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{
"time": "2006-12-08 13:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Joy Smith",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"342946\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I do not believe that legalizing prostitution would assist in combating human trafficking. I believe it perpetrates the crime.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"342947\" data-originallang=\"en\">Behind most prostitutes is a pimp who threatens them. Prostitutes do not really tell their real stories because they are afraid to come forward. Legalizing prostitution would assist criminals in their trade. The problem is that a lot of young girls are made to believe that all they are good for is to be used by men. We need to deal with the clients, the men who go after the market to rape young girls. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"342948\" data-originallang=\"en\">If a man were to rape a young girl on her way to school in the morning, the man would be charged, but when a man goes to a brothel and rapes a young girl, he is not. In fact, in some instances it is known as a macho thing. It is, however, an infringement on young children's dignity and it has to be stopped.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"342946\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je ne crois pas que la l\u00e9galisation de la prostitution aiderait \u00e0 lutter contre la traite des personnes. Je pense que cela encourage la commission de ce crime.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"342947\" data-originallang=\"en\">Derri\u00e8re la plupart des prostitu\u00e9s se trouve un prox\u00e9n\u00e8te qui les menace. Les prostitu\u00e9s ne racontent pas leur vraie histoire, car ils ont peur. L\u00e9galiser la prostitution aiderait les criminels dans leur commerce. Le probl\u00e8me, c'est qu'on fait croire \u00e0 beaucoup de jeunes filles qu'elles ne sont bonnes qu'\u00e0 \u00eatre utilis\u00e9es par les hommes. Nous devons traiter avec les clients, les hommes qui utilisent ce march\u00e9 pour violer des jeunes filles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"342948\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si une homme viole une petite fille sur le chemin de l'\u00e9cole un matin, il doit faire face \u00e0 des accusations. Toutefois, s'il se rend dans un bordel et viole une fille, rien ne lui arrive. En fait, dans certains cas, c'est une affaire de machisme. Toutefois, c'est une atteinte \u00e0 la dignit\u00e9 des enfants et il faut y mettre un terme. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/12/8/joy-smith-6/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/joy-smith/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1304/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1831100",
"h1": {
"en": "Private Members' Business",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Human Trafficking",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/12/8/",
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}