Cory Morgan: Any Good in Ottawa’s Online Harms Bill Is Overshadowed by Its ‘Hate Speech’ Provisions

Cory Morgan: Any Good in Ottawa’s Online Harms Bill Is Overshadowed by Its ‘Hate Speech’ Provisions
Arif Virani, Minister of Justice, and Attorney General of Canada, holds a press conference regarding the new online harms bill on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 26, 2024. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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It’s been a long time in coming and now the government has finally tabled a new version of its Online Harms Act (Bill C-63). The original version of the bill was C-36, which died on the order paper when the 2021 federal election was called.