Thank you, Madam Chair.
We know that kids in this country are struggling, and we need to do more. Families are crying out for solutions to keep their kids safe. As legislators, we need to be solution-focused to give kids, parents and educators the tools they need to combat online harms. We owe it to the young people of this country to do everything we can to keep them safe. We need to keep kids safe, and we need to get it right when it comes to privacy rights. We understand the importance of safeguarding individuals' sensitive information, especially in the digital age, when privacy breaches can have severe and—as we've heard from some of our witnesses—sometimes fatal consequences.
I'd like to direct my questions to Ms. Todd.
I want to thank you very much for appearing before this committee. You are a leading voice in this country. I want to thank you for sharing what is obviously a very heartbreaking experience—what your daughter went through and what your family has gone through—and for the way you've been able to move that into advocacy and social change.
I also remember that a number of years ago, a former colleague, MP Dany Morin, was working to develop a national bullying prevention strategy. I remember that he consulted with you on it. I recognize this and I want to acknowledge that your leadership work has been ongoing for so many years. That was important work. The work you continue to do is important. I am disappointed that the national bullying prevention strategy was voted down by the Conservative government in power at the time. It's clear we need to do better.
I also want to acknowledge that your daughter Amanda's story affected Canadians from coast to coast to coast. It's tragic, and it highlights to what extent we as legislators have failed to keep young Canadian people safe. We have to do much more in that regard. Amanda's story, which you bravely retold—since no other kid or parent should have to go through what you went through—makes clear how much more work needs to be done. It shouldn't take 12 years following Amanda's bullycide for extradition and a court case. It shouldn't have been the RCMP ignoring a credible tip a year before her death, saying there's nothing that could be done.
In your mind, looking ahead, what should be done so that cases like what your daughter and others went through would be taken seriously going forward?