Status of Women committee  I want to make sure I understood your question. It's how do we differentiate between prostitution and human trafficking?

Status of Women committee  The definition we rely upon is the definition in the Criminal Code. So we accept that there are women out there who will commit themselves to prostitution. When we're talking about human trafficking, there have to be elements of coercion, and there are elements of control, which

Status of Women committee  The purpose of the awareness sessions and the workshops is to bring that to the attention of law enforcement, so they can recognize that there are signs they have to go after and so they will not take things at first blush but will look for those pieces of evidence. But you also

Status of Women committee  That's a good question, and it speaks to the purpose of the Human Trafficking National Coordination Centre, if I may address it that way. The problem is located in large cities across Canada. The national coordination centre is intended exactly for that. It's to be able to make t

Status of Women committee  There are a number of ways they go about it. A lot of it has to do with sources and dealing with the public. The public could be in many forms in terms of various industries that may come in contact with these individuals. Law enforcement by practice has contacts in all areas of

Status of Women committee  Speaking for the RCMP, Mr. Desnoyers...

Status of Women committee  It is internal, but it's done by the Human Trafficking National Coordination Centre. Once it's completed, we will be sharing it with law enforcement agencies that need to be aware of the contents, meaning those we've identified as having criminal organizations operating in their

Status of Women committee  Is your question in relation to temporary resident permits?

Status of Women committee  The scope of the problem is hard to determine. Our threat assessment is meant not to determine the scope of the problem but to identify the organizations involved. If I may answer it this way, I think what's helpful to understand is that a number of years ago we had only five hum

Status of Women committee  We are aware of the fact that women have gone missing. As you know, we have a working group that is addressing the matter very seriously. It is possible for people to conclude that there is a link between the matter and human trafficking. But, without hard evidence, it can only b

Status of Women committee  In terms of prevention...

Status of Women committee  Excuse me, Madam?

Status of Women committee  Thank you. In terms of prevention, the national coordination centre stresses prevention. Initially, prevention was done through law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, to raise their awareness of the problem. This year, the national centre is concentrating on victims and on s

Status of Women committee  Yes. There are specific groups that have been identified, whether they're aboriginal groups or minority groups. We're working directly through NGOs to provide prevention training, because we feel these groups are at risk.

Status of Women committee  Maybe I can address the first question. From a law enforcement perspective, on your question in relation to international and domestic, we do not differentiate between the two of them. From a law enforcement perspective, whether it's enforcement or intelligence-gathering, we loo