Foreign Affairs committee  If I may specifically call on the example of how we started our work in certain countries, we started by addressing sexual exploitation of minors. This was in private homes. This was in brothels. This was in places specifically designated for this. We started by reducing violence

Foreign Affairs committee  You bring up a brilliant point. It's incredibly challenging, because these are victims. Even if you're rescuing them, they are not able to get out of the victim mentality. They feel they don't deserve a life of freedom. It is almost impossible not to have these conversations or t

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm happy to. COVID struck us at a time where we had to deal with something that was not in our expertise, but it aligned with what we were doing, which is delivering things that needed to be delivered to those in vulnerable communities. We have partnered with nearly 340 organiz

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. I have just three points to share. I come from the field. I've had to make decisions about whether or not to go on a rescue operation for want of funds. The areas that IJM has been working in have been slavery, online child sexual exploitation and other atrocities tha

Foreign Affairs committee  Because decisions like that impact decisions in developing countries.

Foreign Affairs committee  The fact that we are not able to scrutinize how these products get into our country makes it a law without teeth, makes it something that does not in the longer, larger scheme of things benefit those who are in developing countries and who actually make products for us to benefit

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. As far as corporations that have taken responsibility for their acts, we saw an unprecedented shift in Australia, where a financial institution was caught for being the channel where people could purchase sex from children online. Then they committed a few million do

Foreign Affairs committee  To begin with, Canada is the only country among the G8 that is not effectively positioned with legislation that can impact change in addressing modern-day slavery. That is the first place we can start looking into things. Yes, we are in the process of working through that. But ev

Foreign Affairs committee  Greetings. Namaste. My name is Anu George Canjanathoppil and I'm the executive director of IJM Canada. We are the world's largest anti-human trafficking organization and we believe that we can end slavery in our lifetime. We are present in all regions where the most vulnerable