Thank you.
Thank you, Minister, for coming here to present Bill C-22 to us.
I don't know if I should direct my question to you or to Ms. Morency. As you know, for nearly three years, prostitution rings operated in the Quebec City area. The young women involved were dominated by certain groups of men, specifically rapper groups where members were barely five or six years older than the victims. When the trials began, it was very difficult to get these young girls to testify for various reasons: they were gang raped, they were in love with the person who got them into prostitution, and so on. I'd like to know if Bill C-22 will have an impact on section 212 of the Criminal Code. Basically, this provision is problematic because we're encountering a number of problems with prostitution rings. Will Bill C-22 afford young people better protection, given the problems encountered with section 212, even when the victims are 18 years of age? Young women are afraid to testify, among other things.