Justice committee  About having more studies on criminalizing...?

Justice committee  I think there are a lot of opportunities to generate revenue for services to eradicate sex trafficking in Canada. There are a variety of ways within provinces, within municipalities, to raise revenue. Again, our expertise is on sex trafficking and looking at ways in which we can

Justice committee  Okay. Well, thank you. First of all, the Canadian Women's Foundation's task force is deeply concerned about what we learned of what's happening in Canada, particularly to vulnerable youth. Youth are specifically targeted by traffickers. The more vulnerable you are, the more you'

Justice committee  Great, thank you. Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to be here. I would like to begin with acknowledging the Nishnawbe territory, which we all have the privilege of being on. I would also like to acknowledge the women and girls of sex trafficking, and their fami

Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee  To me what's different from anything else about the action moving forward—and I really do believe we're at an important crossroads—is the voice of experiential women, the voice of the indigenous women leadership who need to lead. They need to be a significant key player in an inq

Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee  The priority would be action. That was clearly the response of the Canadian Women's Foundation back in July. We need action. We need to know what. We need to uncover the causes and create the solutions. We need action items.

Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee  I would just like to say that in terms of a profile of who are the young people who are being sexually exploited and trafficked, if you look at a province like Manitoba and at Tracia’s Trust and their statistics, 400 sexually exploited youth are currently on the streets in Winnip

Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee  Yes I can. Particularly for aboriginal women and girls, what we have seen across the country is a common theme of their not meeting the trafficking definition, and that means they have to be in fear for their safety. Aboriginal women oftentimes are not in fear for their safety be

Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee  That's a big question too. There are clear intersections with trafficking and missing and murdered aboriginal women. Not all missing and murdered women are trafficked or sexually exploited or involved in prostitution. Across Canada we find a clear intersection. There are without

Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee  Trafficking and sexual exploitation is about gender, race, and class, and services need to be guided by a women-centred approach and a gender analysis of violence against women, so there are intersections between trafficking and prostitution. Trafficking, in its legal definitio

Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee  If I did this presentation in a month from now, I'd be able to answer that question on behalf of the Canadian Women's Foundation, because that is actually where we are currently. We are deciding what our recommendations are as a foundation after we go through everything. What w

Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee  Poverty leaves women very vulnerable in many ways. It leaves them with not enough money to have a safe place to live. That's first and foremost. There's not enough money to provide for their kids. They feel they have no other choice but to get money sometimes in illegal ways. Tha

Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee  It's entirely along the continuum, from women having an opportunity for education and employment programs.... The Canadian Women's Foundation has made quite an investment in economic development projects for women who are rebuilding their lives from violence. Those are significan

Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee  Thank you.

Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee  That's a big question.