Mr. Speaker, I have received more than 1,000 letters from citizens in my riding of Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford concerning the recent decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal that the law making it a criminal offence to possess child pornography is unconstitutional.
My constituents wrote to me during their white ribbon campaign against pornography last week and letters are still arriving. The purpose of the WRAP campaign is to help educate and sensitize Canadians to the fact that pornography is addictive and damaging.
My constituents and all Canadians should know that the government believes the law prohibiting possession is constitutional. We too believe that our children are our greatest possession and must be protected against child pornography. We intervened in the B.C. case to vigorously defend the law and we will do so again when the case is before the Supreme Court of Canada.