Ottawa quietly reboots Trudeau-era cybersecurity bill passed by Commons but makes changes

By Cristin Schmitz ( June 19, 2025, 2:38 PM EDT) -- The Carney Liberal government has quietly rebooted — with changes — a Trudeau-era cybersecurity bill that proposed new offences, large administrative monetary penalties (AMPs), gags and broad “compliance orders” for businesses, with the stated aim of defending critical infrastructure in the federally regulated sectors of finance, telecommunications, energy and transportation from the rising tide of electronic espionage, ransomware and other “malicious cyber activity.”...