Hazel Cardinal
Executive director, Helping Spirit Lodge Society

"I do believe there should be an internal investigation why evidence was not brought forward properly. There's a big interest in that we need to know facts why, when somebody is reported missing, they don't do anything about it. They should be accountable for something. We work closely with the police department. I mean, they're human; they make mistakes too. But, hey, come on!"

Katrina Pacey
Lawyer, Pivot Legal Society

"We certainly would support a public inquiry into the police investigation of the reported missing women. We would want to look whether or not there were concerns with respect to how the investigation took place for a number of reasons, but in part to look forward to see whether there could be improvements within the criminal justice system in order to improve the circumstances for sex workers."

Jamie Lee Hamilton
Sex-trade workers' rights advocate

"If we had put resources into prevention and treatment and safety programs and even decriminalizing the sex trade, we wouldn't have placed women in dangerous conditions. We have to bring the [former] mayor [Philip Owen] kicking and screaming along.…he was saying we're not going to fund a [prostitute] location service."

Scarlett Lake
Vancouver madam

"I think that [either an internal investigation or a public inquiry] would be valuable. For too long now, and continuing on to this day, women go missing. It can't continue. I do think that the police don't really understand who's out there, and if their attitudes are less than respectful towards these women, it just reflects the attitudes of the potential murderers."