C'est bien. I have just five minutes, so I'll proceed. It's a big bill.
Since 2006, the Conservative government has taken a myriad of measures to better protect children. You introduced the Safe Streets and Communities Act, which sets out new mandatory prison sentences for seven existing Criminal Code offences related to child sexual exploitation and abuse, including sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon and aggravated sexual assault.
The act also prohibits anyone from providing sexually explicit material to a child for the purpose of facilitating the commission of a sexual offence, and from making an arrangement or agreement with a third party by means of a computer or other form of telecommunication to commit a sexual offence against a child.
The legislation also seeks to strengthen the National Sex Offender Registry, raise the age of consent to sexual activity from 14 to 16 years of age, legally require Internet service providers to report child pornography, enhance the monitoring of dangerous offenders and subject them to harsher sentences.
And yet, nine years later, here you are telling us that sex crimes against children have increased by 6%.
Does Bill C-26 represent your government's realization that its approach to tackling sex crimes against children has failed? If not, what research did you use to arrive at Bill C-26, to determine that these issues needed specific attention?
Mr. Blaney, my last question is for you. You talked about the registry for high-risk offenders. Who will determine whether an offender is high risk or not and how will that decision be made? Is the public supposed to be content knowing that the name of a dangerous offender roaming their streets is listed on a registry? Shouldn't the government work to get dangerous offenders off the streets, instead of putting so much emphasis on a registry?
I'll start with Minister MacKay; seniority, I'd say.