moved for leave to introduce Bill C-245, an act to amend the Criminal Code (penalties for sexual offences involving children).
Madam Speaker, I introduced this bill in the 35th Parliament and I am pleased to reintroduce it today.
Enactment of this bill would ensure that the definition of publication in the case of child pornography covers transmission by electronic means or posting the material on the Internet or any other electronic net.
It also provides for an increase in the maximum punishment of imprisonment for life with no parole eligibility for 25 years if guilty of sexual assault on a child under eight or on a child under 14 who is under the offender's trust and authority or dependent on the offender.
It also provides for an increase in the maximum penalty for forcible confinement from 10 to 14 years in the case of a parent or ward who confines a child and thereby harms the child's physical or mental health.
I look forward to the support of my colleagues on this bill.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)