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Banning promotion of terrorist groups

C-257 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (promotion of terrorist activity or group)

Makes it a criminal offence to wilfully promote a terrorist activity, a terrorist group, or its activities.

What Bill C-257 would do

The bill would amend the Criminal Code to create a new offence of wilfully promoting a terrorist activity, a terrorist group, or any activity of a terrorist group. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create an offence of wilfully promoting a terrorist activity or a terrorist group, or any activity of a terrorist group.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Roman Baber, Member of Parliament (North York)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedNov 17, 2025 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since November 17, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
  2. Being debated
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

Waiting its turn; not scheduled for debate

  1. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the House now

  3. Committee in the House not yet

  4. Report stage in the House not yet

  5. Third reading in the House not yet

  6. First reading in the Senate not yet

  7. Second reading in the Senate not yet

  8. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  9. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since November 17, 2025.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

Debates in the House 0

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Question Period, members' statements and other debates where the bill came up.

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  1. Combatting Hate Act

    · Government Orders · named 3 times

  2. Public Safety

    · Statements by Members · named 1 time

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