Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for being here today.
I've been engaged on the human trafficking file for as long as I've been elected, and what's concerning to me is that, particularly in Canada, 50% of the human trafficking cases involve first nations women. We are seeing right now, during the COVID pandemic, that many of the organizations that deal with helping the victims of human trafficking are, as is every organization in Canada, struggling with COVID and that their funding is no longer being continued going forward. I've just released a letter to the minister asking him to consider that.
Could NWAC in particular respond as to whether they have seen any increases in human trafficking cases during the COVID pandemic, and whether the funding is continuing to help them in this endeavour?