Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to our witnesses.
Chief Hanson, I want to start with you. Chief Jennifer Evans of the Peel Regional Police, which polices in the City of Mississauga, where I'm from, and her officers have told me that there is associated crime that goes with prostitution in the places where it's carried on. Whether it's indoors or outdoors there is often general assault both on the prostitutes, obviously, and sometimes on their clients and other third parties who might happen to be in the vicinity. When other criminal elements know there are men walking around with large amounts of cash in their pockets, they'll be drawn to that area. They may get assaulted and robbed, and other innocent bystanders who just happen to be there at the same time may also get mugged. There is also drug trafficking that goes hand in hand with this because sometimes the people who are looking for the sexual services are also looking for drugs, and the providers of drugs know there is a market there.
Have you seen the same thing in your jurisdiction in Calgary? Can you talk about that?