The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice (left) and Paul Gillespie, President & CEO of Kinsa (far right) at the press conference announcing the Mandatory Reporting Bill in 2008.

Successes

Kinsa believes that legislative change is a key component in the fight to eradicate cybercrime. Kinsa’s advocacy program actively promotes positive change in legislation and industry. Kinsa experts have addressed topics relevant to online child exploitation including law enforcement issues, technology, prosecutions, sentencing, victim support, offender management and treatment.

Kinsa has successfully helped change legislation to better protect youth from adult sexual predators by increasing Canada's age of consent from 14 to 16 years of age. Click here to download the Kinsa Age of Protection white paper.

Kinsa has strongly advocated that the Department of Justice enact mandatory minimum sentencing for online child sexual abuse offenders. Click here to download the Kinsa Conditional Sentencing white paper.

Kinsa has successfully helped change legislative regulations under the Ontario Victims Bill of Rights to empower victims of Internet child exploitation to seek financial compensation directly from an offender for their suffering. Click here to read more about the bill.

Kinsa has strongly advocated for the Mandatory Reporting Bill that was passed in Ontario in December 2008. This bill requires people to report the finding of any images of child abuse to the proper authorities. Click here to read more.

In 2006, Kinsa started a petition to bring Safer Internet Day to Canada. The petition called upon the House of Commons and all Provincial Legislatures to declare February 7th "Safer Internet Day". Ontario celebrated its first Safer Internet Day on February 7th, 2007. Click here to read the press release.