The government is tabling privacy reform today. That’s overdue, but its privacy track record is terrible: mandated age verification for millions, mandatory metadata retention, weaker privacy rules for political parties, and sidelining the Privacy Commish.
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/privacy-as-a-fundamental-right-the-governments-terrible-privacy-track-record-suggests-virtue-signalling-over-a-genuine-commitment/