Mr. Speaker, this issue of human trafficking came as a surprise to me. I was not aware of the magnitude of this problem, the existence of this problem, especially associated with industrial activities and with things like sporting organizations and activities. I was quite surprised to hear of it. Quite often, when we hear of missing persons, we don’t associate it with anything like as heinous as human trafficking, but there are outstanding missing persons for a long time in the Northwest Territories. Quite often, too, in southern Canada, we hear of serial killers and things being uncovered eventually, we find out that, in fact, a lot of the young women affected by this are First Nations young women. We have those outstanding cases from the Minister’s riding still. I guess people just need to be aware of it. I would like to ask the Minister, what kind of activity does the RCMP undertake to ensure that, when there are cases of missing persons in the Northwest Territories, it is not associated with something as heinous as human trafficking? Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 269-16(3): Human Trafficking And Organized Crime
In the Legislative Assembly on March 5th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 269-16(3): Human Trafficking And Organized Crime
Oral Questions
March 4th, 2009
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