experts.

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