Justice committee  I don't know about the money-laundering, but I would say definitely identity theft is one of the factors in there as well. Often, those who are involved in prostitution are also involved in other kinds of criminal activity, such as identity theft. I have worked with some of the

Justice committee  That would be a safe assumption. It's linked.

Justice committee  There would be some connections, yes. Again, that's what I think our police service wants to focus more on. Our police chief has brought in more intelligence-based policing, and has put a priority on hiring a criminologist to help us get that kind of information, and to see what

Justice committee  In Edmonton we have what's called a community solution to gang violence. We mobilize the whole community to work on this. That would be at the city-wide level. Then there are initiatives in different neighbourhoods in different parts of the city to try to engage young people and

Justice committee  Our organization actually was founded out of Edmontonians saying to our city, our mayor, our justice minister that we have to do something about the demand side of prostitution and exploitation. I live in a community where street prostitution and drug trade activity had overrun

Justice committee  I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions from a legislative point of view. We really have to surround the young people or the adults who are trying to get out with better social supports. I don't know about legislation. I'd be interested in hearing...but that would be my first tho

Justice committee  We definitely are.

Justice committee  Yes, I am, thank you. My colleague, Norma, will pick up within our 10 minutes. We thank you very much for this opportunity. I would like to recognize our two co-presenters and some of the root issues they brought up with regard to some of the reasons young people become involved