Again, repeatedly the women we support at SWAN tell us that they actually fear the police more than they fear predators. This is due to the IRPR provisions that prohibit sex work. They are not able to access justice as freely as the rest of us can because they live in fear of being arrested, detained and deported if they are found to be engaging in sex work as temporary residents in Canada.
That being said, I think this is actually quite a common feeling among sex workers. Ultimately, sex work is criminalized in Canada, and—