Justice committee  It is almost like the chicken or the egg. One of them leads to the other. If we put a stop to that, we should put a stop to every type of business, involving clothing, models and so on. Everywhere there is something that encourages this type of behaviour, wanting to seduce, wanti

Justice committee  Thank you. We definitely feel we need an "abolitionist" measure. There is no other solution. Even if you look at other countries, there is no way to be a partial customer or prostitute. You are one or you are not. We are saying this: "We want no more of it."

Justice committee  For us, prostitution is not a choice and it is not an occupation. It is a situation that someone experiences at some point. When a person "decides" to engage in prostitution, that is because it is the last solution the individual has found in order to survive. I said in order to

Justice committee  We are an education and social action organization, and we work in the field. We believe it is a priority to teach children, within the family, in the community, at school and in all other places where they grow up, self-respect and respect for others as well as egalitarian value

Justice committee  Yes, that is correct.

Justice committee  Thank you for agreeing to hear us, Mr. Chair. I represent the Association féminine d'éducation et d'action sociale, or Afeas, an organization that was founded in 1966 and represents 10,000 Quebec women who work as volunteer members of 250 local groups in 11 regions of Quebec. A

Status of Women committee  It's just that it is the only question providing us with statistics on unpaid work. Question 33 should be called “Household Work” from now on instead of “Household Activities”. Someone used the expression “go walking” earlier, but, if that means getting a sick person some fresh

Status of Women committee  But we haven't seen the 2011 form, have we?

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I don't understand your question.

Status of Women committee  Although people are willing to do it, they are constantly running around and have all sorts of other things to do. So imagine if they received an envelope with the word “voluntary” on it. But if it is mandatory, they will take it as such.

Status of Women committee  People are not concerned about that. If we tell them that they must fill out the questionnaire because it will help them and make their needs known in order to better address them, they will do it. If we tell them to fill it out, but that we don't know what it will be used for, t

Status of Women committee  Would you like me to answer?

Status of Women committee  We are sure that a segment of the population will not answer because those people are not sufficiently knowledgeable. Let's call them “illiterate”, shall we? So they will not fill out the form. Immigrants will not necessarily answer if the form is not in their language or if the

Status of Women committee  They will answer, because when it is mandatory, there is someone who will help them to fill out the form. I've already been involved in the census, and, when someone is not able to fill out the form, we provide volunteers to help them.