Foreign Affairs committee  Sure. In terms of child labour laws, we would like to see those enforced; that is correct. There is no human trafficking legislation and we'd like to see that drafted, passed, and enforced. I think it's a challenge of institutions that are ill-equipped. We have called on the Br

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm afraid I don't have specifics.

Foreign Affairs committee  Our focus has been strictly on the labour issue. We do know that girls in our program have been sexually abused, but we don't have a percentage, per se.

Foreign Affairs committee  I can address part of that question. In Haiti, the child labour laws allow children who are 15 and over to work. We see a lot of children who are 10, 11, 12—younger than 15—and we know that families are very poor and they want a way to earn wages. However, the children that we're

Foreign Affairs committee  What do you mean by registration initiatives, specifically?

Foreign Affairs committee  Right. I think I can address that from a couple of different angles. I previously mentioned that we have 72% of the children in our program passing national grade level exams. We have child advocates who have followed up with all of these children, ensured that they have birth

Foreign Affairs committee  Partially. There is no comprehensive human trafficking legislation, so there is nothing that addresses all forms of trafficking specifically. However, there are some child labour laws in place, and those are not enforced.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman and members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. I am humbled to have this opportunity to speak to you on behalf of the Restavek Freedom Foundation. Our mission is simple. It's to bring an end to the system o