Foreign interference bill passes, but online harms and citizenship bills left on hold until House comes back

Bill C-63, the Liberal government’s Online Harms Act, and Bill C-71, an act to amend the Citizenship Act (2024), are stuck at second reading until the House returns in September.

Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon discussed accomplishments from the spring sitting of Parliament on June 19 on the Hill.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

July 1, 2024

Highlights from the spring sitting of Parliament include passing bills related to countering foreign interference and support for workers in the clean-energy transition and during strikes, but other much-anticipated legislation, such as those contending with online harms and...

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