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View Andréanne Larouche Profile
BQ (QC)
Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
My thanks to the witnesses for their presentations. It was a pleasure hearing what they had to say.
When you hear my questions, you will understand that I have been following this issue for a very long time and that it is very close to my heart.
However, witnesses and colleagues, I apologize because I would like to begin by introducing a notice of motion on an issue that the Standing Committee on the Status of Women may be considering in the near future. The issue was in the news this week and has affected us all very much. I'm sure you'll understand.
I'm just introducing a motion. I'll ask my questions right afterwards.
Let me read the motion once and then I will forward it to you after the meeting:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study on the sexual violence and exploitation experienced by women resulting from the distribution of pornography and child pornography for electronic commerce purposes by Canadian companies and companies that distribute pornography, including child pornography on Canadian soil with total impunity and under no Canadian legislative framework; that the committee examine as part of its work: (a) the case of the Pornhub digital platform that is owned by the Canadian business, MindGeek, whose headquarters are in Montreal, and that globally distributes pornography, including child pornography, produced and distributed with total impunity and without restrictions—
View Andréanne Larouche Profile
BQ (QC)
We will indeed have other opportunities to debate the motion. I will finish reading it before asking my questions:
...(b) the devastating psychological effects on victims of sex crimes and the effects on the lives of women who appear in pornographic videos produced or distributed without their consent; (c) the legislative measures that could be taken to prevent the production or distribution of non-consensual pornography and all child pornography...
I will forward the motion to you after the meeting. Thank you very much for giving me the time to introduce this motion. I think it is an important issue.
I apologize again to the witnesses.
Since I do not have much time left, I will get right to the heart of the matter.
I was involved in the creation of the first Maison Gilles-Carle Foundation home, which provides care for caregivers. In my riding, in Granby, we also have the Maison soutien aux aidants, which does exceptional work.
It is essential to help caregivers, but I would like to know how it can be done if we do not have studies on the phenomenon. As you mentioned, it is important to measure the impact of invisible work. Questions prompting more information about invisible work may have been removed from the long form of the Statistics Canada census, and that's certainly not without consequences.
I'd like to hear what both witnesses think about this issue.
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