Yet buried toward the end of the bill are lawful access provisions that have nothing to do with the border. This post provides the background on lawful access and an overview of some Bill C-2’s provisions with more details on key elements to come. What followed were a series of lawful access bills that sparked opposition – both in the public and effectively in the courts. Yet the vast majority of the bill brought back many (though not all) lawful access provisions found in the earlier proposal. The government and law enforcement are running back the warrantless access playbook by inserting extensive lawful access provisions in an unrelated bill.