Joint submission to Heritage Minister regarding Online Safety Proposals
CFE and 12 other civil society organizations write Minister of Canadian Heritage outlining shared concerns and hopes for Canada’s upcoming online safety proposal.
The Centre for Free Expression has joined with 23 other organizations and 34 individual experts to call on Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne to split the proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) from the omnibus Bill C-27 in which it is currently embedded so it can be returned to the parliamentary committee for proper consideration – something it has not had to date.
In Parliament, the Liberal government of Canada has introduced the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63).
Arif Virani, the minister of justice, introduced the bill in the House of Commons on February 26, 2024.
