Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, and good afternoon, colleagues. Thank you so much for sponsoring this important bill.
I listened very carefully, Mr. Arnold, to your words. I want to thank you for giving up your opportunity to pursue your own private member's bill to support Mr. Caputo's bid to raise this important issue.
It's over to you, Mr. Caputo. I understand that you're a former Crown attorney. You've justified your motivation in bringing this bill to the attention that it deserves. I applaud you for your motivation.
I want to ask you if you could perhaps provide a little more colour. This will go, in my view, a small way in terms of addressing the worldwide phenomena known as abusing children and exploiting children. Sadly—and I think you'll acknowledge this—this particular bill will not, unfortunately, address the penalties for these types of individuals who have an insatiable appetite for the abuse of children.
Can you, perhaps, provide some commentary as to how the current Liberal government's failures in terms of advancing other key pieces of legislative change...and how you feel that we need to do more as a nation to set an example?
I recall your example to the minister about equating robbery offences, where a lifetime penalty will include a lifetime period in jail...versus the sexual abuse of minors and adults. Perhaps you can shed some light on that for me, please.