Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon. Thank you for your invitation to testify before you this afternoon. I'd like to begin by providing a brief overview of my journey and my work regarding human trafficking. When I returned to my home province of Manitoba 10 years ago, I start

Justice committee  On my point about gender equality, gender equality is at the core of the Swedish law. I know you've been looking at that. I'm going to make just very quick points in closing. Criminalizing the purchase of sex and subsequently implementing and practising legal measures to penali

Justice committee  Yes. I want to build on Senator Jaffer's response to point out, first of all, that prosecutions of this nature have occurred in Sweden, including of a cabinet minister. I also want to talk about the clarity of the direction to the officers stationed in our embassies, because

Justice committee  I think there is merit in relying on evidence. I think the evidence we have is that the Swedish model—it should more accurately be referred to as the Swedish model rather then the Nordic model—is actually the only legislative scheme in the world that is producing reduced numbers

Justice committee  I'd be happy to embrace the most inclusive description of the problem: racialized, poor, disadvantaged in a whole range of ways. I think what you're addressing is applying intersectional analysis to that, and I embrace that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. As an independent senator from Manitoba, I am privileged to reside in the territory covered by Treaty 1, the home of the Métis nation. I'd like to thank the committee for inviting me to testify today. In September 2022, The Globe and Mail published two

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do know that the email Mr. Young sent had the first template attached, and he copied Mr. Jungic from Global Affairs.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't answer that. He could answer that, but I understand you decided not to invite him. What happened is—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was a rolling list. We had numerous emails, copies of which I'm happy to provide. We added names. We gave the names and also tried to make corrections as the situation changed.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do, in that he was copied on the correspondence back and forth about what we were doing.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't speak to what Mr. Sajjan knew in his mind, but I can tell you that he was copied on the communications.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I can.