"What they're effectively saying is that they want data retained on every single Canadian that subscribes to a wireless provider or an internet provider so that they can search the haystack for the needle so to speak, if the need arises," he said.

He gave the example of someone who carries their cell phone everywhere they go, "which is pretty typical."

"Every time they move with the cell phone, all that information is being retained. It is not being retained right now. The government would require its retention," he said.

"It's very, very problematic."

And I'm sure that information will never be abused or leaked or otherwise misused, right? Right?