There are challenges with eradicating the exploitation. But first I'd like to acknowledge that there is a federal committee operated by Senator Roméo Dallaire. Jackie is a member of that committee, and she brings a young person with her every time.
The help we need the most is with resources for victims. We do that well. We have women with experience who are a significant part of that healing journey.
The second one is that we really need some help with addressing the demand. We are limited, both provincially and federally, in the tools we have to protect our kids--for example, we have perpetrators who sit outside our safe house waiting for one of the girls to come out, or they are there to intimidate them. We can call the police, but he's not breaking the law.
We can see a young woman we know is being exploited and we can call the police, but the police can't do anything. She has to be a victim. You have to prove there's a crime going on. An older man in a car going through the north end can pick up a 13-year-old, a 10-year-old, and there's limited.... Unless she can say she's a victim, which most will not, for a variety of reasons, there is nothing that can be done.
We need a national strategy on this particular issue, and what can happen--