Senior Director, Canada @ProgressChamber

Ottawa, ON
I'm thrilled to join @ProgressChamber as Senior Director for Canada 🇨🇦 I look forward to shaping tech policies that can grow our tech sector, strengthen our economy & protect consumers. You can find the announcement and my first blog linked below.💡
We're excited to welcome Josh Tabish as Senior Director for Canada! Josh is our first hire in Canada and follows our 2024 growth into the European Union and United Kingdom. Based in Ottawa, Josh previously served at the Canadian Internet Registration Authority as policy director. He also held roles at Fight for the Future and OpenMedia.
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More than 20 Canadian and European tech companies and organizations sent an open letter urging the Canadian government to amend Bill C-22 before it becomes law. The bill could leave Canadians’ data less secure, undermine encryption, and make Canada a harder place for tech companies to invest and grow. “A backdoor for law enforcement is a backdoor for everyone.” Read more: progresschamber.org/resource…
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Josh Tabish retweeted
Bill C-22 makes Canada an untenable place for most tech companies to operate in, foreign and domestic. With trade uncertainty already hanging over the Canada-U.S. relationship, and a government that says it wants foreign investment, there has never been a better time to fix (delete) this misguided bill. It is in direct conflict with attracting the capital our government claims to want, and literally forces existing Canadian companies to take their taxable revenue elsewhere.
More than 20 Canadian and European tech companies and organizations sent an open letter urging the Canadian government to amend Bill C-22 before it becomes law. The bill could leave Canadians’ data less secure, undermine encryption, and make Canada a harder place for tech companies to invest and grow. “A backdoor for law enforcement is a backdoor for everyone.” Read more: progresschamber.org/resource…
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Canadian tech companies warn about consequences of Bill C-22, the lawful access bill now at the Senate: “Bill C-22 would weaken our competitiveness and erode trust in Canada’s tech industry…puts our companies at risk.” Letter at progresschamber.org/resource…
Tech, VPN companies call on Ottawa to make more changes to lawful-access bill theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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The Senate is expected to take up second reading of Bill C-22 this fall. @Apple, @Windscribe, @Tailscale, @signalapp, and more are sounding the alarm about what it could mean for user privacy. 🔒
Privacy and security are central to the technology we build. That’s why we joined other Canadian and European tech organizations in a new letter outlining concerns about Bill C-22. fixc22.ca
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More than 20 tech leaders from Canada and Europe are calling for changes to Bill C-22 ahead of the Senate’s study this fall. Read the coverage below, and the full open letter at fixc22.ca.
Tech, VPN companies call on Ottawa to make more changes to lawful-access bill theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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"Tech companies delivering digital services to Canadians, including cybersecurity, have written to federal ministers urging further changes to lawful-access Bill C-22, saying it still creates “serious business risks” in its current form." 1/ theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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Hey @tobi -- over 20 Canadian and European tech companies have signed a new open letter raising concerns about Bill C-22 at fixc22.ca. Would appreciate a boost if you’re willing!
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The fight against Bill C-22 continues. Windscribe, Nord, ExpressVPN and many other tech companies have signed a joint letter urging the government to protect privacy, encryption and cybersecurity by amending the bill before it becomes law. Read it here: fixc22.ca
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🚨Canada is about to destroy #privacy with Bill C-22 — one of the worst surveillance laws. We stopped Bill C-2 just last year (details: tuta.com/blog/canada-bill-c2…) Let's do it again! We say #NoToBackdoors 💪 Because there's no such thing as "lawful access" for the good guys only. We've signed an open letter against Bill C-22, please join the fight! 👉 theccf.ca/stop-government-sp… 👉 Open Letter:  fixc22.ca #Canada #BillC22 #BillC2
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Privacy and security are central to the technology we build. That’s why we joined other Canadian and European tech organizations in a new letter outlining concerns about Bill C-22. fixc22.ca
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Great to see the Canadian tech industry push back against a bill that forces companies to weaken encryption and create honeypots of Canadian user data ripe for hackers! @Tailscale, @NordVPN, @Windscribe, and 20 other organizations published an open letter today, covered in @globeandmail, detailing key risks associated with Bill C-22. These include mandatory retention of sensitive user metadata, weakening of encryption, and forced compliance with secret government orders. For Canada, this bill must be amended to maintain business competitiveness at a time when the country needs it most. For Canadians, this bill must be amended to protect their right to privacy and security. Thanks to @jdtabish for bringing this together.
Privacy and security are central to the technology we build. That’s why we joined other Canadian and European tech organizations in a new letter outlining concerns about Bill C-22. fixc22.ca
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Today over 20 tech leaders are calling for changes to Bill C-22 ahead of the Senate’s study this fall. They warn the bill could put privacy, #encryption and our digital infrastructure at risk. Head to fixc22.ca to read their open letter.
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Josh Tabish retweeted
The EU KIDS Act would age-gate "Social Media+": social networks, video platforms, games, AI chatbots and app stores. Every rule in it hinges on one thing: knowing how old users are. That's the part that bites.👇
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