Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I brought forward two motions. One is a long-standing motion that we have agreed to in the past on facial recognition technology, which I would like to bring forward. We were waiting for the privacy law bill, but if it's not coming up, I would like to get the facial recognition technology study under way in the meantime.
My motion that I would like to bring first, out of the two motions, is following up on the issue of the questions that have arisen out of the Pornhub/MindGeek study. I think we have all learned a great deal. I think we are in a position and somewhat ready to start working on a report, but to me there's one fundamental outstanding question. We seem to have very strong laws in this country regarding non-consensual images and issues of child porn. We've looked at the laws. They're strong, but we don't see any enforcement mechanisms, so my motion is:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(3) and in light of the testimony from representatives of the RCMP at committee on February 22, 2021, and the apparent lack of enforcement of Canadian laws relating to issues of possession and dissemination of child pornography as well as the posting of non-consensual sexual acts on Canadian Internet Services, that the committee immediately call Public Safety Minister Bill Blair to appear and explain his government's position on the enforcement of Canadian laws relating to the non-consensual abuse of both children and adults on online platforms.
I bring forward this motion because I think we can't really make recommendations to Parliament until we know what it is politically or higher above the RCMP such that the laws that Parliament has adopted are not actually been enacted, so I'd like to ask Mr. Bill Blair to come and say how they perceive it. Then we can prepare our report to Parliament.
I would put that motion on the floor for debate.