Justice committee  I have spent my career in the social services, and this is exactly it. As we said in our presentation, exploitation preys on vulnerability. All those things, like racism, histories of colonialism and all the marginalization, which heighten especially a young person's vulnerabili

Justice committee  I can speak to that quickly, and then maybe Temi can follow up. Across the province the service providers we are working with on the ground are reporting numerous instances of not only exploitation, but violence that is happening in the context of the sex trade. Part of the reas

Justice committee  That was part of our presentation as well. In fairness, we also spoke with some of our local Crown prosecution here as we prepared this presentation. First of all, where so few cases make it to the courts, it's an important.... It's this balance of harm. In some cases, Bill C-36

Justice committee  Thanks for these very thoughtful questions. What I would say is akin to what Charlene was saying. I'll tell you that I was an emergency crisis social worker in the pediatric hospital here in Halifax, where I would see children and adolescents in all sort of crises. There was a

Justice committee  Thank you, everybody. First of all, how shocked the YMCA must be that they're not here, because we're the YWCA of Halifax.

Justice committee  They didn't get the memo. They're all off having their supper already. Thank you so much, everybody, for having us. It's really a tremendous pleasure to be here. I'm Miia Suokonautio. I'm the executive director of YWCA Halifax. Temi Abiagom and Charlene Gagnon are with me. We co