Special Report:

Appendix 1—List of recommendations

1. That the federal government introduce legislation to amend the child pornography provisions in the Criminal Code to provide a more accurate description of the crime (i.e. such as child sexual abuse images, child sexual abuse videos, child sexual abuse writings) to ensure a more accurate reflection of the harm that is done to victims.
   
   
2. That the federal government expedite legislation to require ISPs to provide customer name and address information to law enforcement.
   
   
3. That the federal government introduce legislation to require ISPs to retain customer name and address data, traffic data and content data for two to five years.
   
   
4. That the federal government introduce legislation to amend the Criminal Code to make the refusal to provide a password or encryption code upon judicial order a criminal offence.
   
   
5. That the federal government, in partnership with the provinces, develop a national strategy to identify victims found in child sexual abuse images and that the strategy includes an expansion of the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre’s National Victim Identification Unit and support for the national image database.
   
   
6. That the federal government, in conjunction with provincial and municipal governments, develop a national strategy to expand the network of Child Advocacy Centre models in communities across the country.
   
   
7. That the Department of Justice’s Policy Centre for Victim Issues fund research into the needs of victims of Internet-facilitated child sexual abuse.
   
   
8. That the federal government introduce legislation to amend the Criminal Code to ensure that child sexual abuse images, video or audio recordings are not disclosed to defence counsel but that opportunities are made available for proper review of the evidence.
   
   
9. That the federal government introduce legislation to require all ISPs to block access to sites containing images of children who are or are depicted as being under the age of 18 years, and block the distribution of known child sexual abuse images based on images collected by the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre.