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Philpott, Honourable / Honorable Jane (HC/SC) From: [email protected] Sent: 2015-11-30 2:44 PM To: Philpott, Honourable / Honorable Jane (HC/SC) Subject: Fw: Social Justice Action Project Office of Hon. Jane Philpott P.C., M.P. Markham-Stouffville Canada Minister of Health DONG Santé Canada From: DEC 01 2015 Sent: November 25, 2015 1:50 PM To: Philpott, Jane M.P. # (5-005508-524 Subject: Social Justice Action Project To the Honorable Jane Philpott, I was recently given the task, by my social justice teacher, to take on a social justice issue regarding the injustices happening throughout the world. I chose to focus my project on the injustices regarding sex slavery in Canada. As I was doing research on my topic, I came upon information that suggested many Canadians have no knowledge that sex slavery is even happening in Canada. Many Canadians tend to turn a blind eye on something that they have no knowledge of; there is not enough information being spread throughout Canada about sex slavery. As one of my goals, I would like to know what you, as the Minister of Health, are doing to decrease or possibly end the atrocities being brought forth by sex slavery in Canada. Is it even a topic that is being talked about in the government? Is there a plan to put an end to it? I would really appreciate it if you could please get back to me as soon as possible. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, 1 Health Santé Canada Canada Your file Votre référence DEC 0 4 2015 Our file Notre référence Dear This is further to your e-mail of November 25, 2015, addressed to the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, concerning sex slavery in Canada. As the issue you raise falls within the purview of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to him, for consideration Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, Louise Dupuis Director Executive Correspondence Division C.C. Office of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada Philpott, Honourable/Honorable Jane (HC/SC) From: [email protected] Sent: 2016-01-14 5:03 PM To: Philpott, Honourable / Honorable Jane (HC/SC) Subject: Fw: Urgent: Human Trafficking ECD Health Canada Office of the Hon. Jane Philpott, M.P. DCHG Santé Canada Member of Parliament - Markham-Stouffville 6060 Main Street Rec'd Reçu JAN 15 2016 Stouffville, ON L4A 188 Tel: 905-640-1125 16-000419-974 Fax: 905-640-1184 From: Sent: January 13, 2016 3:02 PM To: Philpott, Jane M.P. Subject: Urgent: Human Trafficking January 13, 2015 Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Honourable Jane Philpott, I write to you about Human Trafficking. I am a mother who has a daughter who has been sex trafficked throughout Ontario. This has devastating, life long health affects on my daughter, and also my family. I am very fortunate and grateful she surfaced after several weeks, and that she is alive. I would be happy to meet and speak with you or a member of your staff personally. I would like your assistance to look into this situation as described below. You are welcome to attend the court date. From the beginning there have been major errors throughout the processes, however I will skip to the area that needs immediate attention. The Crown and court system. 1 I do wish to keep my identity and that of my daughter's completely confidential and private. (She was a Missing Person- and can be googled under my name or hers, The Human Traffickers have been arrested by There is so much that has been improperly handled by the and now the criminal court system. The Human trafficker was arrested on The Human Trafficke was arrested on has numerous human trafficking charges: Procuring,s. 286.3 (2)Exercise control s.286.3 (2), Receive Material Benefit s.286.2 (2) Advertise Sexual Services s.286.4, Human Trafficking s279.01, Material Benefit s279.02 and several more including Make, publish, print, Distribute/sell CH, sexual assault, obtain sexual services. Her sentence date is She remains at There are three identified victims so far, several 4 inch binders of police documentation and interviews. has shown patterns of her human trafficking with that were located and ALL are prepared to testify, having been interviewed by for hours. The diligently investigated and gathered evidence all very thorough and professional. One of Human Trafficking charges alone can bring a sentence of up to However the Crown failed to follow procedure and did not keep the police up to date with any court dates, pre trail conference dates, and excluded them from all meetings / pre trial conferences between the crown and defence lawyers etc. The victims were never interviewed by the Crown/s, nor informed of the Crowns plan before the Crown accepted plea. There were 2-3 different Crowns that attended the remand dates, another Crown that met with the defence lawyers on 2 very brief occasions, and another who took the plea. The Crown who was to present the plea on was unknown at the time court was in session!! Without police involvement, the Crown and defence lawyers and judge accepted plead to 2 of the charges only-dealing with the had trafficked. The Crown and lawyers scrambled in court to look up the Criminal Code numbers assigned to the charges to tell the judge!! I do not believe the Crown/s had time to read all the binders nor had a understanding of the extent of the crimes, and without the police to give any background information, there has been a miscarriage of justice. In court was passed a legal yellow pad of paper with hand writing- her agreement to the plead, to sign by her lawyer. is charged with numerous Human Trafficking charges some are Sex Assault, Material Benefit, Procuring, Procuring CH, material benefit, advertise sexual. He was released on $2,500 bail on to live with his surety in He must be with his surety at all times. He must be in that residence from 10:00pm until 6:00am. His bail conditions allow him to attend hotels in some of these where he trafficked his victims!! He returns to During the last several court appearances, both accused have sat together on the bench in court and have spoken with, touched and giggled together. On will be sentenced in courtroom on The Crown has told me that they expect her to receive about sentence. And included in that time served. This is WRONG!!!! This is outrages this is a case that has everything to properly prosecute Human Traffickers to the fullest! 2 I have attend all court dates (by watching daily court on-line lists, and learning of future unpublished dates through my court room attendance) and have kept the and victim services informed about these dates and what was said in court. The Crown was/is incompetent. Who will hold the Crown responsible? Who will hold all those accountable? What will be done to prevent this miscarriage of justice in these cases? Thank you for your attention to the above matters, ADDITIONALLY someone with Criminal Code of Canada Drug Trafficking charges has matters heard in Superior Court of Justice. If Human Trafficking Charges were heard in the Superior Court, perhaps more funds would be available across Canada for more coordination, more training of Crowns and Judges. Perhaps there could be one Crown and one judge that would be assigned to each case, to be heard from beginning to the end. Perhaps the Crown would make time available to actually meet with the victim/s that they are to be representing. PLEASE help before it is too late. Yours truly, The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential and intended solely for the attention and use of the named addressee(s). This information may be privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are not authorized to and must