Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Ministers, for being here today.
The Canadian Council for Refugees alerted me to a situation that occurred late last summer. It involved a woman who was apprehended at the U.S.-Canada border. Despite being identified by Canadian officials as a trafficked person, she was held in detention and deported. She was never offered a temporary resident permit. She was simply sent back.
We have discussed the three Ps: prevention, prosecution.... We know the current legislation favours that. I'm wondering, is the government planning any amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act or the Criminal Code that would protect victims of trafficking and keep them from being arbitrarily sent back to their countries of origin?