Region takes steps to help survivors of human trafficking with new shelter spaces

Avoiding the many deviations and delays that can come with moving a document from words on paper to practical action, regional councillors have approved $1.3 million for a three-year pilot program to create 10 new shelter spaces for survivors of sex trafficking in particular. The project emerged from the region’s strategy to end human trafficking, approved by councillors last June.

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A $1.8-million Peel Region program will provide a one-stop hub for services for victims of human trafficking, plus emergency shelter and long-term transitional housing spaces to help them get back to a normal life.

Providing these supports is especially critical in Peel, which for reasons of geography has become a hotbed of sex trafficking in Canada.

The region hopes to get some financial support from Queen’s Park, but it’s uncertain if the current government is likely to provide it.

Published on May 13, 2019 in The Pointer - Brampton