First of all, self-regulation means that the corporation that is perpetuating violence against women and child pornography is regulating and deciding which videos go through and which don't. In fact, very few don't. Self-regulation is a problem. In the U.K., in fact, they were trying to do something around age verification, and MindGeek joined the team and wanted to do self-regulation. They said they would self-regulate, and the entire verification process in the U.K. collapsed and the discussions ended. That's one huge problem.
The second thing is that the porn industry and MindGeek are very powerful. That's why I'd like to see a financial audit. We don't know where the tentacles of this octopus are. There are so many shell companies that may or may not have influence over others that could perhaps establish criminal intent.
This is why I am so grateful for this opportunity and for the committee to be looking at this, because it is exposing MindGeek. We have a mandatory requirement in Canada to report child abuse and child pornography, all of us. You've heard it today. This committee does have a requirement to send over to law enforcement the testimony and the witness statements, because they show that there is child pornography. I hope that we have you and others on this committee who are speaking about criminal intent and criminal legislation, and I hope you will follow through, whether it be this committee or the justice committee. We need to see our criminal laws enforced.