Well, that's a big question, so there's lots there.
I think a lot of what we talked about already around awareness speaks to some portions of that. But I want to share one story that really cements what you're talking about in a lot of ways.
In Winnipeg we have a very large and vibrant first nation community. There was a young girl whom I dealt with when I was in charge of our vice unit who came to Winnipeg to escape some of the things that you're talking about—violence in her family, alcoholism. She came to Winnipeg and came to a transition centre. She never before had been in the city, had always lived in a reserve setting, had never even vacationed in the city. She was an adult, but she was very naive.
Another woman, who had also been victimized and forced into prostitution, recruited her directly from that centre, and said, “Look, I too am native. I'm your friend. Come join us. Be part of our family”. She bought her things like shoes—not extravagant things, but clothes, the necessities, food. Before you know it, she's out and she's in a car and this girl is with her saying, “This doesn't come free. You're going to go out here and you're going to turn tricks and you're going to perform for men for money.” The girl chose to go back to the reserve setting because it was better than the indignity of turning tricks.
So awareness, real change around support for those basics, is so very important. That's what it gets back to: food, shelter, and safety.