TORONTO, Ont. February 12, 2008 – The Institute for Canadian Values calls on the Parliament of Canada, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper to require Internet Service Providers to block child pornography from being distributed by their services. Dr. Charles McVety, ICV President, says “Today’s police report describes child porn as a “social epidemic” with tens of thousands of Canadians viewing hundreds of thousands of child porn pictures. The U.S. data shows that 30 per cent will become child abusers.”
As recent headlines prove, the online distribution of child pornography encourages tens of thousands of users to promote child abuse in anonymity.
Rev. McVety goes on to state “It is unconscionable for ISP’s like Bell Canada, Rogers, Telus, Shaw and others to continue to distribute this criminal material across Canada. The ICV has been appealing to the ISP’s and the Prime Minister for months to stop placing our children in danger. It is shameful that Canada refuses to join other civilized nations blocking child porn making Canada number 4 in the World for child porn distribution.”
The Institute for Canadian Values asks the public to go to www.blockchildporn.ca and join the campaign to protect our children.
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For further information contact Dr. McVety at 416.391.5000 or on cell at 416.456.0096
charles@canadianvalues.ca