Senator calls on Rubio, Blanche to push back against Canadian surveillance legislation
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden says the Trump administration should pressure Canada not to enact a proposal that would "weaponize American technology infrastructure" for surveillance purposes.
Proposed legislation moving through Canada’s Senate threatens U.S. national security and would allow Canadian intelligence and law enforcement authorities to surveil American citizens, Sen. Ron Wyden said in a letter to two senior Trump administration officials.
Wyden says the Lawful Access Act “threatens to weaponize American technology infrastructure by enabling the Canadian government to force U.S. companies to secretly facilitate surveillance of Americans, while systematically undermining the security of their products.” The letter, dated Thursday, went to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in his capacity as acting national security adviser.
The Canadian legislation would require providers to store user metadata — for example, location history — for up to a year. It also would allow the Canadian government to force providers to create backdoors or set up tracking.
Source: https://therecord.media/canada-lawful-access-act-surveillance-wyden-letter
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