The denial of service would requires only the personal order of the minister of industry, a position currently filled by Mélanie Joly, in consultation with the public safety minister, a position currently filled by Gary Anandasangaree.

Bill C-8 would do this by amending the Telecommunications Act with a clause requiring telecom providers such as Rogers or Telus to pull the services of any individual customer singled out by Ottawa.

'As the text states, the industry minister would be allowed to “prohibit a telecommunications service provider from providing any service to any specified person.”'

None of this would require a warrant, and oversight only kicks in after the order is made.

Once a minister has ordered the internet of a “specified person” to be cut off, only then can a Federal Court subject the decision to judicial review.

Bill C-8 has been pitched by the Carney government as a way to combat “unprecedented cyber-threats.”