Manitoba gets tough on sexual predators
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The Manitoba government is getting more aggressive in dealing with those who sexually exploit children.
On Tuesday, it introduced legislation, unique in Canada, allowing victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation to obtain protection orders against those who prey on them.
Bill 29 would enable justices of the peace to grant such orders if they have determined that a person has engaged in child sexual exploitation or human trafficking.
The proposed legislation would also enable human-trafficking victims to sue their abusers.
Meanwhile, Manitoba will designate two Crown attorneys who will specialize in bringing such predators to justice.
And it will step up efforts to seize property — be it cars or houses — where sexual exploitation occurs under existing criminal property forfeiture legislation.
“Manitoba will do what it can to protect all of our vulnerable people from predators,” Justice Minister Andrew Swan told a press conference Tuesday.
“This legislation will ensure that those who exploit our most vulnerable Manitobans not only face criminal consequences under the federal criminal code, but they also face the strongest possible civil consequences as well,” he said.
Rosalind Prober, president of Beyond Borders, a national organization that fights child sexual abuse, said Manitoba continues to lead the country in developing new measures to fight child exploitation.
The laying of human-trafficking charges may provide a needed shock to perpetrators who don’t understand the implications of what they’re doing, Prober said.
Jackie Anderson, who works with at-risk and exploited kids at the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, called the announcement a step forward.
She said those who buy sex from kids or make money from exploiting these children need to be held accountable for their actions.
“At the end of the day, I’d like to throw them in jail for 25 years because they’re sexually abusing children,” she said.
larry.kusch@freepress.mb.ca