Mr. Chair, the government does not support this amendment. As Mr. Casey and others will recognize, it's inconsistent with the bill's objectives, in particular, the important objective of treating the two offences that prohibit the making and distributing of child pornography as very serious offences by making them strictly indictable. That is a very profound and important objective of this bill. For these reasons, the government will be opposing this amendment.
On February 18th, 2015. See this statement in context.