Justice committee  First of all, this is a national issue when we come down to it. I've talked about a lot of the programs and the extensive programs that exist in Winnipeg. I'm not bragging, but I do know that some of these programs have been around for a long time in our city. We did have an of

Justice committee  I'll comment on the other items that Dominic didn't comment on. I want to talk about domestic servitude and forced labour. It's interesting that when we hold these public campaigns and we talk to people, they step forward and they say, “I know someone who was victim of this”. Th

Justice committee  Well, that's a big question, so there's lots there. I think a lot of what we talked about already around awareness speaks to some portions of that. But I want to share one story that really cements what you're talking about in a lot of ways. In Winnipeg we have a very large and

Justice committee  Certainly, there are some people who are predominant, who are on your radar screen. In Winnipeg, we have a very large migrant population. We have a lot of people coming through the city. We have a lot of people immigrating to Winnipeg right now. That's very dynamic. There's lot

Justice committee  To be honest about this type of crime, it's very difficult to prove in the first place. With drug trafficking you can define a network. You may have an individual who's caught with a kilogram of cocaine and you can say they're distributing and you get a 15-year sentence. That's

Justice committee  In my experience with organized crime files, very often the judges and justices come out with a very long explanation as to how the sentence is computed. At the end of the day, I believe they come out with just sentences, taking into account all the facts. I think this still allo

Justice committee  I've been fairly vocal on the revamping of some other bills, and I know we are going into other areas there. When we get into the topic of wiretapping and modernizing, there is a crossover there when it comes to technology and how people misuse the Internet, hide behind Internet

Justice committee  I used 6,600, but the actual number was 6,647 reports.

Justice committee  A number of suspects were identified and people were arrested for sex-based crime who would have escaped justice and those things wouldn't have occurred. We have lots of systems in place, and in these last two years, as I mentioned, we have taken a really hard look at how we do

Justice committee  In particular for victims of exploitation or in our prostitution offender program we actually have ways to fast-track them into the system to get them assistance.

Justice committee  No, these are through private agencies. They've been sponsored by non-government agencies. That relationship needs constant investment by police because it's very powerful and they have a lot of abilities that police and government systems don't. So we're really engaging with tha

Justice committee  That's a very good question. This is what we talk about when we talk about building trust. It has to start somewhere, and I'll give you an example. In Winnipeg, we had a very similar case to the one that the sergeant just outlined. We ended up proceeding by arresting those indi

Justice committee  Good afternoon. I'm honoured to be here today representing the Winnipeg Police Service, and I'm very pleased to speak with you on such an important issue. Not unlike other urban centres in Canada, Winnipeg struggles with crimes of exploitation, procuring, luring, prostitution, a