Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am moving CPC-14, which amends the bill in clause 19 by adding after line 39 the following:
(5.1) If the illicit material is an intimate image, as defined in subsection 162.1(2), in relation to which an offence was committed under section 162.1, the court must order the custodian of the computer system to delete the material within 48 hours after the order is made.
If I can very briefly add some context, this is also an amendment that came about from witness testimony. While Bill C-16 is focused on criminal penalties, among other things, we have to acknowledge that we are trying to serve victims in what we're doing.
One of the testimonies in particular I'd like to highlight was from Madam Suzanne Zaccour. I asked her about whether civil remedies might be more suitable than criminal remedies for some of what she wanted to do in removing intimate images from the Internet, and Ms. Zaccour said, “What victims most want is a remedy to remove the photo from the Internet.”
I think that's something we're trying to achieve here. It's certainly what I was thinking of when putting the amendment together. It isn't just about sending a strong signal and penalty, which is important. To Ms. Gazan's point, it's also about ensuring that tech companies are aware they have a responsibility here and trying to minimize as much as possible the harm these images will, and often do, cause victims by being available online.
That's what we're hoping to do here, and I hope we'll have full support from the committee for this.