Mr. Paul Perth:

Street work is different, as Deputy Ward knows. It is unique and humbling. It is about humility. When somebody enters this room, they have to speak a certain way. There is an ethos to this room, to this building. As a street worker, when we enter a young person's space, the first thing we do is ask the young person if it is okay if we come over and talk. With humility, the power balance completely changes. The young person is in control. All we can do is what they do when they come into our building. We can either walk away or use all these ways we have of putting up boundaries. We learn their different codes of the street. There are all these different codes out there. We learn how to interact. We just have fun with them and treat them like humans.

I am losing my train of thought.