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Information & Ethics committee  There's a lot to unpack there. The definition of child pornography in the Criminal Code is among the world's broadest. It's not only images that we protect against or criminalize the distribution of, but it is also audio pornography and two forms of written pornography. I am not sure it's the problem of the law.

February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting

Normand Wong

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Just quickly, because this issue has come up a number of times in relation to jurisdiction, it is a complicating factor in all these cases. As Commissioner White said, there is the issue of incorporation in Luxembourg, headquarters in Montreal, its servers located around the world, but mainly in the United States.

February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting

Normand Wong

Information & Ethics committee  I will just add to what Marie-Claude said. The definition of child pornography in the Criminal Code is among the broadest in the world. We protect children under 18. The problem, as Marie-Claude mentioned, is the age-difficult media. When there are secondary sexual characteristics, unless you're dealing with an identifiable person, it's very difficult for anyone to tell whether that person is above 18 or below 18, so a lot of that material is not captured.

February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting

Normand Wong

Information & Ethics committee  No, the Department of Justice will not be doing an opening statement.

February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting

Normand Wong