OTTAWA, November 24, 2009 — The Honourable
Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice
and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable Christian Paradis,
P.C., M.P. for Mégantic-L'Érable and Minister of Public Works and
Government Services, today announced the introduction of legislation to
assist in the fight against sexual exploitation of children by requiring
suppliers of Internet services to report Internet child pornography.
"The creation and distribution of child pornography are
appalling crimes in which children are brutally victimized over and over
again, " said Minister Nicholson. "A mandatory reporting regime
across Canada will strengthen our ability to protect our children from
sexual predators and help police rescue these young victims, and
prosecute the criminals responsible. "
In September 2008, Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers
responsible for Justice agreed that Canada's response to child
pornography could be enhanced by federal legislation requiring those
whose services could be used to facilitate the commission of Internet
child pornography offences to report suspected material.
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