The rapporteur is not the full solution; it is one element. Definitely you need a coordinating mechanism, and you probably need two. You need a coordinating mechanism at the operational level within the federal government, because several agencies are involved; and you also need federal-provincial coordinating mechanisms when it comes to dealing with these issues, particularly when child victims are involved, because a lot of the issues, or services and so on, are dealt with or provided by the provinces or are their responsibility. So yes, I see both as being required.
Actually, it would be quite silly to simply have a national rapporteur and have no one responsible for doing anything about the problem. What we would then have is what Mr. Perrin described as one of the worst-case scenarios; you'd get more reports on the shelves and no one doing anything. So you need the full strategy.
And if you want to keep that strategy current, perfected, and in line with what is basically a moving target, a changing problem, you have to keep in mind that human trafficking presents different forms all the time. So if you want to keep your strategies current, you need to have this constant monitoring, not just based on the perception of a few police officers or police forces, but basically you must also have all of the actors involved, including major league women's organizations, victim assistance people working with refugees and illegal immigrants, and so on and so forth. All of these people need to be part of this, and it's why an arm's-length rapporteur is so important. These people will not come forward otherwise. We know through consultations with them here in Canada and elsewhere that they will not come forward and not encourage victims to come forward unless they think it's safe to do so. Therefore, you need a rapporteur who creates a space where it is safe for these agencies to share data and information without any fear the information is going to be misused.