An Act respecting the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking
Bill C-308 was a Conservative Private Member's Bill establishing a National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking with statutory federal-provincial coordination, victim-support program expansion, and a binding annual report to Parliament. Canada has had a National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking since 2019 (the Trudeau government's 2019-2024 strategy, $75 million over five years; renewed 2024). Public Safety Canada's RCMP-led Human Trafficking National Coordination Centre receives approximately 1,400 trafficking-related occurrence reports annually per the 2023 RCMP Public Report. C-308 sought to codify the strategy in statute. Did not pass third reading.
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Would put a National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking into statute, with federal-provincial coordination, victim supports, and annual reporting. Canada has had a non-statutory strategy since 2019. A Conservative private member's bill.
Issues this bill touches
- Crime & Public Safety
Earlier human-trafficking strategy bill.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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