Michael Geist: “Bill C-36 hands the entire private-sector privacy file to a Cabinet-appointed content-and-data commission while effectively removing the only independent federal privacy watchdog Canadians have ever had from the room. …it marks the end of the globally-respected Privacy Commissioner of Canada on private sector privacy law and the arrival of a super-regulator with astonishing powers that may be unmatched anywhere in the democratic world.”
#canpoli #privacy
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/canadas-digital-super-regulator-bill-c-36-pushes-out-the-privacy-commissioner-and-hands-private-sector-privacy-to-an-overloaded-commission/
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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Jun 11, 2026
Em 
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
Privacy Activist and Advocate. Security Passionate. Protector of Data. Tamer of Python. Lover of Encrypted Keys. Recycled Artist. Hardware Enthusiast. Fan of FOSS. Happy Mastodon Mentor to all newcomers! Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy. Located in Canada 🇨🇦 (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Currently: Looking for a new remote opportunity. Previously: Activism & Outreach Lead and Journalist at @privacyguides 🔒 Privacy tips at: #TinyPrivacyTip 🐘 Mastodon tips at: #TinyMastodonTip Other hashtags I talk about: #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #Python #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #NoAI Secondary accounts at (do not contact me there): 🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon 🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon #nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis 
infosec.exchange
From Global News:
Grok AI broke Canada’s laws, created 6K sexual deepfakes per hour
"The investigation has found that X Corp and xAI violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy law by launching the Grok AI-powered image generation tool without implementing appropriate safeguards at the outset," privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press conference in Ottawa Thursday.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11899687/grok-sexual-deepfake-report/
#NoAI #Grok #Privacy #Consent #CanPoli
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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Jun 10, 2026
Em
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
Privacy Activist and Advocate. Security Passionate. Protector of Data. Tamer of Python. Lover of Encrypted Keys. Recycled Artist. Hardware Enthusiast. Fan of FOSS. Happy Mastodon Mentor to all newcomers! Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy. Located in Canada 🇨🇦 (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Currently: Looking for a new remote opportunity. Previously: Activism & Outreach Lead and Journalist at @privacyguides 🔒 Privacy tips at: #TinyPrivacyTip 🐘 Mastodon tips at: #TinyMastodonTip Other hashtags I talk about: #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #Python #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #NoAI Secondary accounts at (do not contact me there): 🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon 🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon #nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis
infosec.exchange
A thread to Stop ID Surveillance from coming to Canada ⛔️🧵
Yesterday, I sent a long letter the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Culture Minister Marc Miller, and the leaders of all other major federal parties in Canada.
I sent this letter to voice my concerns about the upcoming bill that is planned to be introduced today at 5 p.m. ET, to propose a ban of social media for children, therefore requiring all social media platforms to identify every adults accessing it.
This is a long thread of what I wrote (mute me for one hour if you don't want to see it).
Feel free to copy any parts you want to share in your own letter of opposition sent to your representatives this week.
Here's how to find their contact information: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search
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#StopIDSurveillance #Privacy #HumanRights #AgeVerification #CanPoli #Canada
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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Jun 09, 2026
Em
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
Privacy Activist and Advocate. Security Passionate. Protector of Data. Tamer of Python. Lover of Encrypted Keys. Recycled Artist. Hardware Enthusiast. Fan of FOSS. Happy Mastodon Mentor to all newcomers! Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy. Located in Canada 🇨🇦 (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Currently: Looking for a new remote opportunity. Previously: Activism & Outreach Lead and Journalist at @privacyguides 🔒 Privacy tips at: #TinyPrivacyTip 🐘 Mastodon tips at: #TinyMastodonTip Other hashtags I talk about: #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #Python #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #NoAI Secondary accounts at (do not contact me there): 🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon 🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon #nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis
infosec.exchange
PRIVACY ALERT!
Please boost for reach! 🚨👇
The Canadian government is planning
to introduce a bill on Wednesday, June 10th, to mandate identity surveillance of every adult using social media in Canada! 👁️🗨️
https://globalnews.ca/news/11894610/canada-social-media-ban-teens-online-harms-bill/
A ban on social media for children
does nothing to reduce the harm caused by commercial social media. Instead, it means mandatory ID scans for every adult using social media.
We must stop this authoritarian proposal,
and demand our government focuses instead on reducing the harm for everyone using social media.
It has been explained by experts over and over that bans of social media are shortsighted lazy measures that do not help in the end, but in fact harm everyone, including the children.
