432-01164 (Justice)

We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following:

Whereas, the Parliament of Canada recognizes the social harm caused by the objectification of women and the commodification of sexual activity;

Whereas, in the last few months, there have been multiple corroborated cases of sex trafficking and child sexual abuse films found hosted on Pornhub;

Whereas, a 15-year-old girl who had been missing for a year was finally found after 58 such videos of her rape and sexual abuse were discovered on Pornhub;

Whereas, 22 women were deceived and coerced by the owners of GirlsDoPorn, into performing sex acts on film that were subsequently uploaded to Pornhub;

Whereas, the Internet Watch Foundation has investigated and confirmed over 100 cases of children being sexually abused on Pornhub;

Whereas, Pornhub has no reliable system in place to verify that the people in the videos it hosts are not being trafficked or minors being sexually exploited;

Whereas, more than 100 survivors and 500 NGOs have written a letter calling for a full criminal investigation into MindGeek; and

Whereas, the Justice Committee has heard shocking and conflicting testimony from Pornhub's executives and others, which included the hosting of videos including coercion, violence and underage minors.

Therefore we, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:

1. Investigate and prosecute companies in Canada that host content featuring sex trafficking and child sexual abuse to the fullest extent of the law;

2. Review legislative and regulatory frameworks to ensure Canada's laws fully prohibit online sexually explicit content featuring minors, violence, torture, cruelty, and coercion; and;

3. Introduce legislation that requires companies to possess reliable systems in place to verify that the people in sexually explicit images and videos uploaded and hosted online are not minors or being trafficked.