not disclose, copy, distribute, or retain this message or any part of it. 3 Health Santé Canada Canada Your file Votre référence JAN 22 2016 Our file Nome référence Dear This is further to your e-mail of January 13, 2016, addressed to the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, concerning human trafficking. I am sorry to learn of the difficulties your family has encountered As the issue you raise falls within the purview of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to him, for consideration Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, Louise Dupuis Director Executive Correspondence Division C.C. Office of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada Philpott, Honourable / Honorable Jane (HC/SC) From: [email protected] Sent: 2016-01-20 2:47 PM To: Philpott, Honourable / Honorable Jane (HC/SC) Subject: Fw: ECD Health DCHG Sant Canada Rec'd Reçu FED 03 /016 Office of the Hon. Jane Philpott, M.P. 16-001071-856 Member of Parliament - Markham-Stouffville 6060 Main Street Stouffville, ON L4A 188 Tel: 905-640-1125 Fax: 905-640-1184 From: Sent: January 20, 2016 2:31 PM To: Philpott, Jane M.P. Subject: Dear Jane.Philpott MP: Hello, we are Canadian citizens who want to see our government fight human trafficking. We have seen in the Canadian National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking the government's intention to: "Partner with international organizations and foreign governments to increase capacity to prevent and combat human trafficking" and to "Use diplomatic engagement to promote regional and international partnerships and policies in areas of the world particularly vulnerable to human trafficking". This is exactly what we want to see our government do. How much progress has our government made on these objectives in 2015 and what is going to happen this new year? Around the world people are violently brutalized on a daily basis within the sex trafficking industry. Their lives are being crushed by another person's greed. Canada cannot walk away from the injustice of human trafficking. Human trafficking treats people, especially women and children, like disposable property. It is our hope that collaboration with foreign governments and other organizations will result in trafficked persons being freed around the world. We would ask that you would use your influence to further stir up the political will within our own country's government as well as foreign governments to battle human trafficking. Thank you for looking into what is being done on this important issue. Sincerely, 1 2 Health Santé Canada Canada Your file Votre référence Our file Nome référence FEB 09 2016 Dear This is further to your e-mail of January 20, 2016, addressed to the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, concerning human trafficking. As the issue you raise falls within the purview of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to him, for consideration. Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, Louise Dupuis Director Executive Correspondence Division C.C. Office of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, P.C.,M.P. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada ZONTA CLUB OF NANAIMO MEMBER OF ZONTA INTERNATIONAL EMPOWERING WOMEN 00 THROUGH SERVICE ADVOCACY March 15, 2016 To: HONSTABLE JANE PHILPOTT MINISTER of HEALTH I am a member of the Zonta Club of Nanaimo. Zonta works locally and internationally to improve the status of women through service and advocacy. Zonta Says No to all forms of Violence Against Women. Human Trafficking is the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel another person to provide labor or commercial sex against their will, and is one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in the world It exists in Nanaimo, in British Columbia and in all Canadian Provinces. Bill C-36, the "Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act" is already law in this country. As our government leader please take the next steps that are essential to make this law effective - implement, endorse and fund programs to end Human Trafficking This can be done using the United Nations 4 Pillar Approach: Prevention (raising awareness). Protection (protecting the victims), Prosecution (target and criminalize the buyers of paid sex) and Partnerships (work together collaboratively with police, governments, NGO's and community groups such as Zonta). As a member of Zonta and as a member of this community, I strongly urge you to speak out and act to protect the vulnerable (especially women and children) by actively endorsing and enforcing Bill C-36 and to put an end to this serious issue that is growing in our communities. Name: Signature Address: www.nanaimozonta.ca I [email protected] Health Santé Canada Canada Your file Votre référence Our file Notre référence Dear Sir/Madam: This is further to your correspondence concerning violence against women and human trafficking. As the issues you raise fall within the purview of the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, you may wish to send your correspondence to [email protected] for consideration. Thank you for writing on this important issue. Yours sincerely, Louise Dupuis Director Executive Correspondence Division Canada - ECD Health Canada DCHG Santé Canada Rec'd Reçu JAN 22 2018 18-000518-828 To whom it may concern, There is a law in place that is endangering girls lives and think it should be re-visited before more lives are lost. In 2013 an entire section of the criminal code focusing on the criminality of prostitution was struck down, giving the government an opportunity to make it safer for the girls involved. They could have made such laws as; allowing girls to work together so they could hire security, having girls get licensed or having girls get STI testing making it safer for everyone. Instead they made it illegal for the John's, which just pushed it underground making it somewhat illegal again and was not in the true spirit of what the Supreme Court of Canada had in mind. When you push this business underground all of the criminals come out and that is when you get; human trafficking, girls being forced into it, and the spread of STIs. In Australia they have had great success keeping the business above board and safe and have completely cut the criminals out. Human trafficking was eliminated completely, women working in brothels had to get tested so it is safer for everyone, tax revenue went up and the divorce rate went down by 8%. I see no down side to changing these laws and speaking as a sex worker I would be grateful to have it safer for the girls. As the current laws are helping no one. Thank you for your consideration, Health Santé Canada Canada Your file Verre référence Our file Nome reférence JAN 23 2018 Dear This is further to your recent letter addressed to the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, calling for changes to the Criminal Code pertaining to prostitution. Since matters related to the Criminal Code fall within the purview of the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to her for her consideration Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, Louise Dupuis Director Executive Correspondence Division C.C. Office of the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould P.C., M.P. Canada ECD Health Canada DCHG Santé Canada September 25, 2018. Rec'd Reçu SEP 28 2018 Dear Member of Parliament Honorable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, (Moncton, Riverview, Dieppe) 18-006107-343 Child Sex trafficking (CST) is the fastest growing crime in the world and Canada. My name is and am who has been raising awareness to this issue I have alerted every Civic, Provincial and Federal politician as well as police agency in the about this growing "pandemic". I am now alerting every Canadian Member of Parliament. The powerful, lucrative, insatiable and vehement sex industry in Canada is growing rapidly and now specifically targeting youth, children and the vulnerable. ASK: 1. That the 2014 Federal Law "The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act" be equally and consistently enforced in every Province in Canada. 