I understand that. I have made a speech about that in the House of Commons.
I have a question for Ms. Nagy. I thank you for coming and telling us your views on this, because I'm concerned about how victims are dealt with. I thank Ms. Smith for bringing this up, as well as our colleagues in the House. I have looked at, as I'm sure you've seen, what Ms. Joy referred to as that Palermo Protocol, which is a protocol to prevent, suppress, and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children, that Canada signed on December 14, 2000, and ratified on May 13, 2002. We're 10 years down the road trying to implement some of the provisions with respect to the criminal law, which is expected of states prior to this. There's a whole section here as well—article 6(3)—which says:
Each State Party shall consider implementing measures to provide for the physical, psychological and social recovery of victims of trafficking in persons, including...in cooperation with non-governmental organizations, other relevant organizations and other elements of civil society...Appropriate housing...Counselling and information, in particular as regards their legal rights...Medical, psychological and material assistance...Employment, educational and training opportunities.
Secondly—and I've put them both together so you can answer fully—in addition to these measures in article 6, there should be consideration of adopting legislation or measures that permit victims of trafficking and persons to remain in this territory temporarily or permanently in appropriate cases, and give consideration to humanitarian and compassion factors. That's kind of the legal lingo that deals with what Professor Attaran was talking about. Canada signed this 10 years ago.
I'm wondering whether you, as an individual, or your organization, can tell us what you think may need to be done, or what you think of the current state of both the immigration law as it might affect deportations, or whatever, and the state of assistance and services to victims of human trafficking who find themselves in Canada.