83.2 Pornography
Whereas, The Criminal Code, Section 159(8) stating “... Any publication a dominant characteristic of which is the undue exploitation of sex, or of sex and one or more of the following subjects, namely, crime, horror, cruelty and violence shall be deemed to be obscene”, is not sufficient to protect all persons from pornography;
Whereas, The Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regulations for AM, FM Radio and TV stating “...No broadcaster shall broadcast any obscene or indecent audio or pictorial material”, do not protect all persons from pornography; therefore be it,
RESOLVED, That the National Council of Women of Canada:
- Urge the Government of Canada to enact legislation that will protect all persons, including children, from verbal or pictorial material which presents or describes sexual behaviour that is degrading or abusive to one or more of the participants — often using violence: The material is presented in such a way as to endorse the degradation, with the prime purpose of entertainment or selling products;
- Urge the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission and the Canadian Film Development Corporation to strengthen their regulations to protect all persons, including children, from verbal or pictorial material which presents or describes sexual behaviour that is degrading or abusive to one or more of the participants — often using violence: The material is presented in such a way to endorse the degradation, with the prime purpose of entertainment or selling products; and be it,
RESOLVED, That the National Council of Women of Canada:
- Ask their Provincial Councils to urge their respective provincial governments to enact legislation appropriate to their jurisdiction, that will protect all persons, including children, from verbal or pictorial material which presents or describes sexual behaviour that is degrading or abusive to one or more of the participants — often using violence: The material is presented in such a way as to endorse the degradation, with the prime purpose of entertainment or selling products; and be it,
- Ask their Provincial Councils to urge that Provincial Departments of Education include the study of the pornography issue in their health and family studies curriculum, beginning at the grade nine level; and be it,
RESOLVED, That The National Council of Women of Canada ask its federated associations to urge all their members to approach their local municipal councils to implement by-laws, limiting access to pornography by children.