Bill C-22 surveillance powers go "beyond any regime": Google exec
Google’s Senior Director for Privacy, Katherine Charlet, told MPs on Tuesday that Bill C-22 gives the Liberal government "boundless" powers to spy on Canadians.
The federal government’s controversial digital surveillance bill represents a dramatic escalation in state power that goes "beyond any regime" in the democratic world, a top Google executive warned lawmakers on Tuesday.
Testifying before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, Katherine Charlet, Google’s Senior Director for Privacy, Safety and Security Policy, delivered a scathing indictment of Bill C-22.
Charlet testified that the legislation, introduced in March 2026 as the Lawful Access Act, grants the government "boundless" secrecy and unprecedented power over private infrastructure, easily outpacing even the most intrusive surveillance laws.