2. That police forces in the country be mandated to make this issue a priority and that they be adequately funded and trained to do so. 3. That the National Action Plan on Human Trafficking be reinstated, followed and funded. 4. That the National Human trafficking hotline number have an educational "roll-out" component so that the public understand what Human Trafficking is and what number to call. For example a simple poster campaign throughout the country would be an effective start, where, for example ads in airports, train stations, bus stations could be posted. 5. That you contact me to let me know you support the Law and my work/advocacy. I have included a letter of submission to the Federal Justice Committee from a former BC Supreme Court judge who supports the Law. Since gender equality and human rights are at the core of this legislation I have included a German brothel menu. Germany has fully decriminalized prostitution and is an example what "full decriminalization" of prostitution looks like "in reality". NB- In Germany brothels are legal, "buying sex" is normalized, "child prostitution" (sex trafficking) is rampant, human sex trafficking has increased, organized crime syndicates have moved in. Full decriminalization of prostitution would target the vulnerable. Full decriminalization would open the door to brothels setting up in Canada. Brothels in Canadian communities are completely unacceptable and contrary to the notion of gender equality, human rights and the protection of children and the marginalized. Lastly, I have included a letter from an Emergency Room Doctor who outlines the cost of this "public health crisis" as a result of human sex trafficking occurring in the Lower Mainland of BC. The discussion on full I would like to hear from you. decriminalization Most Sincerely with urgency and deep concern, is very troubling to me- because the magicalized of vulnerable will be the first cesualties Submission to the Federal Justice Committee on "The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act"- from former BC Supreme Court Judge Nancy Morrison (May 2018): Members of the Standing Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak on the issue of human trafficking in Canada. My name is Nancy Morrison. Now retired, I spent over 50 years in the law profession, 24 as a judge, nine years on the Provincial Criminal Court of British Columbia, 1972 to 1981, and later, 15 years as a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. I have dealt with prostitution as a prosecutor, a criminal defence counsel and a judge. I've asked the clerk to put before you a statement made before this committee on July 10, 2014 by Brian McConaghy, a former RCMP forensic specialist and for the last 25 years, head of an international charity assisting Cambodian youths recover from the abuses of the sex trade. I hope you will read it. McConaghy stated, "Ijudge human trafficking and prostitution as inseparable and simply different elements of the same criminal activity that exploits vulnerable women and youth. The separation of these elements I view as largely academic." That is also my view. Human sex trafficking is the fastest growing criminal activity in the world, In 2012, profits from human trafficking for the purpose of prostitution were estimated at $58 billion per year. By July 2014, a joint statement of the Interagency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons confirmed how lucrative human trafficking was. The International Labour Office estimated human sex trafficking generated $99 billion US. per year. Following the 2013 Bedford decision in the Supreme Court of Canada, Parliament passed The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, which received Royal Assent November 6, 2014 For the first time in Canadian history, prostitution involving consenting adults became illegal. The Act criminalizes the purchase of sexual services, making it an offense for an individual to buy sex in Canada. It criminalizes the pimps and the purchasers, not the sellers.. The Act gives immunity to those who sell sex, offering instead to help them exit the sex trade. This is modelled after the Nordic model, with one unfortunate exception. One section of the act makes it illegal to solicit to sell sex in a public place, or any places open to public view, that are next to a school ground, playground or day care centre. Parliament should remove that section so no individual who sells sex will be criminalized. Human sex trafficking has no borders. Girls are trafficked from Asia. Africa, Europe and within our own countries. What can we learn from other countries? Sweden: In 1999, Sweden passed the Sex Purchase Act which criminalizes pimps and the customers who buy sex. Prostitutes are subject to no criminalization, and are given assistance in leaving the sex trade. The law's aims are gender equality, safety for women and youth from violence, an attempt to curb human trafficking as well as prostitution, and a change in their culture, so that prostitution is no longer accepted as appropriate, that it is violence against women and children, and is contrary to gender equality. Prostitution still exists in Sweden, but the culture is changing. Organized crime involved in the trade has been disrupted, and sex trafficking from foreign jurisdictions has decreased, along with the incidence of prostitution. A 2015 government report revealed street prostitution had been cut in half, and an estimate of the number of prostitutes decreased from 3000 to 600. Sweden helps people exit the sex trade, providing safety, housing, help with drug and other addictions, treatments, counselling, education, career counselling and financial assistance. The Netherlands: In 2000, the Netherlands decriminalized prostitution. The result was a huge increase in the number of prostitutes in the Netherlands.. Drug use, prostitution, organized crime and human sex trafficking continue to rise. Amsterdam has become a destination for sex tourism. Denmark: Denmark decriminalized prostitution in 1999. Between 2002 and 2009, the number of prostitutes increased from 3886 to 5534, a 40% increase. Many of the trafficked young women are from Romania and Nigeria. New Zealand: New Zealand is often pointed to as a place where legal prostitution works well. You be the judge. A May 1 article in the Guardian reports that New Zealand's Immigration service has added "sex work" to the list of "employment skills" for those wishing to migrate. On the Immigration website, this appears on the "skilled employment" list, but not in the "skill shortage" list. New Zealand decriminalized the sex trade in 2003, with the stated goal of reducing violence, regular inspection of brothels and no increase in the sex trade. The Guardian reports the opposite has occurred. Germany: Germany decriminalized prostitution in 1999. The sex trade mushroomed.. By 2013, sex trafficking had seen an explosive increase. Many of the trafficked victims are from Romania, Bulgaria and other poor former Soviet countries. In May 2013, one German ad promoting a brothel read, "Sex with all women as long as you want, as often as you want and the way you want. Sex. Anal sex. Oral sex without a condom." The police reported that the first weekend after the ad appeared there were 1700 customers at