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Signal, DuckDuckGo, and NordVPN threaten to exit Canada if metadata surveillance law passes
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this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2026
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Place your bets everyone, which way do you think this will go?
Canada doesn't pass the surveillance law
The law passes and some/all of Signal/DDG/NordVPN remain anyway
The law passes and they exit Canada
(something else)
#2 DDG might not leave, Signal might do something maliciously compliant, and NordVPN will just leave.
How could signal comply? It would ruin their brand.
Maliciously comply.
Maybe have the app available in Canada, but it only lets users email the government.
I'm thinking the law passes but the courts kill it due to it violating our Charter. I also feel that the tech companies will not wait for the court case to conclude before leaving Canada.
Or
2 or 3
I guess signal has more to lose in reputation, than Canada brings them as country
For the other ones, I don't know