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View Lindsay Mathyssen Profile
NDP (ON)
Human trafficking is a horrible crime that is hurting women, girls and marginalized people. Last September the Liberal government announced a $75-million commitment for a national strategy against human trafficking. However, organizations that provide long-term support to trafficked and sexually exploited women and girls are being cut. The London Abused Women's Centre is now forced to shut down its programs.
Where is the funding the government promised, and why is it letting these important programs end?
View Maryam Monsef Profile
Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, I want to thank everybody on the front lines of the work to support survivors of gender-based violence, including human trafficking.
My colleague is absolutely right. We put forward a plan with $75 million, and $10 million of that will specifically provide empowerment supports to survivors. To date, over 500 organizations have received emergency COVID funding from our government, in addition to hundreds that had received capacity-building funds.
We're not done yet, Madam Chair, and we will have more to say in the near future.
View Lindsay Mathyssen Profile
NDP (ON)
Madam Chair, the funding was meant to allow organizations to provide support for victims and survivors of human trafficking.
Why aren't they receiving these funds to continue that important work? Has the government abandoned the fight against human trafficking?
View Maryam Monsef Profile
Lib. (ON)
The fight against human trafficking is all of our collective fight, and we are committed to addressing this horrendous crime and putting an end to it.
We have a strategy in place. An old program sunsetted, and we're working on better solutions.
View Arnold Viersen Profile
CPC (AB)
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to our witnesses for being here, we much appreciate your time today.
A lot has changed since we saw you at committee before. It is well known that indigenous women and girls are by far the highest-represented group among sex trafficking victims in Canada. We know that, despite the COVID-19 health measures, the victims of sex trafficking continue to be exploited and exposed to the virus across our country. These victims don't have access to CERB or the other supports that other Canadians have.
Mr. Miller's mandate letter calls on him to work with first nations on the development and delivery of services. To your knowledge, has his department been doing anything to help secure indigenous victims of sex trafficking? Have they been providing funding to any of the groups that work in this area that you know of during this pandemic?
We'll start with Mr. Chartrand, then Mr. Obed and Chief Bellegarde, thanks.
David Chartrand
View David Chartrand Profile
David Chartrand
2020-05-08 15:42
In fact, the Métis government... what we did in Manitoba is we have a very close relationship.... We actually have RCMP posted right in our building because it's a long-term relationship we've built with them, to work in conjunction with our communities. Second, we actually put the MMF government itself—and I thank you for your interest in that field, that area—we put a $10,000 reward to help for missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. That's a standing reward we have now to assist our police system to hopefully better entice people to come out as witnesses.
We know that we need to look at solutions, but if you were standing in my building right now, Arnold, you would be quite shocked. Homeless people have set up tents right around my building. You would think this is a third world country. It is quite sad to see so much homelessness right around us in this village and this community, and so many people still using drugs out there. I have seen them with my own eyes, taking needles, from our windows here, and we don't want to chase them away. Where do they go? It is a sad state, but you're right, that's where a lot of these predators take advantage and situations occur where these people go missing.
I'm very encouraged by your ongoing interest in that field, but we're trying to do our best also to help out with the policing system. They can't solve it all by themselves. We have to give our helping hand in some way to give them the tools they need to find these predators.
Natan Obed
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Natan Obed
2020-05-08 15:44
I haven't had any direct conversations with Minister Miller about this particular subject, although ITK is working with Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada to meaningfully implement the national calls for justice from the national inquiry. We are coming up on the one-year anniversary of the release of the calls for justice in June. We think this is an essential issue to bring forward in the national action plan and also in continued conversations not only with Minister Miller but also with other relevant federal ministers.
Perry Bellegarde
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Perry Bellegarde
2020-05-08 15:44
It's a big issue. It relates back to the missing indigenous women and girls, and it calls for justice to commit to all the 232 calls for justice. That's where this will rest, and we have to focus on the implementation strategy for that.
That is one big piece, and our Assembly of First Nations Women's Council has the lead and they are developing the plan for implementation.
Another big piece is Bill C-92, the child welfare legislation. We have 40,000 first nations children in provincial care across Canada. That's not acceptable, because that just leads to child prostitution. It leads to gangs. It leads to group homes. It leads to further jail. It is a cycle that has to be broken, so if you can start looking at the full implementation of Bill C-92 and respect first nations' jurisdiction and start focusing on prevention and keeping these children at home in their safe, loving, caring homes with their families and communities and their nations, that's the way to start. So for MMIWG, implement all the calls to action, and start respecting Bill C-92 first nations' jurisdiction over child welfare going forward.
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