Justice committee  That's a very important question, and I think domestically what needs to be done is that we need to prosecute when there is an international event. We will be firm about that. I haven't heard—and you may have heard—of one prosecution. The other thing—I could go on and on, but yo

Justice committee  I'm always hoping that before I leave the Senate, we will have a children's commissioner. A children's commissioner would really focus on protecting the rights of children on many issues. This is one thing that the children's commissioner could work on with the authorities in pro

Justice committee  That would be the ideal way, but the challenge is that the person has already left and come back to our country. As you know, we have the sex tourism legislation so that we can prosecute those people here. The reason I say to have the police officer there is that these people are

Justice committee  We have investigations with respect to drugs.

Justice committee  And they go hand in hand. Sorry, I don't mean to interrupt, but they go hand in hand, right?

Justice committee  If I may add one thing, with the RCMP officers who are there, they have too many things.... They have drugs issues, smuggling issues, and fraud issues. I'm saying that there should be one RCMP officer just for this. There has been a pilot program in the past. What has happened

Justice committee  Absolutely.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, deputy chairs, and members of the committee, for allowing me this opportunity to discuss the devastating reality of human trafficking in Canada. After having carefully read the transcripts of your previous meetings, I saw that you had already received m

Justice committee  Thank you very much.

Justice committee  I want to start by thanking Mr. Aldag for being the sponsor in the House and for being very supportive of this bill. I want to thank Mr. Housefather, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. I also want to thank my friend Mr. Nicholson; we miss you. We h