Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would need a few minutes to answer that excellent question. People often talk about women's right to security, whereas that is out of the question when we talk about the prostitution of others. Based on that fact, it would be better to enact legislation t

Justice committee  Canadian aboriginal women are indeed extremely overrepresented in prostitution, as are all “racialized” women. There is an overrepresentation in that regard. We at CLES do not work specifically with aboriginal women. It is true, however, that this is definitely a problem for the

Justice committee  About confrontation?

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, I will answer the question by saying that it is extremely difficult for these women. As in rape cases, only a very small minority file a complaint and institute legal proceedings. Of that very small minority, some give up along the way because the process is too diffi

Justice committee  Yes. The law as it relates to human trafficking is not exactly our specialty, but we have discussed it within our organization. We all agreed that the act should be amended.

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, with respect to the presumption of guilt, this is already the case for procuring, and it generally works quite well. Police officers and agents normally lay charges only if the individual living with the prostitute encourages her to engage in prostitution for the purpo

Justice committee  I will let Mr. Hooper answer.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will follow my brief because I am not very comfortable. Today Concertation des luttes contre l'exploitation sexuelle wishes to reiterate its support for Bill C-452, which was introduced by Maria Mourani, the member for Ahuntsic. We believe that, by targ