Poilievre Reacts to Liberals’ Online Harms Bill

Published on February 27, 2024

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party supports criminalizing online bullying and sexual exploitation, but is not in favour of punishing Canadians for their opinions. Mr. Poilievre’s comments come a day after the Liberals introduced the long-awaited Bill C-63, the Online Harms legislation described by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a way to protect Canadians online. In a Feb. 27 press release, the Tory leader expressed support  for enforcing laws against the online victimization of children or re-victimization of abuse survivors. “We believe that these serious acts should be criminalized, investigated by police, tried in court and punished with jail, not pushed off to new bureaucracy that does nothing to prevent crimes and provides no justice to victims,” Mr. Poilievre said....