The federal government will amend its controversial lawful access bill to address concerns about encryption and metadata, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Wednesday.
“The encryption issue is one we will clarify because this bill was never meant to breach encryption,” Anandasangaree said.
He said the government’s understanding of the language in the bill on systemic vulnerabilities is that breaching encryption would not be allowed.
“So we will clarify it in the bill and we look forward to working with the opposition on appropriate language that we can live with,” Anandasangaree said.
He said the government also will provide a clear definition of metadata in the legislation and ensure its requirements are in line with similar legislation in the U.S….