Status of Women committee  Collaboration is a huge part of the work we do in this national strategy to address human trafficking. I think Public Safety is probably the best placed to give you that overarching perspective on how that collaboration all fits together under the national strategy, but I can say, in terms of Immigration's role, we do collaborate quite closely with law enforcement agencies through our investigations.

Status of Women committee  The first step is the VTIP TRP in order to get people who are in urgent need out of those precarious situations. Following the issuance of that first permit, a person can apply for a subsequent permit for up to three years and stay in Canada for that duration of time. They can also apply for permanent residence programs, such as family sponsorship programs.

Status of Women committee  Thank you so much for the opportunity to comment on that question. Madam Levman raised some very important points about the reasons that people feel uncertain about coming forward. Those reasons are applicable, I think, to migrants as well. In particular for migrants, there may also be additional barriers.

Status of Women committee  In terms of the specific measure we have in place to support victims of trafficking or people who may become victims of trafficking, it really is quite focused on that out-of-status national population. It is designed that way because out-of-status nationals really are within the scope of IRCC's mandate.

Status of Women committee  I'm going to let Ms. Hayward answer that.

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon, Madam Chair. Good afternoon, honourable members of the House of Commons and the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. My name is Alexis Graham, and I am responsible for social and discretionary policy and programs at IRCC. Joining me is my colleague, Sarah Hayward, from the operations sector.