Bill C-63

Historical
Second reading (House)

An Act to enact the Online Harms Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Human Rights Act and An Act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet service and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts

Bill C-63 is at second reading in the House. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.

Sponsor:Arif Virani
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2024-02-26

Other Bills Numbered C-63

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 8 sessions:

44-1

An Act to enact the Online Harms Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Human Rights Act and An Act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet service and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts

Second reading (House)
42-1

A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

An Act to give effect to the Déline Final Self-Government Agreement and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-1

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2014

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-2

An Act to amend the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act and another Act in consequence thereof

Second reading (House)
39-2

An Act to amend the Indian Oil and Gas Act

Second reading (House)
39-1

An Act respecting civil liability and compensation for damage in case of a nuclear incident

Second reading (House)
38-1

An Act to amend An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Income Tax Act

Report stage (House)

Division Votes (0)

No recorded division votes found for this bill.

Parliamentary Debates (117)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-63.

Mr. Garnett Genuis2024-05-07
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act
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Private Members' Business

…ealing with child abuse. In that context, we also have a government bill that has been put forward, Bill C-63, which it calls the online harms act. The proposed bill is kind of a bizarre combination of talking about issues of radically different natures; there are some issues around speech, changes to human …

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Mr. James Maloney2024-05-07
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act
0

Private Members' Business

…may be better positioned to achieve the objectives of the bill. For example, our government's bill, Bill C-63, which would enact the online harms act, would achieve many of Bill C-270's objectives. In particular, the online harms act would target seven types of harmful content, including content that sexuall…

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Hon. Arif Virani2024-04-18
The Budget
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Government Orders

…ddressing hatred. Some points dovetail with legislation that I have tabled in this House, including Bill C-63, regarding what we would do to curb online hatred and its propensity to spread. However, there are also concrete investments here that talk about Canada's action plan on combatting hate and empowerin…

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The Speaker2024-04-11
Privilege
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Oral Questions

…024, by the House leader of the official opposition, concerning the alleged premature disclosure of Bill C-63, an act to enact the online harms act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Human Rights Act and an act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an …

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2024-04-10
Committees of the House
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Routine Proceedings

…ughout the debate, we found out that the Conservative Party was actually going to be voting against Bill C-63, which is the online harms act. That was important to mention because the Conservatives were criticizing the government for not calling the legislation. They were heckling from their seats and were a…

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Mr. Randall Garrison2024-04-09
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act
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Private Members' Business

… get rid of. As members of the government's side have pointed out, there are measures in government Bill C-63 that would help with warrants of seizure, forfeiture, restitution and peace bonds in trying to get more effective action to take down the images once they have been posted. I am not an optimist about…

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Mr. Chris Bittle2024-04-09
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act
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Private Members' Business

…s heinous material online. I agree with him. However, the bill does not make any provisions for it. Bill C-63, which is government legislation, does make provisions for taking down these types of heinous materials. The member's leader has said that he would vote against it. I wonder if the hon. member will b…

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Mr. Arnold Viersen2024-04-09
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act
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Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, Bill C-63 has no criminal offences around the uploading of this kind of content. In this bill, it would be a criminal offence to upload. We want to make sure this content never hits the Internet. A 24-hour tak…

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Mr. Randall Garrison2024-04-09
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act
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Private Members' Business

…to rewrite the existing offence so it is easier to prosecute and include measures, which are now in Bill C-63, to allow forfeiture, seizure, restitution and peace bonds in connection with these kinds of things?

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2024-04-09
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation Act
0

Private Members' Business

…ay that I was a little surprised when the member for Peace River—Westlock responded to the issue of Bill C-63. I did have some concerns. When one thinks of non-consensual pornography and child pornography, they are already illegal today in Canada. We know that. I appreciate what is being suggested in the pri…

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