MP battles female exploitation

Joy Smith urges Canadians not to turn a blind eye to human-trafficking

Conservative MP Joy Smith spoke at the Justice Summit in Ottawa, May 5, about her experiences battling human trafficking. Deborah Gyapong / CCN.

The B.C. Catholic has story from CCN's eye on Ottawa Deborah Gyapong about the efforts from the government and organizations to stop human-trafficking:

Conservative MP Joy Smith told the May 5 Justice Summit her work in
combatting human trafficking has brought her into places that have horrified
her. "I've been in brothels," she said, describing them as "awful places."

"But something comes over me," she said. "I get have get those kids out of
there."

Read the full story at The B.C. Catholic website.