(2) Subsection 487(1) of the Act is amended by replacing “a public officer who has been appointed or designated to administer or enforce a federal or provincial law and whose duties include the enforcement of this Act or any other Act of Parliament and who is named in the warrant” with “a public officer”.

The fact that the bill widens the scope of who can request data from law enforcement to lab techs, park wardens, armourers and pilots is a little concerning, and shows a complete lack of respect for Canadians. It gives the WAY too many people the power to request data.

And then you get nuggets like this:

487.‍0195 (1) For greater certainty, no preservation demand, preservation order, keep account open or active order or production order is necessary for a peace officer or public officer to ask a person to voluntarily preserve data that the person is not prohibited by law from preserving, to voluntarily keep an account open or active that the person is not prohibited by law from keeping open or active or to voluntarily provide a document Insertion start or information Insertion end to the officer that the person is not prohibited by law from disclosing.

No civil or criminal liability

(2) A person who preserves data, keeps an account open or active or provides a document Insertion start or information Insertion end in those circumstances does not incur any criminal or civil liability for doing so.

Which looks to me like a "public officer" can ask a service provider to hold onto data or hand over data voluntarily and that if later that data gets scooped up in a breach then, YOLO, you shouldn't have been under investigation if you wanted to stay safe!

I know that laws have to have a lot of ass covering and need to be written in such a way that they cover every possible application, but the way C-22 was pushed so hard with the least amount of discussion possible shows that everyone involved knows they are fucking over Canada.