Join Bitcoin Montréal on Wednesday, September 16th at Le Bon Vieux Temps for a fireside panel titled “The Great Firewall of Canada.”
Four bills. One system of control. A wave of new federal legislation is quietly reshaping what Canadians can say, do, and spend online — and most people haven’t connected the dots.
The panel will unpack how these bills work together as one machine:
Bill C-9 — criminalizing speech, and even emotion, online
Bill C-22 — mass metadata surveillance, with “metadata” left conveniently undefined
Bill C-34 — a digital ID built through social-media bans and vague age-verification rules, plus a new Digital Safety Commission to regulate the Canadian internet
Bill C-8 — the power to cut anyone deemed a “threat” off the network entirely
We’ll dig into what’s actually written in these bills, what’s been left undefined, and why that matters for your privacy and free expression.
The panel:
- Nico Lagan — sales engineer turned broadcaster, host of the Political Orphans
- Toufic Adlouni — lawyer focused on emerging tech and digital assets
- Moderated by Margie Ramos — host of the Original & Unconventional podcast
Format: Panel · Cocktails · Networking
Sponsored by Bull Bitcoin and Éclair BTC.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
🕔 Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 EST
📍 Le Bon Vieux Temps
2051B R. Saint-Denis · Montréal, QC
✨ Since 2013, Bitcoin Montreal has worked to share knowledge and passion about Bitcoin. Our gatherings offer deep technical dives into this exciting technology in order to learn new things.