Thu Apr 27, 2023 – 6:42 pm EDTThu Apr 27, 2023 – 7:15 pm EDT
Editor’s note: This article was updated at 7:14 p.m. ET to include the fact that Bill C-11 has now been given Royal Assent.
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) –– The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s internet censorship legislation Bill C-11 has now become law after Canadian Senators late this afternoon voted to pass the bill, forgoing all their previously recommended amendments.
The bill passed via a motion with 52 votes for, 16 against, and 1 abstention.
Vote result on @SenMarcGold‘s motion, as amended, relating to the House of Commons response to the Senate’s amendments to Bill #C11:
Yeas: 52 ✔️
Nays : 16 ❌
Abstentions : 1#SenCA #CdnPoli
— Senate of Canada (@SenateCA) April 27, 2023
Senators in the majority vote agreed to tell the House of Commons that it will accept the version of the bill the House passed last month. This means that the changes the Senate demanded to be made to the bill will not be included in the bill as the House rejected a vast majority of the proposed amendments.
The now-passed motion, put forth by Senator Marc Gould, explains that
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