Thank you for the question.
You're right. This is a crime that is under-reported, and we know that. We work closely with Statistics Canada to garner data, so we can inform our strategy with as much data as possible.
I will go back and talk about awareness. We've talked about the fact that we need to ensure Canadians understand what human trafficking is, the signs of possible human trafficking and how to report signs of human trafficking. Under our prevention pillar, Public Safety has been doing a lot on awareness campaigns. We spoke, earlier on...how would you describe human trafficking? In 2021, we launched our “It's not what it seems” campaign, because a lot of Canadians don't understand that many people are trafficked by their boyfriends or intimate partners, or by people they know.
I think data collection is absolutely key. It's an area we need to continue to work on, but awareness is key as well—among the general public, but also in service industries and places where people are trafficked. We're working on some guidelines right now in four key areas to support frontline workers in the service industry, so that they can better understand the signs of human trafficking and—if they see it—know how to report it.
I think that's one way. We can work to ensure people understand. They can report, and that reporting becomes data.