Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll hand it off to Bryanna because I think it's an important space for her to share, based on her lived experience. Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I know that in Manitoba there's a huge reach-out to victims who have been trafficked and are survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation for their lived experience, expertise and agency to kind of guide that process and what the process looks like. I know they also foc

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. We have to look at interjurisdictional boundaries and remove those boundaries so that there are timely responses when we're looking at the protection and security of victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, because there are delays created in respon

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. I think the first thing the government can do is implement guaranteed livable income because poverty is a major contributing factor to human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Provide opportunities that are barrier-free for healing from colonial violence and

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  When we look at the hotline, we look at whether indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people are comfortable in accessing services. Relationships are fundamental when we're coming from experiences of human and sex trafficking, or gender-based violence. It's very difficult to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, you can go first.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I also wanted to add a little bit to what Grand Chief is saying. We need to heavily focus on prevention through education, as well. We need to have programs in schools that are starting from a very young age on teaching about safety, boundaries, and the human trafficking and sexu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think a very large portion of it has to do with organized crime, but one thing I also want to highlight is that when we look at the economic recovery from the pandemic, we also have to be ready to respond. We're going to see an increase in human trafficking and sexual exploitat

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sure, I'll take it. Currently, one of the biggest problems we see as indigenous people in this country is how data is collected. The way data is currently collected, it does not tell the true story of our realities. I know there's a huge push to develop mechanisms where there is

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not sure if anybody else wants to answer that. If you don't, I can.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I really highlighted that again. There is the need for the infrastructure, the tools and the resourcing to be able to accurately capture the realities and the colonial violence experienced by indigenous women and girls. I think that will really tell the true story of what is occu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can take that.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think when we look at the need to provide trauma and addiction services, which are very lacking right across the country, especially in remote and isolated locations, there needs to be adequate funding and resourcing that's long term to support indigenous women and girls and 2S

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We've done outreach through our organization for this hotline. From what I've seen, one of the biggest concerns is that you can have a hotline, but you need to ensure that there are adequate resources to support individuals who are seeking resources from calling that hotline. Cur

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think the supports that are developed have to be indigenous-led, barrier-free and judgment-free. Victims have to feel a sense of belonging. As well, those types of services and resources should be developed in consultation with victims of human and sex trafficking, because they