I think they help people have confidence in the criminal justice system. But I'm aware of and I appreciate the fact that there are people who disagree with this. I think part of our job as parliamentarians is to put before Canadians the different opinions there are on this.
We are very clear, with respect to this in this bill, that if you are in the business of sexually exploiting and molesting children, you're going to jail. Now, as you hear, there are those right here in Parliament who disagree with that, or they disagree with the mandatory jail sentences for that, but I think that is part of the discussion we have with the people of your province and other provinces to point out the differences between the approaches of different political parties.
We've been very consistent, as you know. We've made our justice legislation a priority all the way through. We've been consistent on that. We want to modernize the Criminal Code. We want to, as you say, increase people's confidence in the criminal justice system. And this is one more step in making sure that the rights of victims are understood and protected within our criminal justice system.
Monsieur Petit, thank you again, you and all your colleagues here, for all your support of these. These are very, very important, and I wish you every success, as I do all the members of the committee, in getting this bill through as quickly as possible.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.