the brothel. Included on the "menu" of another German brothel - sex with a pregnant woman. Brothels: They are illegal in Canada under the 2014 amendments In the Bedford case, an affidavit from a senior Toronto police officer urged the Court not to legalize brothels. Brothels are among the few places where police can investigate and find human sex trafficking, under age prostitutes, refugees or immigrants who have been preyed upon, and foster girls. In Canada, the greatest gift to sex traffickers here and internationally would be to legalize prostitution, thus offering up Canada's most vulnerable girls, including many from our First Nations communities. Misha Glenny, an expert in worldwide organized crime, writes that trafficked women are the ideal entry- level commodity for criminals". He compares two commodities", a car and a young girl. A stolen car or a kilo of cocaine might net a ne-time payment of $10,000 or $20,000 to the criminal. A trafficked young woman generates income night after night, year after year, making $5000-$10,000 per month, or more. We have cases in Canada in which drug traffickers have switched to sex trafficking. Less danger in transporting goods, 3 or in being caught, more money, easier to obtain the young girls,, low risk of detection, and a much lower penalty if caught. R. V. Moazami, was a human trafficking case in 2014 in Vancouver, where the accused had switched from dealing in drugs to running his own stable of young girls. 11 of those young women testified in court against him. 10 of the 11 began in the sex trade at the ages of 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17. Three were foster children, one was an immigrant from Afghanistan, one was taken to Calgary for the Stampede; all were induced and kept in the trade with drugs, violence and threats. The diamonds of the sex trade are the children. Almost without exception, every woman that I acted for in prostitution cases and there were many - had begun at a very young age. Almost all came from grim backgrounds of sexual and/ or physical abuse. Children are in great demand in this industry. Trafficking children for sex is an open secret. They are more valuable than adults, many men willing to pay extra. These young teens are hidden away, in air B&Bs, high-end apartments, groomed and sold for sex in secret. When women in the sex trade are interviewed, few are asked, "At what age did you first begin as a prostitute?" To view prostitution as two equal parties striking a mutually beneficial agreement is nonsense. In the sex trade, the buyer has the power, the young woman - the merchandise - has none. Particularly if she entered the sex trade as a child, or young teen, the notion of her consenting is ludicrous. Enforcement: If we don't enforce the existing prostitution law, by charging the customers, it should be no surprise there is little discovery and enforcement of human sex trafficking. Most of us don't want to talk about prostitution. We need that enforcement , and at the same time, to amend the existing legislation to delete the one section that continues to criminalize some women working as prostitutes. Provide adequate government-funded services for women and youth who are trying to exit the trade. Support must come from all levels of government, federal, provincial and municipal Such services should include: police protection, Counselling for trauma, PTSD, etc., Substance abuse treatment, counselling and rehabilitation, Rape relief counselling, Healthcare, physical, mental and emotional, Education and job training, Career counselling, Mentoring, preferably by peers, Child care where necessary, Job placements, Relocation if necessary for safety, Funds to live until self sufficiency is possible. Sweden has shown the way by rejecting the culture that women and girls and boys are commodities to be bought and sold. They have chosen a culture of gender equality, So should we. 4 German Brothel Menu Example (source: German psychologist and trauma expert Dr. Ingeborg Kraus) AF = Algierfranzösisch (Zungenanal) - Tongue anal AFF = Analer Faustfick (die ganze Hand im Hintereingang) - Anal Fist Fucking AO = alles ohne Gummi - everything without rubber Braun-weiß = Spiele mit Scheiße und Sperma - play with shit and sperma DP = Doppelpack (Sex mit zwei Frauen) oder: double Penetration (zwei Männer in einer Frau) - Sex with 2 women or double penetration (2 men in one woman) EL = Eierlecken - licking the balls FF = Faustfick- Fist Fuck FP = Französisch pur (Blasen ohne Gummi und ohne Aufnahme) - blowjob without rubber GB = Gesichtsbesamung- Ejaculating in the face. GS = Gruppensex - Group Sex. Kvp - Kaviar Passiv (Frau lässt sich anscheißen) - Man shits on a woman Nsp = Natursekt Passiv (Frau lässt sich anpinkeln) - Man urinates on a woman OV = Oralverkehr (Blasen, Lecken); - Oral intercourse (Blowjob or Licking) SW = Sandwich, eine Frau zwischen zwei Männern - one woman between 2 men tbl, = tabulos, ALLES ist erlaubt - without taboo, everything is allowed. ZA = Zungenanal (am / im Hintereingang lecken) - lick the anus. Sex with a pregnant woman What happens when prostitution is treated as "sex work" rather than treated as sexual exploitation and violence against women? Legalization/decriminalization of prostitution and the sex industry promotes sex trafficking and legitimizes pimping, trafficking and buying sex thereby normalizing the sexual exploitation of women, children and the vulnerable The sex industry will expand, as it has in Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the State of Nevada. Clandestine, hidden, illegal and street prostitution will increase. As the DEMAND increases, so will the SUPPLY have to increase causing child prostitution (trafficking) to increase. Women and children in the sex industry are not protected but are violated until they are drug addicted, mentally ill, commit suicide or are murdered (ie. Robert Picton farm). Organized crime is heavily involved with this lucrative low risk crime. International Crime Syndicates move in. The target age today is 11-12 year old girls because they are easy to manipulate and are disease free. Children are where the money is. 1-3% of women may "choose" this activity, but 97-99% of women and children are forced, coerced, tricked, lured into the sex industry. The majority of prostituted individuals enter the sex industry as minors. No child says, "I want to be pimped out and trafficked when I grow up." Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, MP, Minister of Justice, Attorney General House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 June 11, 2018 Dear Minister, I am writing you to address my concern with a growing crime and a major public health crisis in Canada: human trafficking and sexual exploitation. I would also like to state my formal opposition to the move to abolish the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. Research indicates that more than 89% of sex workers are not voluntary. In essence, they are forced to provide sexual services by means of coercion, physical and psychological abuse, threats and an overall lack of choice. The sex workers that do so voluntarily have the privilege of choice: they represent a minority but have a disproportionately loud voice. Every single patient I have encountered who was engaged in sex work was non-voluntary. By decriminalizing the buyers of sex, you are stating that the government is willing to prioritize the needs of sex buyers over the lives of our youth. As an emergency physician, I see victims of trafficking and exploitation in the emergency department (ED) not infrequently. According to the Emergency Nurses Association, 88% of victims see a health care professional while in captivity, and of