Status of Women committee  No, I haven't, nor have I been invited, but I certainly would go.

Status of Women committee  If sex trade workers are being funded by taxpayers' money, I would find that shocking and it should stop. If you really want to know the impact of this trade on the vast majority of women, all you would have to do is go to Norma Hotaling, who has an organization out of San Franci

Status of Women committee  The Olympics in Greece and the world football championship in Germany saw the trafficking of tens of thousands of extra women for the pleasure of sex tourists. Canada can easily thwart that for the Olympics, simply by telling the visa staff in embassies and consulates around th

Status of Women committee  When I look at this issue around the world, it strikes me as very sad that it is not a top priority with all women's organizations and groups involved in human rights. This is a modern-day human rights tragedy of epic proportions. That's what it is. We see that 800,000 young wome

Status of Women committee  It's not consensual if you make it a criminal matter for men. If you criminalize men, it's not consensual. In the legalized systems in Germany and the Netherlands, the pimps and organized crime are still there.

Status of Women committee  To think otherwise is foolish. They are there; I've seen them operate, and it doesn't matter. Also the criminal aspect of it dwarfs the legal aspect, because they know the amount of money, and they know they bring these women in by the busload, the truckload, by the dozens ever

Status of Women committee  Yes, infomercials. You know what? I've seen them and I go click. I know what's behind those. It is a sexy little girl, but boy, you should see who you're getting on the phone. Wake up, guys; it's not this girl. I just turn them off; everybody has the ability. It's the same thin

Status of Women committee  When the Swedish model came into play, one of the things that happened was for the first couple of years nothing happened. Trafficked women were still being trafficked and the prostitution trade went wild. The women who were on the committees and whatever couldn't understand why.

Status of Women committee  It is working, because they offered programs to these young women who want out. About 60% of women in prostitution wanted out, went to those programs, and got out. The johns are subject to fines, and if they keep going to these places, they're subject to six months in jail, plu

Status of Women committee  Western nations have to take a lead role in this, and Canada is placed to take the lead role on it. The United States has the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the U.S. State Department, which has done a pretty good job in highlighting the cesspools of debauc

Status of Women committee  Yes, because we live in a patriarchal society controlled by men. Look, we name and shame prostitutes. Why? We put them in front of cameras. We take pictures of them. We say, look at that disgusting woman, leading our upstanding men astray. Oh, come on, folks, we live in the 21st

Status of Women committee  Women are the victims; they need to be decriminalized. Men are the perpetrators; they need to be criminalized. When you talk about decriminalizing, always have the other end of the sword out there, because decriminalizing without criminalizing the men is legalization; it's just a

Status of Women committee  Yes, I know. It really is almost now impossible to control. It is possible when it comes to child porn, because that's illegal everywhere. But when it comes to adults and adult behaviour, people are screaming freedom, and this is their information. It's impossible to control, so

Status of Women committee  We're now looking at something that is so pervasive. When I talk about explosion, I mean explosion on the world. How do you stop it is one of the biggest questions you'll ever have to deal with. Men have to change their attitude about women. Women aren't there to be bought for t

Status of Women committee  You asked a lot of questions. One of the things about the Netherlands is, for example, they said, well, we're going to better protect these women and we're going to have unions, and we will also put a program into place where women can go if they want to escape prostitution. Wo