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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.24,0:00:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You noticed I'm holding q-cards.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.68,0:00:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm holding q-cards
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.23,0:00:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they are going to help me\Nfocus on my message
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.02,0:00:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while at the same time,\Nshielding me from painful memories,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.18,0:00:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and intrusive thoughs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.52,0:00:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my story \Nisn't an easy one to tell.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.15,0:00:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, every time I tell my story,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.49,0:00:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm re-traumatized.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.59,0:00:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if sharing my story means
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.66,0:00:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one more girl \Nhas a chance of freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.57,0:00:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it's worth it for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.34,0:00:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up in my family wasn't easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.08,0:00:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental health problems and abuse
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.75,0:00:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can destabilize a family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.35,0:00:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, abuse doesn't just exist in a vacuum.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.83,0:01:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't just start or stop\Nin one idividual's life,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.03,0:01:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it permiates every action\Nand activity of their being.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.15,0:01:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental health problems\Nand abuse led to neglect.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.36,0:01:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And neglect left me \Non the streets of Scarborough,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.45,0:01:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very young girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.02,0:01:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I distinctly recall going back to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.87,0:01:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, each year\Nthe teacher would ask us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.35,0:01:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Write down what you did last summer."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.33,0:01:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so ashamed, I was paralyzed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.44,0:01:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't go to summer camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.09,0:01:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I didn't go to the cottage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.48,0:01:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the kid \Nthat played outside all day long.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.81,0:01:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no regular structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.03,0:01:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no routine for most anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.20,0:01:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One summer, I was raped by a stranger,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.90,0:01:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other, abuse integrated\Nby the neigborhood boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.28,0:02:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was always in fight or flight mode.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.39,0:02:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed like danger \Nwas lurking around every corner.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.40,0:02:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I learned that summer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.97,0:02:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was how to remain hypervigilant,\Nhow to avoid attack,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.20,0:02:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that no young girl\Nshould ever have to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.96,0:02:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it didn't stop\Nwith the neighborhood boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.64,0:02:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would later be abused at the hands\Nof a multi generational pedofile.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.19,0:02:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was his words that kept me trapped.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.86,0:02:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.29,0:02:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"your parents won't love you anymore\Nif you tell on me."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.75,0:02:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my isolated environment,\NI believed him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.77,0:02:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my behaivors started to reflect\Nthe environment that I lived in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.66,0:02:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't remember a time back then
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.06,0:02:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my boddy ever felt like my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.84,0:02:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 17, I started moving from club to club.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.34,0:03:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first started stripping.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.80,0:03:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then later, I worked for a smut magazine
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.00,0:03:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I would meet
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.51,0:03:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the most dangereous people\NI've ever encountered.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.26,0:03:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, I was on this never ending quest
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.25,0:03:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have some form of agency\Nover my own body,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.50,0:03:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a source of power I had never had before.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.05,0:03:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, my phone rang,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.50,0:03:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was looking at my gas gauge\Nsitting on empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.33,0:03:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was my old co-worker \Nfrom the magazine company.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.41,0:03:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He called me to tell me that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.30,0:03:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was running Toronto's\Nlargest massage parlour,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.66,0:03:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he wanted me to come\Nand join his stable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.28,0:03:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word "stable" \Ndidn't even give me pause.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.10,0:03:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, on the outside \Nit looked like a normal bussines
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.42,0:03:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except it wasn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.68,0:03:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This massage parlour had ten rooms,\Nand they were always busy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.92,0:04:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were between forty to sixty\Nwomen and girls on rotation in the spa.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.43,0:04:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A massage was between 40 and 50 dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.55,0:04:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd get a 10 dollar commission,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.09,0:04:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you didn't have a fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.13,0:04:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you could have a fine \Nfor just about anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.43,0:04:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being late, talking back\Nor not having a perfectly primmed body.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.78,0:04:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was expected that the girls\Ncould earn considerably more money
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.98,0:04:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by doing extras.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.09,0:04:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by doing extras,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.08,0:04:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am talking about some of the\Nmost unimaginable and degrading acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.69,0:04:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Police raids?\NThey occured in these places,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.09,0:04:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but no police officer, no by law official \Never offered me help.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.27,0:04:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one ever said "Hey, is there\Nsomewhere else you'd rather be?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.77,0:05:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "I know somebody you can call.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.86,0:05:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I connect you two?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.72,0:05:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this would be my life \Nfor the next nearly nine yaers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.18,0:05:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you are listening to my story
