Thank you, and I want to thank every presenter today, because your presentations were very insightful. We've been trying and fighting for two years to get this topic on status of women. We're so happy we're examining it now, and I have to tell you I'm a little biased, because my son is RCMP, and I was the former MLA who was the justice critic for the province of Manitoba, and I had a lot to do with the ICE unit, the integrated child exploitation unit in Manitoba. You've probably heard of that unit.
Having said that, the thing that really surprises me about the human trafficking issue--and I wish we could have one of you comment--is how little the public knows about this. In my view, governments have to make laws to support police officers. The thousand RCMP officers was a start; there need to be more. The 120 days was a start. Bill C-49 was a start.
You commented on the age of consent. Yesterday I made a 20-minute speech in the House of Commons begging members to raise the age of consent. We're at a place right now where I hope members will unanimously pass that bill, Bill C-22.
Would you comment about awareness, because I've worked extensively with NGOs and police and everybody else. I was supposed to be speaking in Sydney, Nova Scotia, but the whip wouldn't let me go because there are votes; it's Tuesday night. But we need to hear more and more about awareness. Police officers themselves are often not aware of trafficking victims. Border officials are often not aware of the characteristics they can look for in watching trafficking victims coming across the borders. I know the RCMP have a new video out right now, which is very good and very helpful. But can you comment, first, on the awareness issue, and second, more about your solutions, because as people in the field, across the board, you are the people we need to turn to in order to make sure this horrendous crime is stopped, and act quickly on it.
Perhaps you could comment on that. Start with Vancouver and then Toronto and then the border people.