Peter MacKay Conservative. The enactment also makes consequential amendments to other Acts. You can also read the full text of the bill. Cathy Peters Educator, As an Individual. I am a former inner city high school teacher and private citizen raising awareness about human sex trafficking—sexual exploitation for the purpose of prostitution—in order to stop it. Prostitution would not exist without trafficking. Prostitution would not exist without buyers.
Prostitution everywhere in the world is unequal, unhealthy, unsafe and unfair to women. In regard to any federal policy or law regarding women and girls, the question to ask is, does this practice or industry make women more equal and advance the equality of women and girls, or does it set the equality of women and girls backwards?
Since , when the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act became federal law, I've been doing presentations to politicians, police and the public. I just presented at the Canadian Sexual Exploitation Summit. The most notorious cases in Canada for human sex trafficking and sexual exploitation are from British Columbia: Amanda Todd, victim; Reza Moazami, trafficker, 23 years in jail; and Robert Pickton, sex buyer and serial killer.
British Columbia has become a magnet for criminals and organized crime. Sex traffickers are targeting very young girls from 10 to 12 years of age. Survivors tell me that it is easy to get into the sex industry and very hard to get out. Former MP Joy Smith states that education is our greatest weapon.
In my brief, I described the current trends contributing to human sex trafficking, and I gave 10 recommendations to stop human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Please read my brief to the federal justice committee of February PCEPA focuses on the source of harm: the buyers of sex and the profiteers.
