PCEPA recognizes that there is inequality between men and women. I would ask you to pay a lot of attention to the preamble, where Parliament states the purpose of the act. It recognizes the “social harm” caused by objectification. It recognizes that prostitution affects human dignity and undermines equality, and that there is a “disproportionate impact” on women and children. It says that Canada thinks it's important to “denounce and prohibit” the purchase of sexual services and prevent the normalization and commercialization of prostitution.
What's important to us about PCEPA is that it states very clearly that Canada does not want to develop economic dependency on prostitution as an industry, and—