Our murdered colleagues in Vancouver.
Our hearts go out to all families and friends of our murdered sisters. Hearing the evidence from this trial will be one of the most difficult things for anyone connected to our profession, which is just about everyone. If Canadians do enough research into their family histories, a great many will discover there was or is currently a sex professional in their lineage.
Where is justice without voice? Whose democracy is it when women are murdered because they are denied a constitutional right by our legislators and our highest court? How can Canada be a just and democratic society if it sentences sex professionals to death simply for who they are?
If Robert Pickton is proven guilty, we hope he is declared a Dangerous Offender and remains behind bars for the rest of his life.
As for the federal governments that created this tragedy with their harsh laws against us and the Vancouver police and their cavalier attitude that allowed these murders to continue, we hope they will also have to face justice.