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In Committee from the Senate of Canada
Legal and Constitutional Affairs – December 11, 2025
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The committee continues considering Bill S-209, an Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material. Appearing as witnesses are William Darryl Kingston (Executive Director, Digital Governance Standards Institute, Digital Governance Council), Jeanette Patell (Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google Canada), Michael Geist (Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law and Full Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa), Emily Laidlaw (Canadian Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law and Associate Professor, University of Calgary) and Janine Benedet (Professor of Law, University of British Columbia).
Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 9, 2025
The committee continues its consideration of Bill S-209, an Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material. Appearing as witnesses are James Bethell (former British politician, House of Lords), Laurence Pécaut-Rivolier (Member, Arcom France), Monique St. Germain (General Counsel, Canadian Centre for Child Protection), Natalie Campbell (Senior Director, North American Government and Regulatory Affairs, Internet Society), Tamir Israel (Director, Privacy, Surveillance and Technologies Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association) and Penelope Mary Rankin (President, National Council of Women of Canada).
Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 8, 2025
The committee continues considering Bill S-209, an Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material. Appearing as witnesses are Alison Boden (Executive Director, Free Speech Coalition), Solomon Friedman (Partner, VP Compliance, Ethical Capital Partners), Matt Kilicci (VP Trust and Safety, Risk and Compliance, Aylo Freesites), Julie Dawson (Chief Regulatory and Policy Officer, Yoti), Pierre Trudel (Professor at the Centre for Research in Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Montréal) and Victoria Nash (Director and Associate Professor, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford).
Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 2, 2025
The committee continues its consideration of Bill S-209, an Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material. Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Philippe Dufresne makes a statement and answers questions. Appearing as witnesses are Lara Ives (Executive Director, Policy, Research and Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada), Christiane Saad (Chair, Executive of the Privacy and Access Section, Canadian Bar Association) and Brian Hurley (Criminal Defence Lawyer and Director, Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers).
Legal and Constitutional Affairs – October 1, 2025
Legal and Constitutional Affairs – September 25, 2025
The committee continues considering Bill S-228, that intends to amend the Criminal Code to clarify that a sterilization procedure is an act that wounds or maims a person for the purposes of subsection 268(1). Appearing as witnesses are Dr. Diane Francoeur (CEO, The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada), Dr. Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck (President, The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada) and Dr. Margot Burnell (President, Canadian Medical Association).
Legal and Constitutional Affairs – September 24, 2025
The committee starts its consideration of Bill S-228, an Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures). Appearing as witnesses are Senator Yvonne Boyer, who is sponsoring the bill, Morna Boyle (Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section Department of Justice Canada) and Nathalie Levman (Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section Department of Justice Canada).
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