The Canadian government has indicated a willingness to reduce the duration for which electronic service providers must retain digital metadata under proposed legislation.

加拿大政府表示，願意縮短擬議立法中要求電子服務供應商保留數位元數據的期限。

The legislative framework in question, Bill C-22, is bifurcated into two primary components. Part 1 facilitates expedited investigations by permitting authorities to verify whether specific individuals or numbers are serviced by telecommunications providers. This section has achieved relatively broad consensus. Conversely, Part 2 mandates that providers maintain technical capacities to assist the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and police in data acquisition, including the retention of transmission and location metadata.

目前討論的法律框架 C-22 法案分為兩個主要部分。第一部分透過允許當局核實特定個人或號碼是否由電信供應商提供服務，以加快調查進度。此部分已達成相對廣泛的共識。相反地，第二部分要求供應商必須維持技術能力，以協助加拿大安全情報局及警方獲取數據，包括保留傳輸與位置的元數據。

Institutional friction has emerged regarding the proposed one-year retention maximum. Academic perspectives, specifically from the University of Ottawa, suggest that such a mandate could facilitate the creation of comprehensive surveillance maps of the general population. Consequently, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree has shifted his position from a previous rejection of amendments to a current openness toward shortening this timeframe, with a proposed window of at least six months but less than one year. Furthermore, the administration intends to introduce amendments to clarify that encryption standards will remain uncompromised.

關於擬議的一年最高保留期，目前出現了機構間的分歧。學術界，特別是渥太華大學的觀點認為，此類指令可能會促成針對一般民眾的全面監控地圖。因此，公共安全部長 Gary Anandasangaree 改變了先前拒絕修正的立場，目前對縮短此期限持開放態度，建議的區間為至少六個月但少於一年。此外，政府打算引入修正案，明確表示加密標準將不會受到妥協。

Stakeholder positioning remains polarized. The Conservative party, via critic Frank Caputo, has proposed a legislative decoupling, suggesting the immediate passage of Part 1 while subjecting Part 2 to further scrutiny regarding ministerial orders and encryption. The government has formally dismissed the possibility of splitting the bill, maintaining that the legislation is necessary to align law enforcement capabilities with modern criminal exigencies while remaining consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

持份者的立場依然兩極。保守黨透過批評者 Frank Caputo 建議將立法分開，建議第一部分立即通過，而第二部分關於部長命令與加密的部分則需進一步審查。政府正式拒絕了分拆法案的可能性，堅持認為該立法對於使執法能力符合現代犯罪的緊急需求至關重要，同時與《權利與自由憲章》保持一致。

The government is currently preparing to present these revised retention periods and encryption clarifications to the House of Commons public safety committee.

政府目前正準備將這些修正後的保留期限與加密澄清方案提交至下議院公共安全委員會。