Thank you for joining us today. I have two questions, one for Ms. Strickland and one for Mr. Saha.
Ms. Strickland, you've given us a very interesting overview of the situation. You've established a link between prostitution and human trafficking. As noted by another witness, sexual exploitation is the reason for 92% of human trafficking around the world. Another interesting point is that you spoke about charging customers with a crime. You're the first to do so and you mentioned the Swedish model.
Admittedly, the black market is as much a problem in countries that have legalized prostitution as it is in countries that consider it a criminal offence. Consider the Swedish model. The black market is still a problem, regardless of the codes used. I know what I'm talking about, given my background as a criminologist.
Could you clarify your comments about visas? I'm not sure I understood what you said about this. Are you talking about visas issued to victims, and not visas issued to persons in order to come to this country and work in the sex industry, which would make ours a country in which prostitution is viewed as legal? Were you in fact talking about helping victims temporarily by issuing them a special visa? Is that in fact what you meant?