At any rate, let's move on. My colleague well understands it's not the ministers who determine how much time the committee decides to spend on any particular matter, and I think people should know that there has been no attempt by the government side to curtail the study of this bill.
In fact, Ministers, you should know that we think this bill is very important and we want to spend a significant amount of time and an appropriate amount of time studying this bill, so no one should be under any apprehension that the government side has been trying to restrict the time for study of this bill.
Minister MacKay, I'd like to start with you. You mentioned that there is more to addressing the issue of child sexual offences, which are unfortunately on the increase in Canada and I think that's a great tragedy, than punishment. The opposition often likes to point the finger at our side of the House of Commons and say that we're all about penalties and that we're not addressing either prevention or the provision of services to the victims of sex offences and other offences.
You mentioned the child youth advocacy centres and our government's support for them. You will know there is a very well-known centre in Toronto called the Boost centre, which you've visited and which does remarkable work in helping child sex victims. You've visited the William Davis family centre in Brampton, in Peel region, the area I represent. We're very hopeful that a similar child youth advocacy centre will be established in the Peel region to serve sexual assault victims in Peel region.
I wonder if you could tell us more about those centres, our government's support for them, and how you think that can help address the issue of child sexual assault.