A delegation of anti-human trafficking organizations is calling on the federal government to increase the action it is taking to counter human-trafficking crimes across Canada, particularly in the country’s rural areas.
“It continues to be a real problem in Canada,” said Margaret Byl, president of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada, during a press conference in Ottawa on Feb. 15. “We are asking that the federal government ensure that rural women and children have access to technology, education, transportation, medical and mental health support.”
Byl said the average age of recruitment into sex trafficking in Canada is 13 years old.
“How do we help spread the word on the issue of human trafficking in Canada?” she said. “And we would encourage the federal government to coordinate programs across Canada with an emphasis on social media and anti-human trafficking.”…