Statement made on 06 February 2008 by Senator Gerard Phalen (retired)
Hon. Gerard A. Phalen:
Honourable senators, my question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate. In November, I attended a conference in Vancouver on the subject of trafficking in persons. At that conference the attendees were told by both Professor Benjamin Perrin of the University of British Columbia and by the renowned author Victor Malarek that the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver will be a sex slave destination unless Canada Border Services Agency increases its vigilance now and the government sends a strong message to organized criminals that trafficking in women will not be tolerated.
The attendees of that conference wrote to the minister of the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics expressing their concerns. I have received a copy of the minister's letter in response and was pleased to read that, according to the minister, the government will ensure that initiatives to combat trafficking in persons are included in the security measures and overall planning efforts for the 2010 games.
Will the Leader of the Government in the Senate provide this chamber with details of what these initiatives might consist?
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