FINALLY!! Canada Has A National Human Trafficking Awareness Day!
🚨GREAT NEWS!🚨
From the office of MP @arnoldviersen
Human Trafficking is a growing crime across Canada. Despite its devastating impact on some of Canada’s most vulnerable people, human trafficking remains very much below the public radar.
For three years the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking has tabled motions urging Parliament to recognize February 22 as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. This date commemorates February 22, 2007 when the House of Commons unanimously condemned human trafficking.
“We recognize that a critical step in the fight against modern slavery and human trafficking is to increase public awareness. A national awareness day will help equip Canadians to identify human trafficking and end it in their communities.”
Backgrounder:
-16 years since Canada added human trafficking offences to the Criminal Code.
14 years since the House of Commons unanimously adopted a motion to condemn all forms of human trafficking and slavery on February 22, 2007.
9 years since former MP Joy Smith first tabled a motion calling for February 22 to be designated a National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
February 22 is recognized as Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Ontario and Alberta as well as multiple Canadian cities.
The United States designated a National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in 2007.
Thank you to everyone that worked endlessly to make this happen- survivors, advocates, allies, community leaders and all of YOU for supporting the movement 💜
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