Over the past two weeks of parliamentary sitting, the Liberal government in Ottawa advances several measures tied to artificial intelligence and digital regulation. Reported changes include the release of a new national AI strategy and the introduction of a bill that would require social media platforms to block access for children under 16. The government also continues its push on privacy legislation, described as a long-awaited privacy bill. In addition, reporting indicates Ottawa is moving to prevent or block new rules that would otherwise be introduced, though the specific details of the blocked rules are not fully covered in the provided excerpts.

Taken together, the measures reflect a coordinated approach to AI governance, online child protection, and privacy oversight. The social media proposal focuses on age-based access restrictions for children under a set threshold, while the privacy bill aims to update how personal information is handled under Canadian law. The AI strategy sets out the government’s broader policy direction for the technology. The reporting emphasizes timing and the scope of multiple files moving through Parliament during the same sitting period.