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.53,0:05:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're thinking \N"how foolish is this girl!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.20,0:05:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I wasn't foolish.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.17,0:05:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was vulnerable,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.67,0:05:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was naive,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.49,0:05:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was a perfect target.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.19,0:05:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have a sense of belonging.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.63,0:05:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't feel wanted or valued\Nfor anything other than my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.91,0:05:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had started to deceive myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.40,0:05:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"this is my choice,\NI'm making this money."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.49,0:05:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in hindsight,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.92,0:05:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there wasn't my choice involved at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.96,0:05:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This wasn't work, it was trafficking.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.59,0:05:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was told how to dress,\Nwho to have sex with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.76,0:05:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where to live, everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.22,0:06:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt scared almost all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.52,0:06:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man who recruited me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.53,0:06:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he manipulated me into thinking\Nand believing that he was my protector,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.02,0:06:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my boyfriend, except he wasn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.32,0:06:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was my trafficker and I was\Nlittle more than his property.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.05,0:06:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over time, he made me a manager.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.42,0:06:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Made me. This was not an act of saving me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.50,0:06:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was not a promotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.77,0:06:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was him trying to build his status\Nand grow his power.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.86,0:06:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On paper, he ran a licenced\Nbody rub parlour.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.71,0:06:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This allowed him to look like a\Nlegitimate bussinesman.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.21,0:06:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This licence allows you to rub,\Nneed or stimulate
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.89,0:06:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any muscle in the human body.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.62,0:07:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Officially, these words don't mean\Nthat sex is on the menu.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.98,0:07:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in my experience, and that of\Nthousands of others suggests differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.46,0:07:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somewhere between the letter of law,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.27,0:07:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the predatory practises of\Nmassage parlour owners and operators,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.22,0:07:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the willingness for police \Nto look the other way,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.36,0:07:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our city has created\Na licenced brothel system.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.79,0:07:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A massage parlour keeps the schedule,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.34,0:07:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manages all of the advertising,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.56,0:07:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fields all of the calls,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.01,0:07:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freeing up a trafficker\Nto look for another victim.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.79,0:07:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buyers! They don't have to \Ngo to a seedy motel.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.08,0:07:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Massage parlours and holistic centres,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.06,0:07:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ones on the way to and from\Nyour home and work.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.46,0:07:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They provide a facada of acceptability
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.57,0:08:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,safety and option on a woman's part.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.82,0:08:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even worse, the fact that \Nall of this happens
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.26,0:08:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside of a licenced system means
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.64,0:08:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are enshrining a man's right\Nto buy a living breathing human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.40,0:08:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we are talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.70,0:08:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what sex trafficking \Nlooks like in Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.90,0:08:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the brothel hidden in plain sight
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.96,0:08:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where women are trapped\Nand many enslaved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.32,0:08:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.40,0:08:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of us are deceived into believing that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.20,0:08:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's hapening is a woman's choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.60,0:08:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, our cities licence these parlours
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.13,0:08:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and holistic centres.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.70,0:08:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in their point of view
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.56,0:08:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not officially granting\Na licence for a brothel,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.68,0:09:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are well aware of\Nwhat's happening behind closed doors.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.04,0:09:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not all massage centres are like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.01,0:09:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, legitimate owners, \Nthey're not open until 4:00 am.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.34,0:09:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't advertise their staff\Nin scantily clad clothing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.10,0:09:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on escort websites.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.04,0:09:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how these types of massage parlours,\Nhow are they able to thrive?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.69,0:09:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in Canada, each municipality
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.75,0:09:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the power and control \Nto grant the licences for their area.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.51,0:09:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The higher levels of government,\Nthey know these problems exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.70,0:09:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet they take no responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.07,0:09:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by saying that \Nthey don't make the decisions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.44,0:09:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the municipalities do.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.51,0:09:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even one of our more celebrated\Nand successful politicians
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.99,0:10:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was found inside a massage parlour\Nwith no negative impacts to his career.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.37,0:10:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's as if we're saying \N"we're ok with this."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.97,0:10:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I refuse to believe that,\NI just simply don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.76,0:10:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in a meeting with the most \Nhigh senior officials
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.91,0:10:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the municipal licencing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.36,0:10:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I specifically asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.49,0:10:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said "You guys know that \Nit isn't just massage, right?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.32,0:10:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their response "Yeah, we know that\Nthese are just fronts for brothels."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.83,0:10:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone knows about this problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.85,0:10:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet no one is taking the lead to solve it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.75,0:10:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I eventually escaped \Nto my circumstanes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.66,0:10:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I literally slept for three days straight.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.96,0:10:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was my soul that hurt\Nfor where there was no hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.39,0:10:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Discovering my faih\Nin a supportive community
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.78,0:11:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guided me to seek counselling \Nwhere my journey to recovery began.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.21,0:11:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you see, getting out is one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.78,0:11:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but staying out, that's just as hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.09,0:11:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With this understanding,\NI started BridgeNorth.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.20,0:11:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be a part of the solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.64,0:11:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to help end\Nsex trafficking in Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.15,0:11:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We offer services to women.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.39,0:11:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll contact us for peer mentorship\Nand support,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.44,0:11:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,medical care, food assistances,\Nmany other services as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.14,0:11:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also provide ..
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.16,0:11:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, we also provide\Na pulic education,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.56,0:11:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we advocate to change our laws,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.75,0:11:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this problem is still \Nso hidden in plain sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.19,0:11:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There really are more victims\Nout there than you think there are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,