A public conversation has to take place. We always look to what we call “thought leaders”, those who will help frame and guide the discussion. Frankly, I think parliamentarians and public officials are uniquely positioned to be able to set the terms of reference for the discussion.
As I noted earlier in my remarks, this only works if there is broad buy-in on the part of Canadians. In some respects, this is a very scary subject. It brings to mind the idea of how intrusive into people's lives “they” can be, whether it's Internet providers or government and so forth, because what you're really talking about is scrutinizing what people post, making or rendering a judgment on it and then taking action on it. That can be very intimidating. In order to get that buy-in, I think there has to be a, maybe not a uniform but certainly a united, set of messages being conveyed from the political sector about that need and also how it's safe for Canadians to be contemplating some regulation, regime or protocol that will govern this.
For our part, as was mentioned by Ryan, we have an obligation from our pulpits, from our community centres and from our schools to be echoing that message at the more granular and local level.