Status of Women committee  Ontario is one of the biggest hubs of both recruitment and transport. We know there's an increase of women and girls going through what they call the “circuit” in Ontario. It's very difficult once they're in to get out, and the level of violence is absolutely off the charts. We see before and after pictures that family members provide us of their daughters before they were trafficked and then after, and they are unrecognizable and not the same women and girls.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely.

Status of Women committee  I'm so sorry. I was making a note to provide it. It's very complex, and I will absolutely provide that data. I just don't have it right in front of me now, and I don't want to make any errors in trying to recall it.

Status of Women committee  It's all about the exploitation of women and girls because they are women and girls. Pornography is being used at this point to force women and girls to play out those acts with sex purchasers, as an example, or with their intimate partners. Fortunately, we have seen Pornhub close down because they were receiving so many complaints from women and girls who had no idea they were being videotaped.

Status of Women committee  Thank you so much. I have worked with women and girls in the commercial sex industry since 1990, and I have shared that work and best practices with Canadian and global organizations. I use the term “women and girls in the sex industry” to describe prostituted and trafficked women and girls.