Support for a National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking in CANADA

WE THE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS OF CANADA, draw attention to the House to the following:

WHEREAS Canada is regarded as a source, transit, and destination country for victims of human trafficking;

WHEREAS a strategic intelligence brief by the Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada found that females aged 12-25 are recruited in Canada and trafficked inter and intra-provincially;

WHEREAS an RCMP study found that key groups of Canadian youth, including those from First Nations communities, were susceptible to becoming victims of sex trafficking;

AND WHEREAS it is the duty of Parliament to protect the most vulnerable members of society from harm, those being the victims of Human Trafficking;

THEREFORE your petitioners request the Government develop and implement a comprehensive national action plan to combat human trafficking.