Office of Joy Smith, M.P.
Kildonan-St. Paul
Ottawa, ON - Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan-St. Paul, and UBC Law Professor Benjamin Perrin will hold a news conference to call for a national action plan to combat human trafficking. MP Joy Smith and Professor Perrin will be joined by Canadian Police Association President Charles Momy, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Ron Evans, Former Ombudsman for Victims of Crime Steve Sullivan, and survivor of human trafficking Timea Nagy.
Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Time: 10:30 a.m. (EST)
Location:
National Press Theatre
National Press Building
150 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON, K1P 5A4
Last month, MP Joy Smith released a proposal for a national action plan to combat human trafficking. This followed the Royal Assent of her Private Members Bill C-268 in June, creating a new Criminal Code offence of trafficking in minors. In 2007, MP Smith’s motion calling for a national strategy to combat human trafficking was unanimously adopted by Parliament.
Professor Perrin has just released Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking, a book documenting three years of research on human trafficking in Canada. Hailed as a ‘Hero’ in the fight against modern day slavery by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Perrin has undertaken a national human trafficking public awareness campaign with the final event held on October 27, 2010 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
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Joel Oosterman, Chief of Staff
Office of Joy Smith, MP
Phone: (613) 992-7148
Email: smithj8@parl.gc.ca
