Thank you very much.
I will be giving you each about a minute and a half to do a summation.
I'd like to thank the three of you, on behalf of the committee, for being here. It's a critical issue. When we did the study of human trafficking, all committee members felt it was an issue that demanded that we take some very critical actions.
The women who are being trafficked, who come through any form, whether they come in as nannies or as live-in caregivers or as exotic dancers, are all very vulnerable, and these vulnerable women seek protection.
We need some clarification on some of the statements the ministers have made here. If they come in and they never testify against their perpetrator, how can the justice system be made to function?
Minister Nicholson, I think we need some clarification on recommendation 6. Basically, what the committee had stated is that there are trafficked women who come here, who may be put into prostitution, and the john may claim, when he goes to court, that he never knew this was a trafficked woman. When we heard the evidence, that's where the critical issue was.
Recommendations 6 and 7 stated that we would like the trafficked woman not to have a criminal record but that the john have a criminal record. Perhaps it requires a lot more discussion than that, but could you give a response to that?
And Minister Day, we had asked in recommendation 17 that we have evidence collected centrally so that everyone can access it. For the justice system to work effectively, you need to have all the information. So in your summation, if you could, just give us a brief update, and then we'll thank you for being here.
Minister Nicholson.