Abstract:
Human trafficking is a global issue and a grave violation of human rights. This thesis
sets out to investigate how successful Canada has been up to date in combating the crime.
Canada’s main developments in anti-trafficking have been established in the past three
years and literature is lacking on these recent efforts. This thesis intends to fill this gap in
literature with an analysis on current Canadian anti-trafficking legislation. The extent of
success will be determined by two dynamics. The first dynamic of success is the ability
of Canadian legislation to appropriately balance a security and humanitarian approach to
tackling human trafficking issues. The second dynamic is examining the fulfillment of
commitments to the UN Trafficking Protocol demonstrated by Canada’s anti-trafficking
efforts. After much research, it has been determined that Canada has contributed a great
deal to the anti-trafficking fight in the past three years and with a few improvements to
existing legislation, will become successful in combating human trafficking at home and
contributing to the fight internationally.
