The legislation intentionally defines "electronic service" extremely vaguely so that it can apply to almost anything software and technology related:
> electronic service means a service, or a feature of a service, that involves the creation, recording, storage, processing, transmission, reception, emission or making available of information in electronic, digital or any other intangible form by an electronic, digital, magnetic, optical, biometric, acoustic or other technological means, or a combination of any such means. (service électronique)
The legislation allows for any electronic service to be subject to the same rules as telecom companies for metadata retention and lawful access.
I’d be cautious about saying OpenBSD itself is directly affected. It really depends on if OpenBSD counts as an “electronic service provider”.
You do raise a pretty good point though, Canada has long benefited from being perceived as a relatively trustworthy jurisdiction. So even if OpenBSD themselves are out of scope, there is a negative reputational hit that will impact Canadian tech.
> electronic service means a service, or a feature of a service, that involves the creation, recording, storage, processing, transmission, reception, emission or making available of information in electronic, digital or any other intangible form by an electronic, digital, magnetic, optical, biometric, acoustic or other technological means, or a combination of any such means. (service électronique)
The legislation allows for any electronic service to be subject to the same rules as telecom companies for metadata retention and lawful access.
* https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/C-22/first-r...