Letter to Minister Wilson-Raybould: Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act

Re: Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act

Dear Minister Wilson-Raybould,

We write to you to reaffirm our position on the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA). On April 15, 2014 we wrote to the Minister of Justice with recommendations for protecting those who are commercially sexually exploited in Canada and preventing vulnerable populations from future exploitation. We look forward to continuing this conversation with you.

Attached please find previous correspondence outlining our recommendations. In the April 15, 2015 letter we wrote: “We believe that we need to stop viewing prostitution as a vocation of choice and instead view it as an affront to gender equality and violence against women, children and marginalized populations.”