Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to invite all members to a luncheon tomorrow at noon in 8-053, 131 Queen Street, to mark 11 years since royal assent for PCEPA, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. This lunch will be hosted by Andrea and Kathy, long-time anti-exploitation advocates. Through PCEPA, Canada's Parliament recognized that prostitution is a form of sexual exploitation and affirmed that no one ever needs to be bought, sold or exploited for sex in Canada.
Andrea and Kathy will provide a copy of their book When Men Buy Sex: Who Really Pays? to every single parliamentarian. This book elevates the voices of the survivors. Andrea and Kathy are also joined this week by the National Council of Women of Canada, CEASE Trafficking, Persons Against Non-State Torture, BridgeNorth, EmpowerMen and Men Ending Trafficking. Together, all these groups are saying that we will not turn away from exploitation. They will not remain silent and neither will we.
I want to thank Andrea and Kathy for their relentless work to end sexual exploitation.