those, 68% are seen in the ED. Over the past eight years of practice, I have met victims as young as 13 years old. Many present to the ED frequently and are often admitted to the hospital. Human trafficking poses major financial burden on Canada's health care system. Multiple studies show a high prevalence of depression (up to 52%), post-traumatic stress disorder (68%), anxiety and adjustment disorders (up to 50%), and schizophrenia (9%) among individuals who have been trafficked. Furthermore, trafficked victims show higher rates of self-harm behaviours and suicidal ideation. In a study involving marginalized and homeless youth in British Columbia, the risk of attempted suicide was two to three times higher among sexually exploited youth versus non-exploited youth, and they were more likely to be admitted to a psychiatric ward. Consider the following estimates of Canadian health care costs. Non-Canadian resident rates are double to triple the rates below: Emergency Room visit: $346 Daily Ward Admission: $884 to $3,328 Laboratory Investigations: up to $260 per visit CT scan: $750 $1418 According to the Joy Smith Foundation and the Servants Anonymous Foundation, the cost of rehabilitation for a single trafficked victim ranges from $33,600 to $60,000 per year and the typical duration is 3 years minimum Sexual exploited victims experience higher rates of physical injury as well as reproductive health issues. This includes, but is not limited to, significant lacerations, fractures, burns, traumatic head injuries, strangulation injuries, unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions. The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV is also higher among sexually exploited victims. In fact, the rate of HIV/ AIDS is four times higher, the rate of hepatitis is four times higher and the rates of STI's is six times higher than woman who are not involved in sex work. The Liberal government claims to stand for gender equality and women's rights I therefore urge political leaders to reinforce the law, protect our women and children, and make the buyers of sex accountable Human trafficking and sexual exploitation is not only a complete degradation of human rights, it is a major burden on the health care system. As a physician, a patient advocate, a Canadian citizen, and a woman, I urge the government and authorities to respond to this public health crisis and take action A country that buys and sells its own citizens is a broken country. We must do better than this. Sincerely, References Ottisova L et al. Prevalence and risk of violence and the mental, physical and sexual health problems associated with human trafficking: an updated systematic review. Epidemiology & Psychiatric Science 25(4):317-41, 2016 Aug. Stewart DE. Mental health and human trafficking Epidemiology & Psychiatric Science 25(4):342-4, 2016 Aug. Bremner J.D. Traumatic stress: effects on the brain. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience Vol 8 No. 4 2006 Task Force on Trafficking of Women and Girls (2014). Report of the Task Force on Trafficking of Women and Girls. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/trafficking/report.aspx Karam, M. 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Journal of Trauma Practice, Vol 2, pp 33-74, 2004 Petitpas Taylor, Minister / Ministre Ginette (HC/SC) From: Petitpas Taylor, Ginette - Riding 2 on behalf of Petitpas Taylor, Ginette - M.P. <[email protected]> Sent: 2018-10-22 8:15 AM To: Petitpas Taylor, Minister / Ministre Ginette (HC/SC) 2ndincoming Subject: FW: Child Sex Trafficking in Canada and why we must stop it ECD Health Canada Attachments: Untitled attachment 00031.pdf DCHG Santé Canada Importance: High Rocid Rega OCT 23 2018 # 18-006107-343 From: Sent: October-19-18 9:51 PM To: Wilson-Raybould, Jody - M.P.; Goodale, Ralph E. - M.P.; Petitpas Taylor, Ginette - M.P.; Trudeau, Justin - Député Subject: Child Sex Trafficking in Canada and why we must stop it Importance: High Dear,Honorable Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Baybould, Honorable Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale, Honorable Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor and the Right Honorable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, I have written and emailed each of you regarding the new pandemic of CST (Child Sex Trafficking) in Canada. Please note that prostitution is the context where sex trafficking happens. I understand that your government is looking at the possibility of full decriminalization of prostitution in Canada (the result of support at the Liberal party convention last June; resolution from the Young Liberals on "Decriminalization of Consensual Sex Work and Sex Trade"). Please read the attached research on the impact of full decriminalization of prostitution on the State of Rhode Island from 1980-2009. The Law of full decriminalization was repealed when it became obvious that lawlessness, violence and exploitation accompanies decriminalized prostitution. Full decriminalization of prostitution in Canada would be a fatal blow to our societal standards of gender equality, freedom and human rights. I hope to hear from you on this issue. My ASK: to meet with you, present to your Cabinet and leadership teams and that the "Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act" is upheld, strengthened and enforced equally throughout Canada. 1 DECRIMINALIZED PROSTITUTION: IMPUNITY FOR VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION Melanie Shapiro, Esq. and Donna M. Hughes, Ph.D." INTRODUCTION From 1980 to 2009, prostitution in Rhode Island was decriminalized. Prostitution was not prohibited or regulated by law if it was performed indoors.2 The lack of laws or regulations created a unique and permissive legal, economic, and cultural environment for the growth of sex businesses. Although a few counties in Nevada have legalized prostitution,4 no other state or county has decriminalized prostitution in recent decades.5 During the twenty- nine year period from 1980 to 2009, sexual exploitation and violence against women and girls were integrated into the economic development of Rhode Island's urban areas.6 The growth of sex Melanie Shapiro is an immigration attorney based in Dedham, Massachusetts She is licensed to practice in Massachusetts the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the District Court for the Federal District of Massachusetts, and the Board of Immigration Appeals. She is the co-founder of Citizens Against Trafficking Shapiro received her Juris Doctorate from Roger Williams University School of Law, where she was a Public Interest Scholar. Email: [email protected] Donna M. Hughes holds the Eleanor M. and Oscar M. Carlson Endowed Chair in Women's Studies. She is a Professor in Gender and Women's Studies with an Affiliation with Sociology and Anthropology (Criminology and Criminal Justice) at the University of Rhode Island Email: [email protected]. This Article is dedicated to Representative Joanne Giannini, without whose leadership and perseverance, Rhode Island would not have the laws needed to end the violence and sexual exploitation described in this Article. The authors of this Article thank Colonel Stephen M. McCartney, Chief of Warwick Police, for giving the authors access to police records relating to Philip Markoff's assault and robbery attempt in 2009. 1. Edward Achorn, New Landscape of the Sex Biz, PROVIDENCE J., Dec. 22, 2009. at B7. 2. Id. 3. See W. Zachary Malinowski, The Sex Business in Providence: "Why Here, PROVIDENCE J. Apr. 21. 2002. at A1. 4. Michael Martinez, What to Know About Nevada's Legal Brothels, CNN (Oct. 19. 2016. 