Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne says he has not been consulted on a cybersecurity bill that would allow Ottawa to secretly block individual Canadians from accessing telecommunications or internet networks.
“We’re not consulted on specific pieces of legislation before they’re tabled,” Dufresne said at an Oct. 6 House of Commons ethics committee meeting, which was first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter.
Bill C-8, also known as An Act Respecting Cybersecurity, has non-disclosure provisions that would allow cabinet to, “on a case-by-case basis,” block “any specified person” from accessing any telecommunications or internet network it believes necessary to protect the nation without disclosing the order or the reasons behind it. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree introduced the bill on June 18….