Thank you, Madam Chair.
And thank you very much for coming over. I came from the Lower Mainland area of Vancouver, so I probably know the challenges out there.
I have a couple of questions.
I applaud Ms. Irene Compton for rising up from the ashes. She came through the same kinds of challenges, and yet here she is, representing that community and doing some very positive things. I really have to applaud her for the effort. She should be a model for anybody who had to leave the reserve for whatever reason to go into an urban city.
You don't have to take the path of being a prostitute. That's my message. There should be some ways of getting these poor women away from that so-called sex trade and then giving them a safe haven to stand up again with dignity. Going into that trade again and giving them whatever facilities they need doesn't solve the problem, because there will still be exploitation, and there will still be violence against women out there.
There should also be initiatives helping those women get away from such an awful environment. Ms. Mann, I don't know whether your study has ever covered that area.