6:50 AM). http://www.enn.com/2015/10/14/us/lamar-odom -nevada-brothels/ 5. See id. 6. Donna M. Hughes, Top U.S. Official on Trafficking Says Lach of Prostitution Law Creates a "Zone of Impunity" for Traffickers, DIGITALCOMMONS@URI 1 (Aug. 14. 2009), https://works.bepress.com/donna _hughes/56/. 533 Health Santé Canada Canada Your file Votre référence OCT 05 2018 Our file Notre référence Dear This is further to your correspondence of September 25, 2018, addressed to the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, concerning the increase in child sex trafficking in Canada As this issue falls within the purview of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, I have taken the liberty of forwarding copies of your correspondence to them for their consideration. Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, François Cadieux Acting Director Executive Correspondence Division C.C. Office of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P. Office of the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, P.C., M.P. Canada IIIII ECD Health Canada DCHG Santé Canada Rec'd Reçu NOV 13 2018 Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance 18.007075.979 October 31, 2018 RE: Latest developments regarding China's State-Driven Killing of Prisoners of Conscience for Organs & Request for Support of Legislation To Combat Organ Trafficking, S-240 Dear Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor, I write to share with you the latest findings in a new study indicating that severe abuses in China's organ transplant system continue on a large scale. These include the ongoing sourcing of organs from prisoners of conscience, primarily Falun Gong practitioners, despite the Chinese government's claims of reform. I also seek your support of Bill S-240, an act to combat human organ tracking, which was unanimously passed in the senate on Oct. 23, 2018 and introduced in the House of Commons by MP Garnett Genuis, seconded by MP Borys Wrzesnewsky, on Oct.30, 2018. The bill is designed to prevent the complicity of Canadian institutions and individuals and grant new protections to victims of these horrendous crimes. A recent report published by China Organ Harvest Research Center has uncovered the nature, severity, scale, victims, drivers, as well as recent developments and implications of these crimes in China. Enclosed is a booklet that summarizes this 336-page report. The evidence of China's illicit organ sourcing is voluminous and irrefutable. Its harvesting of organs from prisoners of conscience has been condemned by both the European Parliament and the United States House of Representatives as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations Some countries have enacted legislation to criminalize collusion with China's transplant industry, including Spain, Italy, and Israel. When Nazi doctors stood trial at Nuremberg after World War II, Chief Justice Jackson said: "The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated." Yet similarly repugnant crimes are now carried out by the medical profession under the Chinese Communist Party, and they require a response. We applaud unanimous consent to the bill in Senate and the great efforts by Senator Ataullahjan and MPs who had tabled or supported similar private member's bills in the House. We hope more decision-makers come to understand the severe implications of these atrocities. When this darkest page of human history is written, Canada will be remembered, not as a bystander, but rather as a great nation that acted to stop this carnage and safeguard human dignity. Please contact me for any questions or for more information. Looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Falun Dafa Association of Canada For more information, please visit https:/iendiransplantabuse.org and: www.faluninfo.net Health Santé Canada Canada NOV 15 2018 Your file Votre référence Our file Notre référence Dear This is further to your correspondence of October 31, 2018, addressed to the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, requesting support for Bill S-240, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs), and enclosing a copy of the report entitled Update on Medical Genocide - China Continues Transplant Abuse Despite Claims of Reform. The Minister appreciates your taking the time to provide her with this information. As the issue you raise falls within the purview of the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to her for her consideration. Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, François Cadieux Acting Director Executive Correspondence Division C.C. Office of the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, P.C., M.P. Canada Petitpas Taylor, Minister / Ministre Ginette (HC/SC) From: Petitpas Taylor, Ginette - Riding 2 < on behalf of Petitpas Taylor, Ginette - M.P. <[email protected]> Sent: 2018-11-28 12:14 PM To: Petitpas Taylor, Minister / Ministre Ginette (HC/SC) Subject: FW: Bill S240 in the House of Commons Attachments: COMPARIS.docx From: Sent: November-27-18 5:29 AM To: Wilson-Raybould, Jody - M.P.; Petitpas Taylor, Ginette - M.P. ECD Health Canada Subject: Bill S240 in the House of Commons DCHG Santé Canada Rec'd The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould Reçu DEC 17 2018 Minister of Justice Government of Canada 1/8. 007855-684 The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor Minister of Health Government of Canada Please find attached something I have written about possible duplication between Bill S240 and the Criminal Code. Sincerely 1 Bill S240 in the House of Commons A question has arisen whether the criminal law offences in Bill S240 are duplicative of Criminal Code provisions 279.01 to 279.04. I set out below why the two sets of provisions are not duplicative. Before I get into that, let us assume that they are duplicative. Bill S240 accomplishes nonetheless two things not found in Criminal Code provisions 279.01 to 279.04. One is extraterritoriality. Criminal Code provisions 279.01 to 279.04 are violated only if the offence occurs in Canada. Bill S240 provisions are violated even if the offence is committed abroad. The other is compulsory reporting. Bill S240 requires health professionals to report transplant tourism to a designated authority. There is no such compulsory reporting right now in any Canadian statute. If indeed the House of Commons were to come to the conclusion that the criminal law offences in Bill S240 are duplicative of Criminal Code provisions 279.01 to 279.04, the appropriate course of action would be to approve Bill S240 at second reading in the House of Commons and amend it in Committee to replace the criminal law offences in Bill S240 with a reference to the Criminal Code provisions 279.01 to 279.04. That way the extraterritoriality and compulsory reporting components of Bill S240 would be preserved. Nonetheless, I advise against such a course of action because of the substantive differences between the criminal law offences in Bill S240 and the Criminal Code provisions 279.01 to 279.04. Conceptually, the difference between the two is the difference between human trafficking and organ trafficking. Sometimes humans are trafficked for their organs. That sort of trafficking of organs is 2 encompassed in human trafficking and Criminal Code section 279.04(3) says so. However, not all organ trafficking, at least according to the United Nations and the Council of Europe, is human trafficking. I was part of a delegation which met in Geneva in December 2013 with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to present a petition with nearly 1.5 million signatures from 53 countries and regions asking the High Commissioner to initiate an investigation on forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners. One of the people in the