Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all for being here today. We really do appreciate your contribution to our committee.
Ms. Perrier, I'd like to give you some extra thanks and gratitude for being here today. I know it must be very difficult to tell us your story, but it really does help us, and I think it helps Canadians who are watching to understand why we need to do this.
If you're okay with it, I'd like you to help me understand something. This is our third day here. I know you've been here listening, so I'd like your perspective on a particular issue related to negotiating or screening. I'd like to ask if you agree with some of the testimony we have heard from people. I'm not sure that they themselves have actually ever done this. Some have, and some say that Bill C-36 will make it more difficult for those involved in prostitution to negotiate a better deal, and it will make them somehow less safe.
I'm wondering if you think that will happen with this bill. If you have had any experience with that, perhaps you could let us know that as well.