The research shows that due to colonization and intersecting factors of marginalization, indigenous women and girls are disproportionately represented among those who are involved in the sex trade or who are trafficked for sexual exploitation.
Individual groups representing indigenous interests and individuals as well have very different perspectives on the impact of the laws. Some advocate for decriminalization, while others strongly support the nordic model on the basis that the sex trade is a product of colonization that has disproportionately negatively impacted indigenous women and girls.
We see from the data that is available a very disproportionate number of indigenous women and girls involved in the sex trade generally. That's from the data that's available from the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls report, as well as data from Dr. Bruckert's and Dr. Benoit's research.