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Cherry Smiley
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Cherry Smiley
2021-06-17 12:26
It is a big question. I think there are a lot of moving parts, but we absolutely cannot legalize and sanction that industry. It will not get the money out of the industry if we decide, okay, we'll just make it legal and fully decriminalize it, with brothels everywhere, as they do in New Zealand. Organized crime is very tied up in that, and it's a little bit easier for them now. They can function legally. They're businessmen. They're not pimps anymore. They're brothel owners. They have business associations like other businesses do. It has become that much easier for them to function and to move that money around.
View Arnold Viersen Profile
CPC (AB)
The PCEPA bill was based on—
View Bob Bratina Profile
Lib. (ON)
I'm sorry, Arnold. We're at five minutes.
There will be more opportunities coming. It's such an important conversation, and I wish we could go on and on, but we will follow along with our agenda.
Jaime Battiste, you have five minutes.
View Jaime Battiste Profile
Lib. (NS)
Thank you.
I'm hearing loud and clear that decriminalizing prostitution is not part of the solution. What are your thoughts around decriminalizing drug offences and treating addictions like a health problem and not a criminal problem? What are your thoughts around that? Can you give me a sense of whether this is part of the solution?
Anyone can chime in, please.
Courtney Skye
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Courtney Skye
2021-06-17 12:28
I definitely agree with decriminalizing and treating addictions like a health issue. That's absolutely necessary. I also think, too, if we understand that people come to be exploited because they're made vulnerable by our systems and structures, then we have to turn to those systems and structures and understand what exactly about them creates that vulnerability. Going back to ONWA's submission around the need for housing, the need for economic stability and the need to have good access to health care services, especially to address drug issues, that should be the priority here. We're talking about creating systemic change.
I hear what you're saying around the need to respond to people who are addicted with dignity and respect, prioritizing them and viewing them as people who have value in our communities, whether or not they're using and whether or not they're choosing to use different types of drugs that are more addictive.
View Jaime Battiste Profile
Lib. (NS)
Would anyone else like to chime in? If not, I have another question.
Cherry Smiley
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Cherry Smiley
2021-06-17 12:29
If we're thinking about drug use and addiction, one thing that we often advocate for is the Nordic model of prostitution policy. It's three-pronged. You decriminalize those who are prostituted and you criminalize the sex buyers and the pimps. There's a public education campaign. There are also robust social services to support people and to support the community.
You could kind of apply that to drugs as well. You have a population of people who are suffering from all kinds of different things. There are all kinds of issues going on there that make certain people more vulnerable to being trapped in addiction. Then you have the drug dealers who come in and exploit that vulnerability for profit.
I definitely think people should not be criminalized at all for drug use. I don't think that's a crime. I think that's a response to the conditions of our lives and the oppressions we deal with. There is a difference, again, between those who are in an active addiction and those who are exploiting and profiting from those people's vulnerabilities.
View Jaime Battiste Profile
Lib. (NS)
Okay.
Finally, we have $2.2 billion in the national action plan to end systemic racism and violence against women. What organizations do we need to fund to help women who are vulnerable right now? Just quickly, what's the most efficient use of those dollars?
Coralee McGuire-Cyrette
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Coralee McGuire-Cyrette
2021-06-17 12:31
I can jump in there if that's okay.
We need to not only do national indigenous organizations. I know that was a comment earlier, and I want to speak to it. We have to get the money into the communities where they'll do the community work best. When you're looking at autonomous indigenous organizations, the majority of them are not connected to any national indigenous organization. We need to have a balanced approach of the organizations that have a mandate to do indigenous women-specific work.
What is each agency's mandate? What are their priorities? You end up with mission drifts. We have to look at funding those organizations that have been doing the work, largely unfunded and unrecognized, for generations. That's where that comprehensive approach needs to come from. Autonomous indigenous women-specific organizations and agencies in Canada have been largely unfunded to date, and they need to be included in that funding model.
View Jaime Battiste Profile
Lib. (NS)
I'm just wondering if I'm hearing you correctly. Just give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. I'm looking at you on the screen. Are you saying that we need to fund the local and regional organizations, not the national ones? Is that what I'm hearing?
Coralee McGuire-Cyrette
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Coralee McGuire-Cyrette
2021-06-17 12:33
I think you need to do both. You can't just do only one model, because otherwise you miss an entire, large urban indigenous population of organizations that have been doing this work but are not connected nationally.
View Bob Bratina Profile
Lib. (ON)
Thank you very much.
Committee and witnesses, I understand that we're trying to connect with the missing witness, Chris Stark. If we do that, we'll finish this round of questioning. Then we'll allow the witness testimony and see how much time we have left.
In the meantime, Madame Bérubé, it's your turn, please, for two and a half minutes.
View Sylvie Bérubé Profile
BQ (QC)
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Earlier, we spoke about programs and services that can be provided to children survivors of exploitation and human trafficking.
What types of care and services should be available to those children, who have been so deeply affected?
Coralee McGuire-Cyrette
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Coralee McGuire-Cyrette
2021-06-17 12:34
Is that for me? Okay, I can jump in there.
We need to take a holistic approach that includes the family, that includes the parents and that includes healing together, especially around childhood sexual exploitation. This is where culture plays in, as well as a two-eyed seeing approach, which means that we blend both mainstream services and practices and indigenous culture. We need to make sure that whatever the children need is provided—and not just for the child but for the whole family.
If we don't deal with the trauma in childhood, it carries on to mental health and addictions into adulthood. That holistic approach to healing the family unit from that experience is what's needed. We have to look at day treatment models where the family doesn't need to give up the children to go to addictions treatment services. We have to heal the whole family.
View Sylvie Bérubé Profile
BQ (QC)
Tell us, if you would, about the situation of children who disappear and fall victim to human trafficking. Has the number of cases gone up in recent years or during the pandemic? Do you have any statistics?
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