Overview

• Justice Minister Sean Fraser announced a summer review as the Liberals’ third attempt to pass online harms legislation.
• No decision has been made on whether to rewrite last year’s Online Harms Act or simply reintroduce it in its previous form.
• Proposed protections against non-consensual sexual deepfakes and online child exploitation are slated to remain key components of the reforms.
• Fraser plans to engage with stakeholders and ministers, including Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault and Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon, to shape the bill.
• Some online harms provisions could be folded into a broader crime bill that Fraser intends to table this fall.