But of course, whenever the governments want to violate our privacy again and again and again, they do it to protect us from their imaginary terrorists. The usual scare tactics that work marvels against the sheeplings. I'm extremely disappointed by Canada, they're supposed to be an example for freedom, liberty and human rights, yet they go along with such practices that violate the essence of what they preach, cuz Murrica said so.
Use independent and open source tools to encrypt your sensitive and private data. VeraCrypt (previously TrueCrypt) has been my friend for a long time.