To give you an example, about 24 women testified in the Bedford case, called by both sides, the government and the applicants. They had the choice of whom they could get to testify, who wanted to come forward and be heard. That was a really interesting cross-section of the women in prostitution.
Among that group of 24, there were numerous women who started in prostitution at the age of 18 or younger, including the three applicants themselves in the case, who started at 15, 16, and 18. Those were the women they chose to bring forward to bring this case.
There were other women. I think the oldest among that group of 24 was 27. She had four children whom she had lost to child protective services when a boyfriend got her hooked on drugs and then pimped her out.
So it was a range of ages, there's no question. But there were significant numbers of women who had started as teenagers with very limited prospects, often fleeing either abusive situations in the home or state care that itself had become abusive.
I think it is true. I think Professor Lowman is correct that some of the studies that show a very young age of entry are focusing on street prostitutes as a population. We really have a lot more studies in Canada in particular about street prostitution than we do about off-street prostitution and the demographics there.