Justice committee  As I explained, that's sort of what I am doing today by participating in the committee meeting. That's also related to the militants in our member centres who call their regional MPs to talk about prostitution and the fact that the demand needs to be eliminated. Every centre has

Justice committee  No, obviously not. I won't repeat everything that has been said. However, as long as poverty is not being fought and as long as health care and detoxification services are not being implemented, women will have no choice but to turn to prostitution to be able to feed themselves

Justice committee  I will not repeat what my colleague talked about, but I would simply say that I dream of a world where my daughter and I will be able to walk the streets without being seen as sexual objects by all men. I am not saying that all men are like that. Yet I don't know how many times

Justice committee  I think we'll be North America's brothel. I think it will like the Grand Prix in Montreal, or the Stampede. All the Americans will come. They come to Quebec for alcohol; why wouldn't they come for women? I think it's a very dangerous step to take.

Justice committee  Definitely not.

Justice committee  Exactly. I could not mention this earlier, since I was told I did not have much time left. The $20 million is clearly insufficient to provide assistance, especially over a 5-year period. It would be dangerous to implement legislation that aims to eliminate the demand and prosti

Justice committee  We do not agree. Our point of view has to do with safety in the event of decriminalization. The New Zealand model is constantly being brought up, but New Zealand is on the other side of the globe and an island. We live in a nation that has the biggest shared border with another

Justice committee  The legislation is a good step forward, and we support it.

Justice committee  Absolutely.

Justice committee  Thank you, Ms. Boivin. As I said earlier, certain Quebec CALACS are not members of the group but do the same kind of work. I think there is a total of 35 CALACS in Quebec, and 26 of them are members of our group. Their work is split into three main areas of intervention. The fir

Justice committee  Neither. There is a lot of incest. With child luring, we are seeing more and more young victims of assault, as well as more and more women who are assaulted after meeting someone on the Internet. There are some cases related to conjugal violence. There are also some related to

Justice committee  In brief, if you provide us with funding, we will help women cope. We are calling for a major national campaign to raise awareness across Canada about the harms and consequences of prostitution for women, but also about prostitution as a form of oppression specifically targeted

Justice committee  Good afternoon. My name is Mélanie Sarroino, and I represent the Regroupement québécois des Centres d'aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel. We are members of CASAC and the Women's Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution. For 35 years, we have been dedic

Justice committee  We say “Sarrino” to make it easy.

Justice committee  It's “Sarroino”.