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Bill S-210: Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act

May 29, 2024
What is Bill S-210?   Kids are being exposed to online pornography at increasingly younger ages and there are several harms associated with youth exposure to pornography. Currently there are no safeguards keeping kids out of pornography websites in Canada—websites that feature content with themes of sexual violence and incest. Bill S-210 would require these websites to adopt robust age…
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Convict Traffickers | Bill S-224

January 31, 2022
Senator Salma Ataullahjan introduced Bill S-224 in the Senate: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons) This Act simplifies the definition of “exploitation” for trafficking offenses in the Criminal Code to reflect the international definition outlined in the Palermo Protocol. It removes the unfair burden placed on exploited individuals to prove that there was an element of…
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Online Harms Consultation

September 8, 2021
Update: The consultation is now closed – stay tuned for when the government tables an online harms bill based on this consultation. Thanks to everyone who participated!…
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Pornhub/MindGeek Investigation

May 3, 2021
Pornhub & its parent company MindGeek are under investigation by the House of Commons Ethics Committee. Pornhub has hosted & profited from videos of egregious crimes such as rape, sex trafficking, CSAM & non-consensually shared content. Advocates and survivors of sexual exploitation have been exposing Pornhub’s criminal activities and now Parliament is acting! In February, 104 survivors & 525 NGO’s…
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Supporting Exploited Minors & Trafficked Individuals | Bill C-277

April 9, 2021
UPDATE: All bills were terminated when the 2021 federal election took place. A new version of this bill will need to be tabled now that there is a new government. Stay tuned!…
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