There is a bunch of different amendments in Bill C-16 that would directly address sextortion, including sextortion of children, which we know to be a significant problem. The first is an offence that would prohibit threatening to distribute child sexual abuse and exploitation material. That's intended to assist with proving sextortion cases, because the extortion offence requires not just threatening behaviour, but also inducing the other person to do something, whereas this offence would apply to a person who threatens, let's say, a child to distribute CSAM without requiring proof of the purpose. The same new offence would apply to threatening to distribute intimate images in the world of sextorting adults.
We also have an amendment in Bill C-16 that would expand the child luring offence to ensure that police can use that offence when an accused communicates with children in order to sextort them. We call those preparatory offences. They address conduct that occurs before the actual offence occurs, and that provides greater protection for children. There would be—
