Brampton is looking to the federal and provincial government to address the growing number of its vulnerable international students being exploited and trafficked.
On Wednesday, city officials and representatives from a number of social service organizations held a news conference that called on the two other levels of government to do more to combat what Brampton’s mayor is calling a “cancer within our society and country.”
“It happens in plain sight, and obviously here in Peel Region we are more vulnerable. You know, with the international airport, with major highways, the intermodal hub, you know, we are at a nexus point for this cancer within our society,” Mayor Patrick Brown said.
Since 2020 Peel Regional Police (PRP) have charged 160 people with more than 650 human trafficking offences. Brown pointed out that so far this year local police, who have set up a dedicated human trafficking unit, conducted 110 investigations …