Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would just reject the entire premise that this is censorship. Again, we don't consider it censorship when we keep pornographic material out of the hands of children in any other venue, whether that be at the corner store or whether that be on the airwaves when it comes to your television in your home.
That is what this amendment seeks to do. We don't consider it censorship when we don't sell underage children pornographic material at the corner store. We don't consider it censorship when we don't allow certain channels to be broadcast into homes at certain times of the day. That is what this amendment seeks to do. The terms “sexually explicit content” and “pornographic material” are quite interchangeable and are well defined in Canadian law. That's something Parliament has been dealing with going back 60 years, and the courts as well, so that's not something that's a major issue.
I'm looking forward to having my colleagues' support on this amendment.
Thank you.