alt Hacker NewsThe media in Canada is given billions in subsidies by the Liberal government, and in turn they have a noticeable bias. They are especially having trouble criticizing the current government under Mark Carney, which has been pointed out by people in the media (and even on CBC).
Since this bill is indefensible they simply don’t report on it much. They’d rather talk about the opposition than the party currently in power.
My guess is that the legislators are completely ignorant of the technical implication of weakening the entire chain and the media are just as ignorant.
It's actually quite defensible from their perspective. They justify it with reason they decided wire tapping was reasonable for the past decades. It's just that they don't understand the risk and implication.