Justice Minister Lametti need only dial 911. We don’t need to wait for new legislation.
Surely it goes without saying that promoting and profiting from the sexual assault of children is already illegal in Canada. Pornhub recommending child rape videos isn’t a scandal. Yet this response betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the issue. In Ottawa, the opposition is asking urgent questions about how this could happen in Canada, and the government is adamant that it will introduce legislation to address the issue of online hate after the House returns from its Christmas break.
The Montreal company is the undisputed global leader in online pornography, but it also has a habit of disseminating criminal videos, including of children as young as 14 being sexually assaulted.
The New York Times published a stomach-churning report last week about Pornhub.
