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Child safety, not censorship, the focus of online harms bill: Trudeau

Long percolating bill governing internet activity could be tabled as soon as next week
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Canada is very close to tabling its long-awaited online harms bill. (Jonson Kuhn / Juneau Empire)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising that his government’s upcoming bill to legislate against online harms will focus on making the internet safer for minors, while not censoring it for the rest of Canadians.

Speaking in Edmonton, Trudeau announced the Liberals will table the long-promised legislation as soon as next week, adding in French that it could come in several weeks.

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