The government of Canada is engaging stakeholders to counter trafficking in persons
MIL OSI Translation. Canadian French to English
Source: Government of Canada – MIL OSI Regional News in English
On September 28, 2018
Toronto, Ontario
The government of Canada is strongly position against abuses of human rights, such as trafficking of persons, especially when these affect the most vulnerable people.
Trafficking in persons is a complex crime, and broad in scope, disproportionately affecting women and girls. That is why the government of Canada works tirelessly to put an end to the trafficking of persons, the support of initiatives of prevention and intervention.
Today, the honourable Ralph Goodale, minister of public Safety and emergency preparedness, reiterated the commitment of the government of Canada’s effort to prevent trafficking, to fight against it and to support victims and survivors at the national summit organized by public Safety Canada, which brought together stakeholders, experts, including organizations of law enforcement
The summit and related consultations will help to support the development of a new national strategy to combat trafficking of persons in Canada and abroad.
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“Most victims of trafficking are women and girls. The government of Canada is committed to fight against this attack odious against human rights and human dignity. This national summit, which coincided with the first Week of gender equality in Canada, represents an important milestone in our joint efforts to combat the trafficking of persons. It has prepared the ground for the development of a new national strategy “.
– The honourable Ralph Goodale, minister of public Safety and emergency preparedness
Quick facts
The budget of 2018 has invested 14,51 million over five years, beginning in 2018-2019, and 2.89 million annually thereafter to put in place a national service call related to trafficking in persons, which will be used to report clues to the organizations of the application of the act, to refer victims and survivors to the appropriate services and to collect data to better understand this problem and intervene.
People from all walks of life and all income levels may be victims of trafficking
It is difficult to measure trafficking in persons, in part because of its hidden nature. We have seen the number of incidents of human trafficking reported by the police increase over the last few years
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Scott BardsleyConseiller main communications Office of the minister of public Safety and emergency preparedness 613-998-5681Sécurité public Canada613-991-0657
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is a translation. Apologies should the grammar and/or sentence structure is not be perfect.