Françoise Boivin: Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech, which was as eloquent as ever.
I want to read part of an interesting article from Global News that I read this morning called:
“Why anti-‘revenge porn’ pioneer doesn’t like Canada’s cyberbullying law”.
This is someone who would normally support the kind of initiatives the government is preparing to take.
“Mary Anne Franks has made a name for herself fighting “revenge porn”—the dissemination of intimate photos of a woman (it’s almost always a woman) without her permission or knowledge—often by an estranged partner.”
This says something that I thought was pretty interesting, and I would like my colleague to comment. She says, “I do not think it’s ever going to work to try to protect privacy by invading privacy.”
Could I have the member’s comment, please?
Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Gatineau. As usual, I think she is right. That is a very interesting quote and I completely agree.
They will never protect privacy by invading privacy. They will never get more law and order by putting people in jail when they should be creating the circumstances that keep people out of criminality to begin with.
We need to actually think about what is getting passed in this place so that we can ensure that the rights and liberties of Canadians are not constantly whittled away in the creation of greater talking points and slogans for the next election.