Mr. Speaker, the government believes that the use of the Internet as a vehicle for hate propaganda or the facilitation of hate crimes is a serious concern that deserves to be dealt with.
At the same time, because of the structure of the Internet not coming within the clear jurisdiction of any country or countries creates a serious problem when it comes to dealing with the matter.
However, officials in my department, the Department of Justice and the department of heritage are working on possible solutions. Whether it involves the Criminal Code, telecommunications legislation or an international agreement, we are working to deal with this problem because we believe Canadians do not want to see the Internet misused for the purposes of hate propaganda.