Shelley Walker, the daughter of a trucker and a transport driver herself for more than 30 years, said she personally funded the first transport trailer with anti-human trafficking messaging, including a toll-free hotline where victims get help.
Raising awareness about how human and sex trafficking teenage girls in Ontario is something advocates say is necessary. Today is the second annual National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
Government of Canada announces funding for project to support human trafficking survivors
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OTTAWA, ON, April 1, 2021 /CNW/ - Human trafficking is a heinous crime that devastates victims, survivors, their families, communities and society as a whole. It also disproportionately affects women and girls, as well as vulnerable and marginalized individuals. The Government of Canada is committed to ending human trafficking in all its forms, including sexual exploitation and forced labour.
Today, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Honourable Bill Blair, announced that over $488,000 in federal funding has been made available over four years