Nothing in PCEPA is protecting sex workers. I need to get that message across very clearly. It particularly needs to be abolished in its entirety because the preamble is based on fiction. It's based on a lie that sex work is exploitative. That is not supported in any empirical evidence, nor has it been supported by the sex workers who have come to this committee who represent thousands of sex workers.
We would argue that there doesn't need to be specific sex work provisions in order to protect sex workers or address violence against sex workers. A plethora of laws already exists in the Criminal Code that can do that.