In their final hours before breaking for the summer, senators voted to have a committee study Bill C-10, the Liberals’ plan to subject digital-content giants to similar supervision as traditional broadcasters. That could be the same as killing it. (The Logic)

Talking point: Numerous senators object to parts of C-10, which the House of Commons passed in its own last hours—or all of it, as does author and Independent Sen. David Adams Richards, who said it deserves “a stake through the heart.” A committee is the usual place to hash out possible changes. But the Senate’s communications committee has no meetings scheduled, any amended version of the bill would have to be sent back to the Commons for a reply, and an election call at any point before royal assent would annihilate it. The Liberals say companies such as Netflix and YouTube should be made to fund Canadian content; the Conservatives say it’s an attempt to limit free speech.