The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday, May 8, edition that Meta warned that Ottawa's lawful access bill could lead to government surveillance and the capture of private information from ordinary Canadians, even those not connected to crime. The Globe's Marie Woolf writes that during a Commons committee hearing, Rachel Curran, Meta's head of public policy in Canada, said the bill would require companies to install government spyware on their systems. The government has argued that the bill is needed to help law enforcement fight crime, arguing that Canada is lagging behind G7 countries in not having a "lawful access" mechanism. Bill C-22 would require telecoms, Internet companies and other digital service providers in Canada to adjust their systems to give surveillance and monitoring capabilities to police services and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Ms. Curran warned that the technical assistance obligations in the bill "could conscript private companies into service as an arm of the government surveillance apparatus." She also voiced concerns that the bill would make Meta and other companies "build or maintain capabilities that break or undermine encryption."