I'm certainly in agreement that prevention is worth a pound of cure, as they say. There should absolutely be prevention programs. But in this case, as we've talked about today, the causes are so far-reaching that prevention isn't like building a new basketball court or something; it's about remedying centuries of the impacts of dehumanizing aboriginal women, impacts on their roles within their communities, and the impacts on aboriginal communities. I agree that prevention is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it will be totally effective, in the sense that you're going to eradicate street sex trade with prevention.
On April 28th, 2010. See this statement in context.