Thank you, Minister, for coming in today. Welcome to our committee. I know that we have a very energetic and quite cordial committee here.
I want to start by saying that I have never really had a pet myself, other than tadpoles. That was my group of pets as a child, much to my mother's dismay. I do appreciate other people's pets just as much as I appreciate other people's kids and that social contract we have in sharing and in really loving and nurturing one another as a community and as a society.
In your opening remarks—and it's something that Mr. Cooper noted as well—there's a link drawn between animal sexual abuse and the sexual abuse of people, including children. This is definitely an important link for us to understand so that we can help protect children from this horrible type of abuse. Can you please elaborate on what that connection is, on what kind of research is behind it and how this bill will impact that?