Well, thank you very much, Mr. Rathgeber, and thank you very much for your interest and concern and participation on this committee.
You're quite correct. In my travels across this country, when I discuss this with constituents in my riding of Niagara Falls, Fort Erie and Niagara-on-the-Lake, when I talk to law enforcement agencies. and particularly when I talk to victims groups, they are unanimous in their support of initiatives like this to better protect children from sexual exploitation, children who are the victims of child pornography.
When I listen to the suggestions, when I hear the stories of victims groups.... You mentioned a couple of pieces of legislation. The faint hope clause is an excellent example. It's victims groups who tell me that they don't want to be victimized over and over again, and that's what happens on something like the faint hope clause. That being said, we try to give some voice to those victims across this country who want their voices heard in Ottawa. They want to see changes that will better protect them.
When I talk to them about better protecting children from sexual exploitation, they are very supportive of those measures. I've said this over the years as justice minister. When people go back to their constituencies, as I do, and tell people that this is what they're thinking of doing in Ottawa, I think overwhelmingly people will say yes, you're on the right track; we have to do these things.
Thank you again for your question.