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C-34 — An Act to enact the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
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C-34
An Act to enact the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
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BILL C-34
An Act to enact the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Last activity : At second reading in the House of Commons
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Omnibus bill. It changes several different acts, one per part (2 parts). The title names only some of them, so the summary below goes part by part.
Commons · 1st2026-06-10Commons · 2ndCommons · 3rdSenate · 1stSenate · 2ndSenate · 3rdRoyal assent
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What it does, in plain language
- Creates a new federal online safety framework covering social media, chatbot services and other online services designated by regulation.
- Sets up a watchdog body to receive complaints and check that operators are meeting their obligations.
Part 1new Digital Safety Act
- Requires operators of regulated social media services to reduce users' exposure to harmful content, give users tools to block others and flag content, and label synthetic (artificially generated) content.
- Requires operators of regulated chatbot services to limit the risk that the chatbot shares harmful content or engages in certain harmful behaviours, and to ensure intervention in crisis situations.
- Requires child protection across all regulated services: design features set out in regulations, minimum age for accessing pornographic content, and, if regulations provide for it, a minimum age for holding a social media account.
- Requires operators to make child sexual victimization content and non-consensual intimate content inaccessible in Canada in certain circumstances, and to file digital safety plans with the Commission.
Part 2new Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act
- Establishes the Digital Safety Commission of Canada and gives it the powers set out in the Digital Safety Act.
- Lets anyone in Canada complain about content that sexually victimizes a child or intimate content shared without consent, after first making best efforts to seek recourse from the operator.
- Allows the Commission to order an operator to make that content inaccessible to people in Canada, and lets anyone send it submissions about an operator's compliance measures.
- Makes consequential amendments to other federal Acts.
🤖 AI-generated from the bill’s official text as introduced — may not reflect amendments adopted since.
Registered lobbying
8 communications · 4 organizations
as of Sep 10, 2026
the 8 most recent +
Google Canada Corporation5Actua1B'nai Brith National Organization of Canada1Children's Healthcare Canada1
2026-07-30 · Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Google Canada Corporation
Met with : Brian MacKay — Deputy Chief of Staff · Darren Choi — Senior Policy Advisor
2026-07-21 · Justice Canada (JC)
Google Canada Corporation
Met with : Thomas Law — Senior Policy Advisor
2026-06-30 · Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Actua
Met with : Darren Choi — Senior Policy Advisor
2026-06-29 · Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Google Canada Corporation
Met with : Brian MacKay — Deputy Chief of Staff & Director of Policy, Minister’s Office
2026-06-25 · Canadian Heritage (PCH)
B'nai Brith National Organization of Canada
Met with : Hilary Leftick — Chief of Staff
2026-06-19 · Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Children's Healthcare Canada
Met with : Darren Choi — Senior Policy Advisor
2026-06-15 · Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Google Canada Corporation
Met with : Brian MacKay — Deputy Chief of Staff & Director of Policy, Minister’s Office
2026-06-12 · House of Commons
Google Canada Corporation
Met with : Jacob Mantle — Member of Parliament
Communications reported to the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying that name this bill. Lobbying is a lawful, publicly registered activity — this count is a fact, not a verdict. Only communications whose description names both the bill number and its title are counted, so the real total may be higher. Registry archive read on September 10, 2026; the Commissioner republishes it about monthly, and we refresh it by hand.
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