Office of the High Commissioner with whom we met suggested we contact the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime in Vienna. We scheduled a meeting for the Office in March 2014 which was cancelled at the last minute. Ilias Chatzis, Chief, Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section, Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime, wrote to us that the Trafficking in Persons Protocol supplementing the Transnational Organized Crime Convention "does not include organ harvesting". The Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2012 published by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime states "Organ trafficking is not classified as human trafficking. For an act to be considered trafficking in persons, a living person has to be recruited by means of force or deception for the exploitative purpose of removing an organ." See http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/Trafficking in Persons 2012 web.pdf , page 43 The Council of Europe has a Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings dating from 2005 which has terms identical to the UN Protocol and similar to the Canadian 3 Criminal Code provisions 279.01 to 279.04. The Council of Europe, despite that Convention, saw fit to approve yet another Convention titled the Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs, opened for signature in July, 2014. Canada has not yet signed the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs. However, it could do so if it wished and, in my view, should do so. Canada is a Council of Europe observer state. Another observer state, Costa Rica, has already signed this Convention. Bill S240 would put Canada in a position to sign and ratify this Convention. The current Criminal Code would have to be amended to put Canada in a position to ratify the Convention. Canada is a party to the Trafficking in Persons Protocol to the Transnational Organized Crime Convention. Canada does not necessarily have to accept the interpretation of that Protocol held out by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. However, it cannot both accept that interpretation abroad and contest it at home. If the Government of Canada takes the position that human trafficking includes organ trafficking in its entirety, Canada should be asking the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime to change its interpretation of the Trafficking in Persons Protocol to the Transnational Organized Crime Convention. If the Office does not make the change requested, Canada should ask the next conference of states parties to the UN Protocol to adopt a resolution stating that the current Protocol applies to organ trafficking in its entirety. I would welcome Canada's taking both of these steps. However, China is a party to the Protocol and may not welcome any initiative which potentially brings its organ transplantation activity under the purview of the Protocol and the Office of Drugs and Crime. 4 Whatever the position of the Government of China, the mere request by Canada either to the Office of Drugs and Crime or to the next conference of states parties to the UN Protocol is not guaranteed to change the current interpretation of the Protocol. The only way to ensure that Canada has legislation which addresses directly organ trafficking as a whole as opposed to human trafficking which includes only a component of organ trafficking is to enact Bill S240. For Canada to consider the current Criminal Code provisions duplicative of the provisions of Bill S240 would put Canada out of step with both the United Nations of Office of Drugs and Crime as well as the Council of Europe. Canada does not have to choose. It could do and, in my view, should do both. It is, of course, quixotic for Canada to take an interpretation of human trafficking which is out of step with both the Council of Europe and the UN Office of Drugs and Crimes. Nonetheless, I encourage that. Canada should ask the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime to change its interpretation of the Trafficking in Persons Protocol to the Transnational Organized Crime Convention to include organ trafficking in human trafficking. If the Office does not do so, Canada should ask the next conference of states parties to the UN Protocol to adopt a resolution stating that the current Protocol applies to organ trafficking. However, Canada should not put all its eggs in that one basket. Canada should not thumb its nose at the current positions of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime and the Council of Europe. That means enacting Bill S240 in its current form. Health Santé Canada Canada Your fle Vote référence Our lie Note reference DEC 21 2018 Dear This is further to your correspondence of November 27, 2018, co-addressed to the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, requesting support for Bill S-240, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs). As the issue you raise falls within the purview of Minister Wilson-Raybould you have taken the correct course of action by also writing to her. I trust that she will give your concerns every consideration Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, François Cadieux Acting Director Executive Correspondence Division C.C. Office of the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, P.C., M.P. Canada Petitpas Taylor, Minister / Ministre Ginette (HC/SC) From: CPAB_INFO_DGCAP <[email protected]> Sent: 2019-03-26 3:36 PM To: Petitpas Taylor, Minister / Ministre Ginette (HC/SC) Subject: Fw: Request for Info - Consultation Process Task Table ECD Health Canada DCHG Santé Canada Rec'd Forwarded by CPAB_INFO_DGCAP/HC-SC/GC/CA on 2019-03-26 03:35 PM Reçu MAR 29 2019 From: +19-002243-323 To: mojanC-sc.qc.ca <[email protected]> Date: 2019-03-19 02:08 PM Subject: Request for Info - Consultation Process Task Table Good afternoon, I read in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Hansard from yesterday that the federal Minister of Health and Lisa MacLeod, Ontario Minister of Children, Community and Social Services and the Minister Responsible for Women's Issues, are co-chairing a consultation process task table re: protecting women and girls in Ontario from sex trafficking. I was wondering where I may be able to please obtain more information about the task table and consultations? Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Regards, Leanna 1 Health Santé Canada Canada MAY 01 2019 Your file Votre référence Our file Notre référence Dear This is further to your correspondence of March 19, 2019, addressed to the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, concerning the protection of women and girls from sex trafficking. As the issue you raise falls within the purview of the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Minister of International Development, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to her for her consideration Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, François Cadieux Director Executive Correspondence Division C.C. Office of the Honourable Maryam Monsef, P.C., M.P. Canada Petitpas Taylor, Minister / Ministre Ginette (HC/SC) From: Petitpas Taylor, Ginette - M.P. <[email protected]> Sent: 2019-03-20 1:35 PM To: Petitpas Taylor, Minister / Ministre Ginette (HC/SC) Subject: FW: Support for Bill S-240 From: Sent: March-20-19 3:40 AM To: Petitpas Taylor, Ginette - M.P. ECD Health Canada DCHG Santé Canada Subject: Support for Bill S-240 Rec'd Reçu APR 09 2019 International Coalition To End Transplant Abuse In China 19.002493.926 March 19, 2019 Dear Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor, The International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China is a coalition of lawyers, academics, ethicists, medical professionals, researchers and human rights advocates dedicated to ending forced organ harvesting in China. We are writing today to request your help to facilitate a swift passage of Bill S-240, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs). The proposed law is an important measure to address global organ trafficking and forced organ harvesting. By making the procurement of organs without donors' informed consent an extraterritorial offence, the Bill deters organ tourism and prevents Canadian complicity in global organ transplant abuse. Bill S-240 was passed unanimously by the Senate on October 23, 2018. The Bill was adopted by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE) with minor amendments. 