OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer estimates that staffing up the new regulators in the Liberals’ Online Harms Act will cost around $200 million over five years.
The federal government wants to establish a Digital Safety Commission to regulate social-media companies and force them to limit harmful content online.
If the government legislation passes in Parliament, that commission would establish a set of regulations and have the power to levy fines against companies that break the rules.
The online harms bill also proposes creating a Digital Safety Ombudsperson that Canadians can bring their concerns to, as well as a new Digital Safety Office.
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