incites racial hatred, and material that portrays or promotes violence against women." Part of the bill proposes a "know your subscriber" requirement for ISPs and would mandate them to deny Internet access to offenders. It also proposes to give special searching powers to the Ministry of Industry. The above features have led it to be criticized as something that "... would not look out-of-place in countries that aggressively censor the Internet." In her column, "Sex traders, keep your hands off our children!" (The Province, July 29), Smith asserted that "the average age of entry into prostitution in Canada is between 12 and 14 years of age." In October 2010, Smith conducted the inaugural Honouring Heroes Award Ceremony at Eastview Community Church, an annual event recognizing people who have fought to support victims of sexual trafficking. In 2012, Smith presented human-trafficking-related Bill C-10 to the Senate of Canada. The bill was eventually passed as the Safe Streets and Communities Act, a policy of the Canadian government. While Smith was in Ottawa to present Bill C-10, she was also scheduled to speak on the talkback panel in conjunction with the human-trafficking-related play She Has a Name. Smith proposed and claimed to be working on, in July 2013, a bill that disallows access to pornography online for all Canadians by default unless they choose to opt in, similar to earlier legislation put forward in the U.K. by British Prime Minister David Cameron. Details of what content specifically would be deemed "pornographic" and blocked were not provided. She did not run for re-election in 2015. Out of politics In 2012, while in political office, Joy founded The Joy Smith Foundation Inc., a registered charity that works to suppress human trafficking in Canada. After retiring from politics, Joy began working full-time for her organization. Electoral record References External links 1947 births Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Conservative Party of Canada MPs Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Women MLAs in Manitoba The Royal Conservatory of Music alumni People from Deloraine, Manitoba University of Manitoba alumni Human trafficking in Canada 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians