Unpublished Newswire

OTTAWA — After their first crack at creating a new lawful access regime was criticized from all sides, the Liberals tabled a new bill Thursday proposing a narrower set of warranted and unwarranted search powers for police and intelligence agencies. In Bill C-22, the Liberals offer significantly circumscribed powers to authorities compared to those proposed in bill C-2 tabled last spring. This time, the government is proposing that police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) only be able to approach telecommunications companies and ask them if, yes or no, an...