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Banning online pornography for youth

S-209 Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act: An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material

Makes it an offence for organizations to make pornographic material available to young persons on the internet.

What Bill S-209 would do

The bill would make it an offence for organizations to make pornographic material available to young persons on the internet. It would also allow a designated enforcement authority to take steps to prevent such material from being made available to young persons online in Canada. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment makes it an offence for organizations to make pornographic material available to young persons on the Internet . It also enables a designated enforcement authority to take steps to prevent pornographic material from being made available to young persons on the Internet in Canada. Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en 1st Session, 45th Parliament, 3 Charles III, 2025 SENATE OF CANADA BILL S-209 An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material

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

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Julie Miville-Dechêne, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedMay 28, 2025
  2. Being studiedsince Oct 28 Exact stageAt consideration in committee in the House of Commons · Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities · since October 28, 2026A committee of MPs or senators is going through it line by line.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

Passed the Senate; now in the House, in committee there

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate done

    Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

    Before the Senate on 3 sitting days, to

  3. Committee in the Senate done

    Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  4. Report stage in the Senate done

    Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  5. Third reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 2 sitting days, to

  6. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  7. Second reading in the House done

    Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

    Before the House on 2 sitting days, to · 2 debates here

    2nd reading and referral to committee - HUMA: agreed to on division,

  8. Committee in the House now

    Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

  9. Report stage in the House not yet

  10. Third reading in the House not yet

  11. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: At consideration in committee in the House of Commons · Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities · since October 28, 2026.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

Debates in the House 2

Members who spoke: Conservative 5 Liberal 5 Bloc Québécois 2

Second reading 2

  1. Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act

    · Sitting 143 · 14 statements · 13 graded

    7 members spoke

  2. Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act

    · Sitting 157 · 7 statements · 6 graded

    7 members spoke

Also raised in 5

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

Show 5

  1. Safe Social Media Act

    · Government Orders · named 1 time

  2. Safe Social Media Act

    · Government Orders · named 12 times

  3. Exposure to Pornography

    · Statements by Members · named 2 times

  4. Routine Proceedings

    · Routine Proceedings · named 1 time

  5. Exposure to Pornography

    · Statements by Members · named 2 times

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