Mr. Speaker, I have a number of petitions with hundreds of signatures on them.
I have a timely petition regarding the current laws related to prostitution that have been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada.
The petitioners recognize that a high percentage of prostitutes are forced into the trade and are trafficked, whereas the demand for sex with woman and children is now not addressed in legislation and profits from that sex trade are also not addressed in the Criminal Code.
Canadians ask that our country not be lawless when it comes to prostitution and human trafficking, that the House of Commons legislate such that it be a criminal offence to purchase sex with a woman, man or child, and that it be a criminal offence for pimps, madams and others to profit from the proceed of that trade.