Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, members of the committee. It's truly a profound honour to be here before you today. This is, as most of you know, my first time being elected for anything—my first time, obviously, being elected to Parliament. I stood on the doorways of people in my riding, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, and I said that one of the reasons I want to go to Parliament is to address how we as Canadians, as parliamentarians, deal with sexual offences against children.
In my former life, I focused on this area professionally. It always really bothered me that we call child pornography what it is. It is actually child sexual abuse material. Children cannot consent, period, full stop. We need to stop equating what happens to children with what occurs between consenting adults.
That's why pornography is a misnomer. It is a pleasure and an honour to be here today to discuss this. I urge Parliament and the Senate to pass this legislation on third reading, and on review in the Senate, expeditiously.
Thank you.