Stop ID surveillance in Canada! ✊⛔️
Contact your MP and our Prime Minister TODAY to voice your opposition. Here's where to find their contact information: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search
If you aren't aware of this issue yet, here's more information on age verification: https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification
#AgeVerification #Privacy #Canada #HumanRights #CanPoli #StopIDChecks #StopIDSurveillance
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@Cassandra@ottawa.place
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Jun 02, 2026
🔥Cassandra🔥
@Cassandra@ottawa.place
Building community in a flaming world. Favourite topics include dystopia, #autism, trauma, brains, #accessibility, tech, injustice, healing, animals, nature, #StarTrek, words, nonsense, polls. No boosts without explanatory #AltText. Header: a Canadian forest in autumn. Tall dark brown trunks, a profusion of yellow and orange leaves, small patches of green. Avatar: a close-up of the painting Cassandra by Evelyn de Morgan. Cassandra tears her flaming red hair as Troy burns behind her.
ottawa.place
In case of interest, a Parliamentary committee is hearing extra witnesses from 3:30 - 5:30 today on Bill C-22 ("lawful access"), because privacy advocates and tech companies and regular Canadians made such a stink about what the majority Liberals planned to do.
Witnesses include the Canadian Bar Association and Signal.
#CanPoli #FediLaw
https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/SECU/meeting-40/notice
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Wednesday’s court ruling blocking Alberta separatists’ efforts to hold a secession referendum this fall is a reminder that treaties are foundational to Canada’s existence, write Gina Starblanket and James Rowe. #canpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/05/15/Alberta-Separatists-Ignored-Power-Treaties/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty@thecanadian.social
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May 05, 2026
ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty
@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty@thecanadian.social
🇨🇦 We are a small team of Canadians trying to convince our politicians and government agencies to stop using U.S. based social media platforms and embrace the Fediverse. We need your help to accomplish this objective and hope you will join us to secure our Digital Sovereignty. Please take part in our communication projects when we ask for volunteers and boost our messages to increase awareness. Follow the hashtag #MastoCanadaGOV for the latest updates.
thecanadian.social
Today is a good day to begin your outreach campaign targeting the elected representatives in your area. Decide if you want to be aggressive and contact all 3 - Federal, Provincial and Municipal - or pick one to get started. Step #1 is finding the contact info for your representatives.
Federal is easy - simply visit the URL provided and search by MP name, constituency or postal code. Follow the link to get their contact info.
#MastodonCanada #Plushtodon #CanPoli
https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en
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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
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May 13, 2026
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
Welcome! I am: Dad, Husband, Tech. Former #PortAlberni City Council. Dual 🇨🇦🇪🇸. Speak English, French and Spanish in descending order. Climate and Decolonization are THE issues. Follow my @chrisblog Opinions are only mine but you’re welcome to share them. 😆 Will post about cats, gardens, politics, sports, other random things. Socialist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, LGBTQ2S and Indigenous comrade. In BC? Join SocialBC.ca! #selfhosted server and searchable profile.
mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
One of the many things I love about Quebeccers, is they care about the environment and they also know a fraud when they see one.
Mark Carney is a fraud on the environment.
“Oui, Carney est pire qu’Harper en environment”
I don't think I need to translate the headline. :)
#Carney #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Environment #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #OilGas #EndFossilFuels #Quebec #Francais
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2026/05/13/oui-carney-est-pire-quharper-en-environnement
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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
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May 13, 2026
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
Welcome! I am: Dad, Husband, Tech. Former #PortAlberni City Council. Dual 🇨🇦🇪🇸. Speak English, French and Spanish in descending order. Climate and Decolonization are THE issues. Follow my @chrisblog Opinions are only mine but you’re welcome to share them. 😆 Will post about cats, gardens, politics, sports, other random things. Socialist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, LGBTQ2S and Indigenous comrade. In BC? Join SocialBC.ca! #selfhosted server and searchable profile.
mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
addendum for the “Carney is better than PP crowd”
OK... Yes, Carney is better than PP.
However, he is worse than Harper (according to multiple reports now)
That means the current hierarchy is:
Harper
Carney
Poillievre.
