Public Safety Canada: Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, 2026: volumes, reporting and foreign requests
2 Sept 2026 · Access to Information Act · A-2026-00224
1 Oct: the Department extended its time by 90 days, to 31 Dec.
Request under the Access to Information Act — records concerning Bill C-22 (Lawful Access Act, 2026), volumes, reporting and foreign requests
Hello,
I make this request under section 6 of the Access to Information Act. I am a Canadian resident and I request access to the following records held by Public Safety Canada.
1. All records estimating or forecasting the annual number of confirmation of service demands under the proposed section 487.0121 of the Criminal Code, and the annual number of production orders for subscriber information under the proposed section 487.0142, dated between 1 January 2024 and the date this request is processed.
2. All records that address whether the demands and orders referred to in item 1 are to be counted, reported or published, including any analysis comparing them to the annual reporting obligation for interceptions under section 195 of the Criminal Code and to the annual report required by section 49 of the proposed Supporting Authorized Access to Information Act, in the same period.
3. All records containing the reason that Part 1 of Bill C-22 contains no reporting obligation while Part 2 of the same bill does, in the same period.
4. All correspondence and records of meetings between Public Safety Canada and any telecommunications service provider, electronic service provider or industry association concerning Bill C-22 or its predecessor lawful access proposals, dated between 1 January 2025 and the date this request is processed, including agendas, minutes, presentation decks and attendance lists.
5. All records estimating the annual number of foreign requests expected to be enforced in Canada under the proposed section 22.07 of the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act, and identifying the states or entities expected to make them, in the same period.
6. All records that address the grounds on which the Minister may decline to authorize a foreign request under the proposed section 22.07, including any analysis of dual criminality, of the risk of torture or the death penalty, and of prosecution on grounds of religion or political opinion, in the same period.
7. All records that address the receipt by a peace officer or public officer of information provided by a service provider because that provider is required to provide it by the law of a foreign state, as contemplated by the proposed subsection 487.0195(3) of the Criminal Code, in the same period.
I request the records in electronic format.
Fees. I am without income and I am unable to pay the application fee. I request a waiver of the fee under subsection 11(6) of the Access to Information Act. The records concern the operation of powers that reach the personal information of every resident of Canada, and the public benefit of their release is direct. If the waiver is refused, I ask to be advised in writing of the refusal, the reason for it, and the method of payment, and I will pay the 5.00 dollar fee.
I require registration of this request on the date of its receipt. Where the Department holds no record answering any numbered item above, I require a written statement to that effect for that item.
The name and title of an officer or employee of a government institution on a document prepared by that person in the course of employment is not personal information under paragraph 3(j) of the Privacy Act. I require that such names and titles be released and not severed.
A refusal to register this request until a fee is paid, an absence of a file number, or an absence of a decision on the waiver request will be placed before the Information Commissioner of Canada.
Respectfully,
Danilo Dzyuban