Hon. Marc Gold (Government Representative in the Senate): Thank you for the question.

The government is taking a holistic approach to online harm issues, and Bill C-63 proposes a new regulator, separate from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, mandated to reduce online harm.

The bill has just been tabled and will be studied in detail to address a number of issues — you mentioned some of them — and other matters, such as balancing freedom of expression and proportionality in sentencing.

All of these issues will be addressed in the House of Commons and, when the bill arrives here in the Senate, I’m fully confident that it will receive serious consideration in committee and in this chamber, and that it will measure up to Canadians’ expectations.