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Canada's Bill C-22 would mandate electronic service providers to collect and retain user metadata for up to a year, creating what Michael Geist calls a 'giant surveillance map' of the population.
The vague language in Bill C-22 raises concerns it could lead to mandates for breaking encryption or creating backdoors, prompting services like Signal to state they would cease operating in Canada if it passes.
Canada's proposed mandatory metadata retention goes beyond what some Five Eyes partners like the United States have implemented, contrary to government claims of alignment.
The US Departments of War and Energy are aggressively fast-tracking domestic critical mineral production. They are offering equity investments, immediate permits, and "take or pay" offtake agreements with guaranteed minimum floor prices to small resource owners in the US and Canada.
The CEO of Payments Canada stated 80% of Canadian cross-border payments route through U.S. correspondent banks, framing payment rails as weapons of economic statecraft.
The 2026 World Cup is the first to be hosted by three nations: Mexico, Canada, and the United States, with the U.S. hosting the majority of games.