Silenced no more: we need a survivor-led national strategy to end human trafficking in Canada

Our legislation requires the federal government to maintain a permanent national strategy to combat human trafficking that includes clear objectives and timelines, reviewed every five years, and are trauma-informed.

The proposed bills would require Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, pictured, to maintain an update the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking and address the harms caused by human trafficking, write the bills' sponsors Conservative Sen. Salma Ataullahjan and Conservative MP Arnold Viersen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR SALMA ATAULLAHJAN & CONSERVATIVE MP ARNOLD VIERSEN

February 22, 2024

Human trafficking is profitable, it’s brutal, and it’s only growing in Canada.

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