Thank you, Madam Chair.
WItnesses, thank you for your testimony this evening.
Since we met last time, there has been a very significant court decision, which Ms. Pate alluded to. I'm not sure we necessarily have to remain silent to that in this committee in terms of our conversation about it and some thinking about it in terms of recommendations that this committee has that comes out of it.
Certainly I see that you're part of the Women's Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution, which is composed of seven groups. Could you speak to the issue of prostitution and aboriginal women from your organization's perspective? You hear people say that it's harmless, but I'd like your organization's perspective as we go forward with the issue of grappling with that decision over the next year.
Perhaps you could make some comments for me on that.