Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present a number of petitions this morning.
The first petition comes from Canadians across the country who are concerned about the ease of access to sexually explicit material for young persons.
The petitioners are concerned about the significant proportion of sexually explicit material available online. It is extremely degrading and not suitable for young people. They are very concerned that porn companies are not doing anything to ensure that young people are not getting access to this material. They also note that Parliament recognized the harm of the increase to the accessibility to sexually explicit material online for young persons in a report back in 2017. They say that online age verification technology is increasingly getting sophisticated and less intrusive and that it can be done without invading privacy.
The petitioners call on the Government of Canada and this Parliament to adopt Bill S-210 with due haste.