In a first, the Toronto police holding a conference this week that focuses on helping indigenous women and girls who are targeted by [...]
Source: CBC News
Freedom United urges Ontario to rethink sex trafficking bill
A bill to combat human trafficking in Canada’s most populous province is receiving pushback from sex worker advocates who say it could [...]
Malaysian glovemaker loses $1.8M contract with Canada over forced labor concerns
Second major loss for Supermax Following in the footsteps of the U.S., Canada has announced the termination of two contracts with [...]
Labor trafficking scandal highlights protection gaps in Canada’s migration system
Canadian police have made five arrests in connection with an international labor trafficking ring which exploited migrant workers from [...]
U.N. report condemns Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program as modern-day slavery
Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) has come under severe criticism in a United Nations report published in July 2024, [...]
Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program: a pipeline to exploitation
Bénédicte Ze endured nearly two years of sexual assault, harassment, grueling 80-hour work weeks, racism, and relentless abuse at the [...]
Sex Traffickers Claim ‘Cruel & Unusual’ Sentence
“Cruel and unusual punishment” is what two men who pled guilty to trafficking two teenage girls for the sale of sexual services in [...]
What Did Nevsun Know About Eritrea Abuses?
Vancouver-based Nevsun Resources has long denied allegations that forced conscript labor occurred at its Bisha mine in Eritrea. [...]
Canada Takes In 750 Ex-Slaves from Libya
Canada announced that it will resettle another 600 former slaves in Libya, on top of the 150 refugees it has already taken in. The [...]