Thank you, Ms. Fry.
You touched on the question of freedom of speech, and that's what I'd like to deal with.
I note that your bill is going to address cyberbullying by amending three offences, and of course you know them well: criminal harassment, section 264; defamatory libel, section 298; and false messages, section 372, as well as indecent phone calls, of course, covered by section 372. The criminal harassment and defamatory libel provisions would be amended by clarifying that these sections apply to conduct engaged in through the use of a computer. You've heard Mr. Wilks' questions. It's probably already covered in the Criminal Code, but, in any event, the Internet would be included. Of course, there's a more substantive change in section 372, to the extent that the scope of enumerated offences would include, by definition, computer system use or electronic communications.
There are a couple of learned professors who take issue with the criminalization of cyberbullying. They're Professor Lyrissa Lidsky and Andrea Pinzon Garcia of the University of Florida, Levin College of Law. They argue that criminalization of cyberbullying poses a threat to freedom of speech. I'm wondering if you could expand on your ideas on this. From a Canadian perspective, do you think that criminal cyberbullying laws are overreaching in such a way that they offend the charter?