Peter Menzies: A New Online Harms Act Would Mean Canadians Talk Less Freely

Peter Menzies: A New Online Harms Act Would Mean Canadians Talk Less Freely

Commentary Once it was confirmed that, for the first time, Canada would be ruled by a majority government achieved through floor-crossing, it didn’t take long for talk of a renewed Online Harms Act to be proposed. Heritage Minister Marc Miller was approached after his party—thanks to winning three byelections to hold seats it had previously won in last year’s election and gaining five floor-crossing MPs—had turned a minority government into a ma…

Canada’s Carney Revives Online Censorship Bill

The bill that died with Trudeau’s election call is back, and so is the advisory panel that wrote it. By Christina Maas | Reclaim The Net | April 18, 2026 Canada’s Liberal government is preparing to revive legislation that would hand the state new powers over what Canadians can say online, with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s team signaling that a rebooted “online harms” law is coming. A report submitted to the Senate social affairs committee confi…