Justice committee  Well, let me say that we always are looking for tools to help suss out those who have been victimized. Any opportunity the government can provide to law enforcement to be able to do our job, try to do our job easier, under huge financial constraints sometimes for us to do our bus

Justice committee  Well, one thing for us, when the Supreme Court had come up with their final decision, we began to focus much more of our attention on the pimp. This allows us—

Justice committee  The job is complex. We are trying to inculcate ourselves into this business to determine, basically, if people are being exploited. This takes an enormous amount of time and we need tools to be able to make this happen. Material benefit, for example, is important for us to see.

Justice committee  We have many laws in the Criminal Code. When it deals with investigating prostitution and human trafficking matters many of the offences that are in the code right now I would consider as reactive tools. An assault has occurred, we get called to deal with the matter. Some of thes

Justice committee  Thank you. Let me begin by thanking each of you, members of the standing committee, for having us appear today regarding Bill C-36, the protection of communities and exploited persons act. We appreciate the government's efforts to abolish prostitution and prostitution-related a