The Canadian government has shown that it is willing to reduce the amount of time that electronic service providers must keep digital metadata under a new proposed law.

加拿大政府表示，在新擬議的法律下，他們願意縮短電子服務供應商必須保存數位元數據的時間。

The proposed law, Bill C-22, is divided into two main parts. Part 1 allows authorities to quickly check if specific people or phone numbers are using certain telecommunications services, a section that most people agree with. In contrast, Part 2 requires providers to keep technical systems that help the police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service collect data, including information about where a user is located and who they are communicating with.

這項擬議的法律（C-22 法案）分為兩個主要部分。第一部分允許當局快速檢查特定人士或電話號碼是否使用某些電信服務，這部分大多數人都表示同意。相反地，第二部分要求供應商維持一套技術系統，以協助警方和加拿大安全情報局收集數據，包括用戶的位置以及通訊對象。

There has been significant disagreement regarding the original plan to store this data for one year. Experts from the University of Ottawa emphasized that such a long period could allow the government to create detailed surveillance maps of the general public. Consequently, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree has changed his position; he is now open to shortening this timeframe to somewhere between six months and one year. Furthermore, the government plans to add amendments to ensure that data encryption standards are not weakened.

關於原計劃將數據儲存一年的方案，存在顯著分歧。渥太華大學的專家強調，如此長的期限可能會讓政府能夠建立一份針對一般大眾的詳細監控地圖。因此，公共安全部長 Gary Anandasangaree 改變了立場；他現在對將此期限縮短至六個月到一年之間持開放態度。此外，政府計劃加入修正案，以確保數據加密標準不會被削弱。

Different political groups remain divided on the issue. The Conservative party suggested splitting the bill into two, allowing Part 1 to pass immediately while Part 2 is studied more closely. However, the government has rejected this idea. They asserted that the legislation must stay together to ensure law enforcement has the modern tools needed to fight crime while still respecting the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

不同的政治團體對此問題仍持有分歧。保守黨建議將法案拆分為兩部分，允許第一部分立即通過，而第二部分則進行更詳細的研究。然而，政府拒絕了這個想法。他們堅稱該立法必須保持完整，以確保執法部門擁有打擊犯罪所需的現代化工具，同時依然尊重《權利與自由憲章》。

The government is now preparing to present these updated storage periods and encryption details to the House of Commons public safety committee.

政府目前正準備將這些更新後的儲存期限與加密詳情提交給國會下議院的公共安全委員會。