Justice committee  I don't have it in front of me.

Justice committee  No, not that last point actually. No.

Justice committee  I can't screen my clients.

Justice committee  I don't really understand the—

Justice committee  Could you let me speak for a second?

Justice committee  Are you asking a question or making a statement?

Justice committee  No, you did not.

Justice committee  Okay. How you didn't was that I cannot screen my clients. You are criminalizing my clients. The cops are going to be.... How do you think the cops find clients? It's going to be from the places that I work, out of the places that I work.

Justice committee  She's having trouble hearing. The question was around how poverty and affordable housing will allow for sex workers to leave the business. I think that addressing poverty and affordable housing should be what we should do for everyone in Canada. It's an issue that a lot of Cana

Justice committee  He is talking about how Bill C-36 will impact sex workers' lives. I sort of mentioned in my talk that for those working on the street, when you target our clients it puts us in danger. We see that in Vancouver and we see that where it has been done. It's a way of pushing us furth

Justice committee  It's a model that supports sex workers' rights under labour and health regulations. It would allow sex workers to work together. It affords sex workers the same rights as other workers.

Justice committee  No. In fact, despite what we have been hearing, trafficking and prostitution are not the same thing. New Zealand is a tier one country, the highest, I'm told, as far as combatting trafficking is concerned.

Justice committee  I don't know if I understand the question. I guess what I'm saying is that prostitution is not a violent activity. There can be things that—

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  I'm under no false pretence that many of you here will actually be invested in hearing me out. Really hear me. Sex workers are very well connected in our movement. We know what we need to keep ourselves safer and how to go about establishing more optimal working conditions. I