Justice committee  I would say that it's not a prohibitionist approach at all, and that we surely count on every political party around the table to get rid of what we want to get rid of. Perhaps I can give you this image. For us, it's like we have the right map to go where we want to go. We know

Justice committee  The other point where we agree with groups like Maggie's is the decriminalization of women in prostitution. Bill C-36 can't produce the desired outcome if women in prostitution continue to be criminalized in one form or another, regardless of whether they work on the streets or i

Justice committee  Indeed. The bill does what Bedford did not and could not do on its own, and that is change the objectives of the law, the Supreme Court justices, themselves, acknowledging that fact. A review of the evidence before them could not have produced the same outcome. I didn't have tim

Justice committee  But security should also be defined. As feminists, we can't be satisfied with giving women a few more seconds to select their clients as an adequate way to ensure their security. If it were possible to know which men were violent, we wouldn't have any abuse shelters in Canada o

Justice committee  When you're talking about prostitution, supporters of the Bedford ruling or the total decriminalization of prostitution maintain that it's an industry with commercial transactions like any other. It's up to the women to decide whether they feel they are being objectified or not.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the committee for agreeing to hear the perspective of the women we represent. Like many individuals, groups and countries that are following this debate and watching what we are doing here in Canada, Concertation des luttes contre l'e