Culture Minister Marc Miller rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
By The Canadian Press
Apr 20, 2026 | 10:43 AM
OTTAWA — Some of the experts Ottawa has tasked with giving it direction on the upcoming online harms bill say the legislation should cover AI chatbots.
Three of the experts on the 11-member panel say the bill should regulate AI chatbots, though opinion on the idea of age restrictions on access to social media is more varied.
Those are two key issues the government is considering as it develops promised legislation to improve online safety.
In March, it reconvened an expert group it previously consulted on an earlier iteration of that bill, which did not become law before last year’s election was called.