Online harms bill to be split between child protections, hate speech: Virani

Justice Minister Arif Virani says the Liberal authorities volition divided up its contentious online harms bill, putting a precedence connected passing measures to combat kid enactment predators.

Virani says the determination volition make an opening for a swath of the bill’s measures to swiftly walk done the House of Commons earlier the adjacent election.

The House has been gridlocked for months implicit a parliamentary privilege statement raging betwixt the Liberals and Conservatives that has prevented astir authorities from moving forward.

Virani says the online harms bill volition beryllium cleaved into 2 caller packages: 1 dealing with keeping children safe online, combating enactment predators and issues related to revenge pornography.

The 2nd bundle of measures volition woody with Criminal Code and Human Rights Act amendments targeting hate.

Critics person agelong called connected the authorities to divided up the measure to person the astir arguable matters debated separately.