Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to the member making his presentation. I do not doubt that he has the best thoughts in mind when it comes to protecting our children
However, I am left with some questions about his position, given the fact that he also states that we must strike a balance. I do not quite understand what his balance is when it comes to protecting our children. There is only one protection as far as I am concerned.
I will relate to the hon. member my experience very briefly. As a former police officer, I have had to deal with this kind of crime against children. There are individuals, men out there, who do nothing but prowl around looking for the vulnerable, looking for 13, 14, and 15 year old runaways. Their eyes fall upon those youngsters and they know which ones to pick. They know who to go after. They do not have to look very hard. With that, those 13, 14 and 15 year olds, some of them may be younger than 13, are selected. They know how to manipulate those youngsters for sexual favours. It happens daily on our streets and with that, comes the child porn industry.
There is no balance when it comes to this that I can see. Would the member like to engage in a reply on the kind of situation where procurers, pedophiles come after our children? What kind of balance would he like to see struck when it comes to convicting them? If the hon. member is married himself, if he were to find one of his own children in that position, how would he deal with the matter?