Justice committee  We need to tighten up our laws when it comes to sexual assaults and rape. We need to stop putting the onus on the victim. We need to give victims more confidentiality and things like that. One of the most important things we need to do is have a conversation with the men in our

Justice committee  I think the problem is that we keep talking about this as work, as if this were inevitable. We're working towards the end of it, just like we're working towards the end of domestic violence, the end of rape and the end of all these things that plague women and society. I want to

Justice committee  You're asking how do we stop women from being coerced into this?

Justice committee  I think the amendments to the legislation...get rid of section 213. They don't need to face charges for the situations they find themselves in. We've already said that in the preamble. I don't understand the thinking that women aren't going to the police if they've been harmed.

Justice committee  This is not about punishing women; this is about changing men's behaviour.

Justice committee  I'm going to talk again about the time I had in Sweden, because they had enacted the law. What they did, which is perfectly doable here, is to educate police and Crown attorneys about not only what the law is but the intent of the law. The intent of the law is to create a safer C

Justice committee  We need to put a lot more into mental health for youth, but I'm actually going to answer that with a two-second story. I went to Sweden to look at how the law impacted women and communities in Sweden. I went to a high school, because they had been living with the law for eight o

Justice committee  We do have interactions with the liaison people through different coalitions, etc. Vancouver police are very clear that they're not interested in practising this law. They have been very clear that this isn't an issue that they're going to target. It's a bit of the wild, wild wes

Justice committee  Thanks for having us.

Justice committee  I don't think it's just the downtown core of Vancouver. The problem is social media, by and large. Now we have ways for predators to access younger and younger people via apps and different websites. There are a lot of young girls who are struggling with very big issues, and thos

Justice committee  I want to thank the committee for giving me this opportunity. I would like to convey quite a few thoughts, and I'll be speaking a bit fast, so feel free to tell me to slow down. I sit here before you as a survivor of 15 years of prostitution from the ages of 13 to 28. For the