Canadian country music star brings human trafficking prevention summit to Saskatoon [Video]

Eighteen years ago, country music star Paul Brandt sat down with his wife to watch a film that changed him forever.

The film was titled “Children For Sale,” a documentary on child trafficking in Cambodia and its damaging effects worldwide.

The film not only opened Brandt up to the topic, it compelled him to do something about what is often described as a modern-day form of slavery, as Brandt and his wife partnered with an organization to see police efforts to prevent human trafficking for themselves.

“What we saw there changed our lives forever,” Brandt said.

Since then, preventing human trafficking has been a cause Brandt has held dearly, which ultimately led to the creation of a non-profit, #NotInMyCity.

On Monday, Brandt joined the provincial government in announcing his organization’s next annual spring summit will be held in Saskatoon next April.

“This is — really other than music — has …