The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that Signal says government amendments to its lawful access bill are insufficient to persuade it not to withdraw from Canada. The Globe's Mary Woolf writes that it says amendments introduced by Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree to Bill C-22 do not go far enough to safeguard encryption or protect users' privacy. Signal said in May that it would withdraw from Canada if asked to compromise its users' privacy under the bill's new powers. In June, Mr. Anandasangaree made changes to the bill in response to criticism from tech companies, lawyers and civil liberties advocates. Signal said the amendments did not go far enough to address its concerns. Signal vice-president Udbhav Tiwari says as currently worded, encryption could still be compromised or undermined by powers in the bill, which is now in the Senate. The lawful access bill would require Internet companies and other electronic service providers to make changes to their systems to give surveillance capabilities to police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to combat threats and criminal activity. It would give the government new powers to force them to retain metadata on their customers.