Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to extend particular thanks to Dr. Chevrier for being with the committee this morning. I think it helps us focus on the purpose of this study, which is the impact of the law on those involved in sex work and not on moral judgments or ideological judgments of those who are involved.
I'd like to ask you a couple of specific questions based on your on-the-ground research. How does the current law, in criminalizing those who purchase sex, make the [Technical difficulty—Editor] work with their clients more dangerous?