How Does Human Trafficking Affect Canada
ESSAY ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HOW CANADA
CAN REDUCE THEIR STANDING AS A DESTINATION COUNTRY
Canada is recognized and trusted as a country who will work with all countries towards common good. Past performance as consensus builders and peace makers coupled with implementing strong economic policies that enabled Canada to remain competitive in the recent economic crisis bodes well in bringing issues to the table effecting Canada’s standing as a destination country. Despite the close proximity to the United States of America [USA], Canada is seen as independent and different, a country that can bring solutions and achieve consensus on reducing Canada’s standing as a destination country related …show more content…
Since that time changes to the legal system have been undertaken; threat risk assessments on human trafficking have been carried out; the new Canadian Human Trafficking Action Plan was unveiled; victims have received confirmation a new Victims Bill of Rights will be drafted; and the mobilization of non-government organizations [NGO’s] have begun meeting to determine protocols on sharing information. Despite past challenges these new initiatives provide an opportunity and fresh start to refocus and take a leadership and coordination role to combat Human …show more content…
However, NGOs criticize the government’s law enforcement investigation efforts for not being proactive, particularly in terms of searching for victims and trafficking activity, especially in the labour exploitation context.
Given the fact that many foreign victims appear to enter Canada legally and are seldom identified when passing through immigration the potential for intercepting these victims could increase with notice boards, secure and private interview rooms that immigration and border services could interact with in private. These could be promoted on airlines and other transportation sites in addition to the border locations or airports. Similar programs have been initiated in the UAE and other European countries with positive results.
Moreover, Canada’s law enforcement efforts reportedly suffer from a lack of coordination between the national government, provincial and local authorities, which prosecutes most human trafficking cases so improving coordination of the various levels remains a
CAN REDUCE THEIR STANDING AS A DESTINATION COUNTRY
Canada is recognized and trusted as a country who will work with all countries towards common good. Past performance as consensus builders and peace makers coupled with implementing strong economic policies that enabled Canada to remain competitive in the recent economic crisis bodes well in bringing issues to the table effecting Canada’s standing as a destination country. Despite the close proximity to the United States of America [USA], Canada is seen as independent and different, a country that can bring solutions and achieve consensus on reducing Canada’s standing as a destination country related …show more content…
Since that time changes to the legal system have been undertaken; threat risk assessments on human trafficking have been carried out; the new Canadian Human Trafficking Action Plan was unveiled; victims have received confirmation a new Victims Bill of Rights will be drafted; and the mobilization of non-government organizations [NGO’s] have begun meeting to determine protocols on sharing information. Despite past challenges these new initiatives provide an opportunity and fresh start to refocus and take a leadership and coordination role to combat Human …show more content…
However, NGOs criticize the government’s law enforcement investigation efforts for not being proactive, particularly in terms of searching for victims and trafficking activity, especially in the labour exploitation context.
Given the fact that many foreign victims appear to enter Canada legally and are seldom identified when passing through immigration the potential for intercepting these victims could increase with notice boards, secure and private interview rooms that immigration and border services could interact with in private. These could be promoted on airlines and other transportation sites in addition to the border locations or airports. Similar programs have been initiated in the UAE and other European countries with positive results.
Moreover, Canada’s law enforcement efforts reportedly suffer from a lack of coordination between the national government, provincial and local authorities, which prosecutes most human trafficking cases so improving coordination of the various levels remains a