In my opinion, the best outcome of this review would be to take a hard look at the evidence that has been produced by researchers and the feedback that has been received from sex workers. I do hope that you will hear from many more sex workers who are currently working and who are the main stakeholders in this issue. You will realize that this law is not doing what I believe people want it to be doing.
It is not keeping people safer. It is not making life safer for sex workers and for victims of sexual exploitation and human trafficking. This law, in my opinion, is supposed to focus on sex work and on the safety of sex workers. I would hope that people will conclude that this is not the way to go.
Again, I would invite everyone to look at the literature on public health internationally that focuses on decriminalization. Amnesty International recently came out for decriminalization. I also want to point you toward a position statement from the Canadian public health agency, which came out after PCEPA, that speaks of the importance of decriminalization for better health and social outcomes for sex workers in Canada.
I imagine that I have to stop talking right away, but I'll just say that the evidence is clear in public health: For health outcomes, for social outcomes, decriminalization is the way to go.