1 Thus far, members of both the House and the Senate have expressed unanimous support for the Bill. All parliamentarians involved have acknowledged the dire state of organ transplant abuse taking place around the world. All agree that Bill S-240 is a significant step in combating this abuse and protecting the rights of the most vulnerable. A few minor concerns raised with respect to the technicalities of the Bill such as potential overbreadth and overlap between the Bill and existing provisions of the Criminal Code on human trafficking have been thoroughly canvassed by the FAAE. The resulting amendments reflects care, caution and compromise in pursuit of the important goal of ending trafficking in human organs. The passage of Bill S-240 will be a profound act of Canadian leadership in a growing international movement to end organ transplant abuse. In this regard, the spirit of this Bill resonates with legislative amendments and resolutions adopted in other jurisdictions, such as European Parliament (2013 and 2016), United States (2016), Taiwan (2015), Spain (2010), and Israel (2008) (see links at the end). We count on your support to have this Bill passed into law before the imminent end of the present parliamentary session. Please accept our sincere gratitude for contributing towards this great endeavour. Kind regards, References EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING - 2013 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=P7-RC-2013-0562&language=EN European Parliament. Written Declaration submitted under Rule 136 of the Rules of Procedure on stopping organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China. Available at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/get- 2 Doc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BWDECL%2BP8-DCL-2016 (0048%2B0%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV0%2F%2FEN HTTP://tiny.cc/OH_EuropeanResolution (video 8 mins) H.RES 343 - US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - ON FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING, JUNE 2016 http://tiny.cc/HRes343 TAIWAN LEGISLATION http://glin.ly.gov.tw/web/nationalLegal.do?isChinese=false&method=legalSummary&id=5535&fromWhere=legalHistory ISRAEL LEGISLATION http://www.declarationofistanbul.org/resources/legislation/267-israel-transplant-law-organ-transplant-act-200 SPANISH LEGISLATION http://www.ont.es/prensa/NotasDePrensa/Introducci%C3%B3n%20en%20el%20C%C3%B3digo%20Penal%20del%20 %C3%Alfico%20ilegal%20de%20%C3%B3rganos.pdf 3 Health Santé Canada Canada APR 11 2019 You file Votre référence Our file Notre référence Dear This is further to your correspondence of March 20, 2019, addressed to the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, concerning your support for Bill S-240, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs). As the issue you raise falls within the purview of the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to him for his consideration. Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, François Cadieux Director Executive Correspondence Division C.C. Office of the Honourable David Lametti, P.C., M.P. Canada I+I ECD Health Canada DCHG Santé Canada Rec'd Reçu JUN JUIN 12 2019 19-003730-98 Honorable Minette Petiting Taylor Minister of Health Attawa ,ON KIA OA6 Dear Minister, homes, on the internet movies, songs, etc, with pernography so insidious in our the concern for protection of communities and exploted persons is the greated ever Please continue to develop a strong program to educate communities to penaloze the purchaser and to provide programs for exploited people to successfully complete their exit. What are your plans to improve the outcomes for people caught in prostitution? yours sincerely, A CC. PM Justin Trudian MP- Cathy Mcheod Hon. Jean child. Yves Duclos Faniles Mn of Honorable David hometh AC, M.of Justice and Soc Dev- Ginette Petitpas Jaylor Minister of Healt Otlawa ON KIA 016 ############# 111 WELLINGTON ST OTTAWA ON K1A OA Health Santé Canada Canada Your file Votre réforance Our file Notre référence JUN 14 2019 Dear This is further to your correspondence of March 13, 2019, addressed to the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, concerning the protection of Canadian communities and outcomes for those involved in prostitution. I regret the delay in responding. As the issue you raise falls within the purview of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to him for his consideration. Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, François Cadieux Director Executive Correspondence Division C.C. Office of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P. Canada ECD Health Canada DCHG Santé Canada Recd Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor Requ JUL 10 2019 Minister of Health House of Commons # 19-004233-101 Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Ms. Petitpas Taylor, Organ Donation and Traffic I am writing to indicate my support for Bill S-240 which would amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to provide penalties for trafficking in human organs from individuals who have not consented to the donation of their organs. Nevertheless, I would also emphasize that this measure should not deter efforts to increase the rate of organ donation in Canada A higher rate of organ donation in Canada would reduce the demand for organs from these questionable sources. Yours sincerely. cc: M. Marc Miller, Depute de Ville-Marie, le Sud-Ouest et Ile-des-Soeurs Health Santé Canada Canada Your file Votre référence Our file Notre référence 12 JUIL. 2019 Dear This is further to your correspondence of May 16, 2019, addressed to the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, concerning your support for Bill S-240, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs). I regret the delay in responding. As the issue you raise falls within the purview of the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to him for his consideration. Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, François Cadieux Director Executive Correspondence Division C.C. Office of the Honourable David Lametti, P.C., M.P. Canada ministresc, Minister / Ministre hcminister (HC/SC) From: ministresc, Minister / Ministre hcminister (HC/SC) Sent: 2020-07-18 7:45 PM To: Cc: '[email protected]' Subject: In response to your correspondence / 20-006099 - 125 Attachments: 20-006099-125_incoming.pdf Dear This is further to your correspondence of April 6, 2020, addressed to the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, requesting support for Bill S-204, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs). We regret the delay in responding. As the issue you raise falls within the purview of the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, we have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to him for his consideration. Thank you for writing. Yours sincerely, Health Canada Executive Correspondence Division 1