An Act respecting the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking
Bill S-263 was a Senate Private Member's Bill respecting the federal National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking (precursor to 45-1 Bill S-235 on the same topic). Canada has had a National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking since 2019 (the Trudeau government's 2019-2024 strategy at $75 million over five years; renewed 2024-2029 at expanded funding). 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. The Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking (24/7 hotline) endorsed both bills. Did not pass third reading; reintroduced as S-235 of 45-1.
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Would put Canada's National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking into statute, with coordinated reporting. Canada has run a non-statutory strategy since 2019. A Senate private member's bill (precursor to 45-1's S-235).
Issues this bill touches
- Crime & Public Safety
National strategy to combat human trafficking (now 45-1 S-235).
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the Senate.
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