Status of Women committee  The temporary resident permit is available to someone who is out of status who is a victim of trafficking. At first, if approved, you would be approved for six months, so it's a short-term TRP, and then you apply for a subsequent one, which is normally granted for a year. The IR

Status of Women committee  Allow applicants of temporary resident permits to include family members, or allow a quicker and much more accessible pathway to permanent residency for victims of trafficking, so they can bring their families. Right now, they need to have a TRP for five consecutive years. This i

Status of Women committee  Open work permits are important because the alternative is an employer-specific work permit that locks someone in and ties them to one employer, with one role. That employer can use that power advantage to exploit the worker. They know that the worker can work only for them and t

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Monica. Without status, traffickers, employers, abusers or anyone can exploit the victims in ways...because they know they can't access any services. They can say, “If you don't do this for me or if you don't work under these conditions, we will report you to immigrat

Status of Women committee  Thank you to the members of the committee for having us here today. My name is Jovana Blagovcanin, and I am the anti-human trafficking manager at FCJ Refugee Centre. I'm joined here today by my colleague, Chiara Rossi, who is the anti-human trafficking women's coordinator. FCJ R