Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to thank the three witnesses, Mr. Chrismas, Mrs. Mourani and Ms. Pomerleau, for being here in connection with this study.
We see that human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is a growing crime around the world.
Ms. Pomerleau, my first questions will be for you.
As well as being the status of women critic, I am also the gender equality critic. We often talk about the statistic that says that 96% of victims are women. In fact, you mentioned that in your brief. People talked to me about this during our mission last week. It's also a statistic that was cited during the two-day conference held in Winnipeg.
I would still like you to talk to us about the fact that this figure underestimates the number of members of the LGBTQ+ communities, and also even men, who may be included among trafficking victims. We also have to take that into account when we talk about the numbers and statistics relating to sex trafficking.