Opposition Parties Call on Liberals to Restore Human Trafficking Victims Fund

Opposition Parties Call on Liberals to Restore Human Trafficking Victims Fund
Green Party MP Jenica Atwin (left) and NDP Critic for Diversity and Inclusion and Youth, Women and Gender Equality Lindsay Mathyssen look on as Conservative Women and Gender Quality critic Karen Vecchio speaks during a news conference on May 28, 2020 in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Justina Wheale
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Members of Parliament from all four opposition parties have joined together to call on the Liberal government to reverse its decision to allow funding to expire for programs that help victims of human trafficking in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The MPs say that without funding from Ottawa, organizations that offer the programs will no longer be able to give specialized assistance to those women and girls who the ongoing pandemic has made even more vulnerable.