Canadians to Decide If Online Harms Regulator Is Bureaucracy or Enforcement: PBO

Published on July 8, 2024

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux suggests it’s up to Canadians to decide whether they believe the government’s proposal to create a new regulator against online harms amounts to bureaucracy, or a necessary enforcement tool. Last week Mr. Giroux issued a cost estimate for the government’s new online harms legislation would cost around $201 million over five years based on an estimate from Canadian Heritage that it will take up to 300 staff to enforce it. Justice Minister Arif Virani says the new law is needed to compel social media companies to take steps to better protect Canadians from being exposed to dangerous content online, especially minors....

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