Thank you so much.
Thank you for the opportunity to speak before you today.
My name is Timea Nagy. I was trafficked to Canada from Hungary 25 years ago, and 10 years later, I became an advocate.
As an advocate, I lent my survivor voice to several federal and provincial law changes related to HT. I sat on a number of national and international task forces. I have done hundreds of interviews for research projects funded by the government. Most of the time, I lent my voice, time and resources on my own budget, hoping that the research outcome would be heard and that fundamental changes would be made.
I started Canada's first privately funded safe house, where we offered 24-7 mobile victim care for victims and the police. I assisted hundreds of victims and investigations. I won more awards than I can count. I became the face of human trafficking in Canada—