Oppose Bill C-34 — #BanBoomers

What is Bill C-34?

Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, was tabled in Parliament in June 2026. It would:

Bar social media platforms from permitting users under 16 to hold accounts
Create a federal Digital Safety Commission with broad compliance and enforcement powers
Require platforms to implement age verification — which in practice means identity verification for every Canadian user

The bill has passed first reading and is currently before committee. Committee stage is where amendments happen. This is the moment to act.

Find your MP

Use the Parliament of Canada's official riding and MP lookup tool:

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Every MP has a publicly listed email address and Ottawa office phone number on that page. Both work. Email is tracked and logged; phone calls get triage notes.

What to ask for

Be specific. Vague opposition is easy to dismiss. Ask your MP to:

Vote to remove or substantially amend the age-verification mechanism in the bill
Support amendments that address platform harm through algorithm regulation or platform liability instead
Raise the identity-data honeypot concern with the relevant committee — specifically, what happens to the verification database if it is breached, sold, or subpoenaed by a future government

Template email

Personalize this — a genuine email from a constituent is far more effective than a form letter. Use this as a starting point.

Subject: Please amend the age-verification mechanism in Bill C-34 Dear [MP Name], I am a constituent writing about Bill C-34 (the Safe Social Media Act), currently before committee. I support the goal of reducing online harm to young Canadians. I do not support the mechanism the bill uses to achieve it. Age verification at scale requires identity verification at scale. This means every adult in Canada must submit identity documents to access social media — creating a permanent, centralized database linking real-world identities to online accounts. That database is a liability: a target for breaches, a resource for future governments, and a precedent that normalizes identity checks as a condition of participating in online public life. I am asking you to support amendments that: 1. Remove or substantially constrain the mandatory age-verification mechanism 2. Address platform harm through algorithm transparency rules, platform liability, or device-level parental controls instead Anonymous and pseudonymous internet use is not a loophole. It is a civil liberty. I hope you will defend it. Thank you for your time. [Your name] [Your riding / city]

Committee contacts

Bill C-34 is being studied by the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) and may also be referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. You can contact committee members directly through the Parliament of Canada website:

Committee members are particularly influential during the amendment stage. Reaching a committee member in your riding — or simply sending written submissions to the committee clerk — goes directly into the record.

Senate

Once the bill passes the House, it goes to the Senate. Find your regional senators at:

Senate of Canada — Senators

The Senate's Standing Committee on Transport and Communications (TRCM) typically handles telecom and digital policy bills.