Thank you, Madam Chair.
I have a number of questions. One of them pertains to something you said with regard to the need for support within civil society for the victims of trafficking. I wanted to look at it in two ways.
First, for the women who are trafficked into the country, I know there are some measures in place. This spring the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration announced new measures to help those victims: 120 days for recovery and counselling and medical support. I'm thinking beyond that. I'm thinking to the reality of those women being victimized and brought into the country. I'm wondering, if we had lived up to our international obligations in regard to foreign assistance, the kinds of commitments that we've made year after year and not lived up to, would that have prevented some of this trafficking of women into the country?