I would say that since this bill deals with human trafficking, it also affects domestic workers. The issue is forced labour, whatever form it takes. It may be domestic work or something else. Anyone who is exploited for their work is affected by this.
Moreover, aboriginal women are very relevant to this discussion. There is a group of aboriginal women who recently took a stand in favour of abolishing prostitution. It's bothering me that I can't remember the exact name of the organization. That is unfortunate. Perhaps my colleagues have heard of them before.
You know, prostitution is based not only on unequal relations, but also on racism. Recently I heard an aboriginal woman talk about how she was raped by two white men. Forgive me for saying it like that, but that's how it was reported. During the rape, the two men said that they were raping her because she was aboriginal. Prostitution is built not only on unequal relations, but also on racism and degrading others.
It's important to mention that prostitution clients are mostly men, whom I would refer to as prostitutors. However I would like to be clear that we are talking about a minority of men, and not all men, who go to see prostitutes. Unfortunately, in many cases these men are looking to be in a position of domination and racism is involved too. So this includes Asian, Russian or Latin American women. Recently, I met some girls from Bangladesh who had just arrived in Quebec and who didn't even speak the language. They could barely speak a word of French. And they were being approached by recruiters. Indeed, these exotic women — excuse the term, but that is how they are referred to in the field — are highly sought out.