Sask. introduces legislation to protect victims of human trafficking
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The Government of Saskatchewan has taken steps to protect victims of human trafficking from financial coercion.
On Thursday, the government introduced the Protection from Human Trafficking (Coerced Debts) Amendment Act, 2023, which it said will stop lenders from including information about coerced debts in credit reports and from taking coerced debts into account when evaluating a potential loan.
“This is about reducing dependency between victims and their traffickers, who often force victims to take out loans on their behalf and then prevent them from repaying them,” Bronwyn Eyre, the province’s justice minister and attorney general, said in a media release.
“We hope that these new protections will help vulnerable victims rebuild their lives without coerced debts hanging over their heads.”