The *only* option for progressive, environmentally conscious, and patriotic Canadians appears to be @avilewis@mstdn.ca
#Carney #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Environment #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #OilGas #EndFossilFuels #Quebec #Francais
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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May 07, 2026
Em
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
Privacy Activist and Advocate. Security Passionate. Protector of Data. Tamer of Python. Lover of Encrypted Keys. Recycled Artist. Hardware Enthusiast. Fan of FOSS. Happy Mastodon Mentor to all newcomers! Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy. Located in Canada 🇨🇦 (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Currently: Looking for a new remote opportunity. Previously: Activism & Outreach Lead and Journalist at @privacyguides 🔒 Privacy tips at: #TinyPrivacyTip 🐘 Mastodon tips at: #TinyMastodonTip Other hashtags I talk about: #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #Python #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #NoAI Secondary accounts at (do not contact me there): 🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon 🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon #nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis
infosec.exchange
From Global News:
"OpenAI violated Canadians’ privacy, watchdogs say in call for legal reform."
https://globalnews.ca/news/11836689/report-on-openai-expected-from-federal-provincial-privacy-watchdogs/
"The report criticizes OpenAI for rushing its ChatGPT products to market before having proper privacy safeguards in place, only addressing concerns after the fact, which violated accountability requirements in the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)."
"Michael Harvey suggested that ChatGPT by design 'cannot be compliant' with the province’s privacy law as currently written, which forbids companies from relying on 'implied consent' if it is not collecting the data itself, but rather from third-party websites."
#NoAI #Privacy #CanPoli
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@Cassandra@ottawa.place
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May 05, 2026
🔥Cassandra🔥
@Cassandra@ottawa.place
Building community in a flaming world. Favourite topics include dystopia, #autism, trauma, brains, #accessibility, tech, injustice, healing, animals, nature, #StarTrek, words, nonsense, polls. No boosts without explanatory #AltText. Header: a Canadian forest in autumn. Tall dark brown trunks, a profusion of yellow and orange leaves, small patches of green. Avatar: a close-up of the painting Cassandra by Evelyn de Morgan. Cassandra tears her flaming red hair as Troy burns behind her.
ottawa.place
Bets on next #GovernorGeneral of Canada?
Wrong answers and serious theories welcome.
#CanPoli
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@mordoc@fosstodon.org
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May 05, 2026
Mordoc 🇨🇦 (VA6STM)
@mordoc@fosstodon.org
Linux guy, ham radio guy - VA6STM, avid runner.
fosstodon.org
Alberta politics
Hover or focus to reveal
Sensitive
Interesting story on how Elections Alberta figured out who leaked the data:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/in-canada-a-canary-trap-springs-shut-and-ids-election-database-leak/
#ABPoli #CanPoli
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@Buds_always@mstdn.social
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Apr 26, 2026
Buds_Always_Have_Elbows_Up 🇨🇦
@Buds_always@mstdn.social
New Mastodon account. Moved from another. Old account @buds_always Xitter refugee. Politics, sports, music, art, jokes. #NeverVoteConservative #LeafsForever #PostPunk #Fishing #Photography #SkilledTrades #EveryBillionaireIsAPolicyFailure F*ck DoFo, Carney, PP, Dump and Pootin.
mstdn.social
RE: https://mastodon.online/@electrek/116468665233029250
Speaking from personal experience, this is spot on. The savings ARE STAGGERING. One of our trucks went from $20,000 per year to $3000, JUST IN FUEL COSTS. Never mind the cost of maintaining an ICE vs an EV which is minuscule. #EV #ElectricVehicles #electrification #Electric #Climate #ClimateChange #onpoli #canpoli #fossilfuels
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@chris@socialbc.ca
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Feb 04, 2026
Chris Alemany
@chris@socialbc.ca
Hi! I am a member of the team that runs the new social web space at SocialBC.ca. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Posts here are instance and BC related. Mostly politics and some weather. You can see my personal account at @chris with much more varied content, I also run @alberniweather. Profile picture is me dramatically eating a cookie. Header is the SocialBC Logo. A Mammoth walking in front of a triangular mountain over "SOCIAL"
socialbc.ca
Norway, population 5.6 Million. 1/3rd above the Arctic Circle, and heavily dependent on oil and gas from the North Sea.
And yet, their new-car sales were at 94% EV in January.
98 diesel cars, 7 petrol(gasoline), 29 hybrids.
The rest were EVs.
7 gas cars is wild!
