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Strategy to combat human trafficking

S-235 National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking Act: An Act respecting the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking

Requires the public safety minister to maintain and update the federal plan against human trafficking and address its harms.

What Bill S-235 would do

The bill would require the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to maintain and update the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking and address the harms caused by human trafficking. It would also set review and reporting requirements for the strategy. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment requires the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to maintain and update the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking and address the harms caused by human trafficking. It also provides for review and reporting requirements in respect of the National Strategy. Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en 1st Session, 45th Parliament, 3 - 4 Charles III, 2025 SENATE OF CANADA BILL S-235 An Act respecting the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Salma Ataullahjan, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedSep 25, 2025
  2. Being studiedsince May 26 Exact stageAt consideration in committee in the Senate · Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights · since May 26, 2026A committee of MPs or senators is going through it line by line.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

In a Senate committee since May 26

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate done

    Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  3. Committee in the Senate now

    Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights

  4. Report stage in the Senate not yet

  5. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  6. First reading in the House not yet

  7. Second reading in the House not yet

  8. Committee in the House not yet

  9. Report stage in the House not yet

  10. Third reading in the House not yet

  11. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: At consideration in committee in the Senate · Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights · since May 26, 2026.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

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