Harper says fight against human trafficking would continue under his gov’t

Posted: 5:44 PM CDT Monday, Sep. 28, 2015

Conservative leader Stephen Harper said a re-elected Conservative government would take further action to combat human trafficking and support its victims.

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Conservative leader Stephen Harper said a re-elected Conservative government would take further action to combat human trafficking and support its victims.

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Conservative leader Stephen Harper said a re-elected Conservative government would take further action to combat human trafficking and support its victims.

If his party is re-elected, Harper said he would renew the Human Trafficking Action Plan for an additional 5 years, establish new RCMP human trafficking teams in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg, double existing funding to help human trafficking victims reintegrate into society; and establish Feb. 22 as the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

“We need to do even more to keep young women out of the hands of predatory criminal gangs and make our streets and communities safer,” Harper said in a statement made on Sunday.

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“Human trafficking is not always visible to Canadians but it is all-too-present in our communities across the country,” the Prime Minister said, noting that human traffickers are often organized criminal gangs who force their victims to participate in prostitution and other forms of modern-day slavery.”