But please tell me again that EVs don't work in the cold etc etc…
#BCPoli #CanPoli #EV #Electric #Cars
https://electrek.co/2026/02/03/even-after-cutting-ev-incentives-norway-only-sold-98-diesel-cars-in-january/
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@manlycoffee@techhub.social
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Apr 16, 2026
Sal Rahman
@manlycoffee@techhub.social
I write code for fun, and for profit. Currently working on: - real-time chatting, and trying to throw graph theory into the problem - AI assistant for managing notes Also, I'm a Honda owner #activitypub #fedi22 #go #typescript #react #nextjs #SoftwareDeveloper #programmer #programming #coding
techhub.social
The Parliament of Estonia is orders of magnitude smarter than whoever is in the Parliament of Canada (including Mark Carney).
"Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says"
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-should-stand-up-to-big-tech-instead-of-imposing-social-media-bans-estonia-says/
#CanPoli #CanadianPolitics #CanadaPolitics
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@intothewestaway@mastodonapp.uk
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Apr 14, 2026
PeaceNick🇨🇦 🏳️🌈
@intothewestaway@mastodonapp.uk
All things ⚽ - #Arsenal #ForgeFC #CanMNT #CanWNT #CanXNT #HamOnt #Bikes all things #StarTrek #DrWho * ICD Code V13.9XXA - Unspecified cyclist injured in collision with car, pick-up or truck #NeverVoteConservative *avatar - Rainbow Peace Symbol *banner is two kayakers on a lake with a sunset Ensanguining the skies How heavily it dies Into the west away; Past touch and sight and sound Not further to be found, How hopeless under ground Falls the remorseful day. ~A.E. Houseman
mastodonapp.uk
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@Beltliner403@mastodon.online
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Apr 09, 2026
William Hamilton
@Beltliner403@mastodon.online
mastodon.online
“I think there’s an increasing realization [within #NATO] that this is an ally that they can’t trust, they can’t rely on. It’s a president who has become lawless and belligerent to so many others, supported by a sycophantic administration, with a Congress that seems to have no interest in reining him in and a population that has become less and less kind and generous — generous to the rest of the world.”
— General Tom Lawson (retired)
#CanPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nato-trump-iran-war-russia-9.7158165
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@sirop_federable@mstdn.ca
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Apr 13, 2026
Retour sur le discours nationaliste de Carney, l'analyse de Daniel Thibeault
L'analyse de Daniel Thibeault. Retour sur le discours nationaliste de Mark Carney lors du congrès libéral en fin de semaine et aperçu de ce qui se joue lors des élections partielles.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/1-10640334/retour-sur-discours-nationaliste-carney-analyse-daniel-thibeault
#MarkCarney #Canada #PolCan #CanPoli
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@sirop_federable@mstdn.ca
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Apr 13, 2026
Terrebonne et deux circonscriptions ontariennes | Trois élections partielles fédérales se dérouleront ce lundi
Des élections partielles se dérouleront ce lundi dans trois circonscriptions fédérales, dont celle de Terrebonne.
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2026-04-12/terrebonne-et-deux-circonscriptions-ontariennes/trois-elections-partielles-federales-se-derouleront-ce-lundi.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=fil&utm_campaign=actualites&utm_content=politique
#MarkCarney #Canada #PolCan #CanPoli
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@JEmphatically@mstdn.ca
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Apr 11, 2026
JEmphatically
@JEmphatically@mstdn.ca
She/her grandma, journalist, photographer, worrier, playlist-maker, environmentalist, introvert. Former tar sands PR, public servant and political organizer. Stop the genocide. Signal JodyMacPherson.64 Profile pic of me, black-framed glasses, light brown hair, graying rapidly! Header photo is of a robotic dragon belching out fire with a Hudsons Bay store sign reflected in the background. Born: 319.65 ppm About me: https://bluedotliving.com/the-shift-from-public-relations-for-fossil-fuels-to-environmental-reporter/
mstdn.ca
He claimed it wasn’t a project, even though the province has a page for it on their website calling it a “major project.”
He criticized the news release as premature, even though he posted proudly about it on his LinkedIn, calling it a “validation” of the government’s data centre strategy.
And he said there were no financial incentives being offered, even though the government promised 0% data centre tax levied on projects that bring their own power (which is the majority) compared to the small number of data centres connecting to the grid who have to pay the government levy.
The minister gave a performance like no other at a recent town hall in Olds.
I obtained a recording of the meeting and reported on it in my recent article for The Mix!
https://www.theenergymix.com/common-sense-to-keep-10b-data-centre-1-4-gw-gas-plant-far-from-town-alberta-minister-says/
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #canpoli #AIdatacentres #environment #climate
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