L'Assemblée nationale du Québec - Commission spéciale sur les impacts des écrans et des réseaux sociaux sur la santé et le développement des jeunes

Impacts of screens and social media on young people

Make a difference: express your views to parliamentarians

On June 6, 2024, the Assemblée nationale du Québec created the Select Parliamentary Committee on the Impacts of Screens and Social Media on Young People's Health and Development.

Between now and May 2025, the members of the Select Committee will focus on the issues under consideration, in particular by consulting the general public (including young people) and experts. They will then submit a report to the Assemblée nationale no later than May 30, 2025.

Young people, parents, grandparents, citizens concerned about the issue, would you like to:

take part in the Committee’s work?

give your opinion and make your reality known?

Issues being examined by the Select Committee

  • Young people’s screen time
  • Screen time control measures, in particular at school and on the Web, including access to digital learning tools
  • Access to social media, including video games
  • Cyberbullying, including the sharing of sexually explicit material
  • Minors having access to online pornography
  • Mechanisms used by certain applications to create an addiction
  • Ads targeting children on platforms and applications

Follow the work of the Select Committee

Starting September 12, 2024, the Committee will hear a variety of points of view on the issue of screens and social media among young people during special consultations and public hearings.

Form your own opinion on the subject:

  • Watch the experts’ testimonies.
  • Consult the briefs submitted to the Committee.
  • Read our consultation document (French only), which suggests a number of areas for consideration.
Read the documents and watch the videos 

Voice your opinion

Express yourself freely
on the issue of screens among young people using the online form Commenting on a Subject of Study.

Fill out the questionnaire
of the online consultation.

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Members of the Select Committee

The Committee is made up of MNAs (parliamentarians) from all the parliamentary groups represented in the Assemblée nationale.

Its steering committee, which is responsible for organizing the Committee's work, also includes MNAs from these four political parties.

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