Human Trafficking In Canada
In April 2008 during a strategic planning process The Commission on Justice and Peace identified human trafficking as a common interest among several member churches and established the Human Trafficking in Canada Working Group.
The group was established to facilitate learning, theological reflection and common action on the topic of human trafficking in Canada. We want all churches in Canada to be more aware of human trafficking in Canada, advocate together when appropriate, share and develop educational materials, and provide a forum for theological reflection on the topic.
Human trafficking is
"the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force of other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation" (ILO, September 2009).
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