Justice committee  Yes, I think parents would expect the police to be able to intervene to save their daughters from spiralling into a world that they can't get out of, and I think that's exactly what has been spoken to by police officers who are for the clauses in 213. Now where there are minors i

Justice committee  To address the first question, basically the power and ability to choose to leave, I think, is in doubt on a lot of occasions. When women are under the control of pimps or addictions, we have seen them consent to horrendous circumstances of bodily harm. To assume that they all of

Justice committee  Yes, from a budgetary standpoint I can't give you a total for that, and I have heard evidence already of people complimenting $20 million, particularly in comparison with the United States and their population, and saying it is very significant and will have a significant impact.

Justice committee  I think one of the things we need to be careful of here is that we're not critical of what is a substantial start to this process. But I would hope that increased funding would come later as those programs would kick in, that the $20 million would not be the beginning and the end

Justice committee  I would agree with you that Canadian law enforcement has made absolutely tremendous strides in this past decade in terms of these very complex issues, and I would say there is a cultural change under way in terms of how police officers view the prostituted. However, I don't think

Justice committee  Yes. Exit strategies are both vital and expensive. If we look at the models between Sweden and Norway, I think there's more struggle with the system in Norway because I'm told they have not applied the same degree of emphasis or budgets to exit strategies. I think it's absolute

Justice committee  I would agree with it. If it's convictions for prostitution that have been traditional and historical in our country, I don't think they have particular value, given all this committee has heard this week in terms of the vulnerabilities and the difficulties that women have gettin

Justice committee  Yes, I recognize that 213 does present a problem, and I don't have an easy answer for it because I fully recognize that the police, appropriately, want to have tools by which they can protect women who are in very vulnerable situations, to remove them from the danger, to remove t

Justice committee  I don't believe that legalizing the industry would have protected the girls from Pickton in any way. I believe that the comments that have already been submitted to the committee, where we're told that the prostituted women will be nervous and have to make a decision on their joh

Justice committee  I think the Pickton file illustrates for Canada, in it's most grotesque form, where this stuff ends up if we don't deal with it forcefully. Obviously he is on the extreme end, killing so many individuals who really had no hope once they got into his clutches. I think what is very

Justice committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to speak to Bill C-36. My name is Brian McConaghy, and I come to the issue of prostitution with 22 years of experience in the RCMP and 24 years of directing Ratanak International, a charity that assists