Justice committee  I certainly think role-playing and any kind of training that police do, whether it's RCMP or other police departments, it would be essential for police to be able to determine how they need to act in certain situations. It gives them a sense of being able to walk into a situation

Justice committee  Yes, I would agree, but I think still the police are able to separate. It's like when you go into a domestic violence situation, you don't leave the person who has perpetrated the violence against the victim. You separate them. You talk to them separately. I think it's the same

Justice committee  In relation to section 213, if they are communicating in public, they would not be able to arrest them in relation to that. They would have to talk to the individual. Again, we separate the individuals who are involved in those types of instances. You would talk to them separatel

Justice committee  I think we've seen the example of how the York Regional Police police individuals who are involved in prostitution. We've discussed it with them. They have built those relationships with these individuals. They have intervened where they have charged the pimps, charged the traffi

Justice committee  I believe it should not be in Bill C-36. I believe that officers can have other tools. The women, the youth who are criminalized would.... They need to be able to treat them as witnesses. They can talk to them as witnesses. They do not have to arrest them if they're not going

Justice committee  I think probably for many of the police it's just that this is a tool that they've always felt they've needed, and I think they just need to understand there's a change. It's much like when I was a police officer and the charter came in. I thought it would be so difficult to ar

Justice committee  Yes, I see that women can also be exploited, and exploit others in those situations.

Justice committee  Good morning. I would like to thank the standing committee members for this opportunity to speak about the tabled legislation, Bill C-36. This bill will impact the lives of prostituted individuals, their children, and generations to come. I'm speaking today on behalf of the boa