Social supports, including health, social services and legal clinic support, are very important for undocumented workers. Despite the City of Toronto having the access without fear policy, we see that it is not often enforced, and we still have workers who, when they call because they're experiencing violence, are arrested. It is very important to note that this law and the criminalization of sex work create a barrier for sex workers, whether documented or undocumented, to accessing service providers, including health services.
Butterfly is playing an important role instead of police. I am also an instructor of the social work program. Social workers do not help sex workers by working with police this way. It's very important that members of the sex worker community help each other. That is the solution to addressing the imbalance and the exploitation of sex workers.