In our view, the most fundamental change that came with the 2014 legislation was that it made the purchasing offence a crime against the person. We therefore recognized that prostitution was not a transaction between consenting adults. That's the most important thing.
The problem right now is that we're only looking at one section of the Criminal Code. However, the purpose and inspiration for the Canadian law are rooted in a model that covers both preventing entry into prostitution and ensuring prevention among little boys. They don't come into the world thinking that they can buy sex from other people, they learn that. They aren't born aspiring to be pimps one day, they learn that. Unfortunately, right now, they are learning it in everything they see around them.
We spoke earlier about culture, the media and normalization in general. That's what we need to fight first and foremost. We can focus on the sections of the Criminal Code, but we believe that no one should be criminalized, no matter where they are, when they are in a sexually exploitative situation. That should be perfectly clear. The world's most successful models have not tolerated women being criminalized in any way. I say women because it's mostly women who are involved.