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Please have a look at the newest resource for parents.
A resource manual has been put together by the McCreary Youth Foundation with special help from Diane Sowden of Children of the Street Society and Catherine Williams-Jones from NOW Canada Society.
The Manual is called: The guide book is available in English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Punjabi and Vietnamese in PDF form below. Please note, they may take a few seconds to load.
Dealing with Issues of Sexual Exploitation: A guide for Parents (PDF)
Simplified Chinese (PDF)
Traditional Chinese (PDF)
Punjabi (PDF)
Vietnamese (PDF)
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HOW TO REPORT A MISSING CHILD
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Call your local police department or R.C.M.P detachment.
- File a missing child report. This will allow the police to place a description of your child into the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC). This way all the police forces in Canada will know that the child had been reported missing.
- The police will want information, be prepared. Have current pictures and identifiable information ready.
- You can, in addition, contact your provincial searching agency and register the missing child. These searching agencies provide support, and information you can use to help find your child.
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HOW DO I FIND A MISSING CHILD?
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- Stay calm. Contact neighbors, friends, anyone who may know where your child may be.
- Conduct a telephone search. Encourage your family and friends to make calls. So your phone line will remain free.
- Conduct a basic land search of the area. Target places your child would "hang-out".
- File a missing child report. This allows the police to place a description of the child who is missing on the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC).
- Provide the police with an information kit. The kit should include: recent pictures, birth certificate, medical history and other identifiable data.
- Conduct a complete physical search of the area. Organize a search party of friends and relatives.
- Leave someone at home at all times to answer the phone. Continue to keep the telephone line free.
- Contact your provincial searching agency and register the missing child. They will also provide you with useful searching tips.
- Act quickly. Each moment that passes is important. Continue your search, even if there are no immediate results.
- Solicit media support. Such as: radio, television and local publications.
- Distribute a photograph of the missing child. All police and searching agencies have services available to complete this task.
- Keep a detailed diary of people and agencies you have already contacted, and steps taken.
Source: R.C.M.P. Missing Children's Registry, 1998.
Legal Issues
Prostitution is not a crime. It is not a criminal offence to be a prostitute. However, most prostitution-related activities are criminal offences under the Criminal Code of Canada.
For example:
Pimping and procuring offences – Section 212 (obtaining a person for the purpose of prostitution).
Section 212 (1) - prohibits anyone from:
Section 212 (2) – States that anyone who lives on the avails of prostitution of another person who is under the age of 18 years is liable upon conviction to a maximum of 14 years imprisonment.
Section 212 (2.1) – Creates an offence of aggravated procuring, with a minimum of five years imprisonment, for a person living on the avails of prostitution of a person under 18 and who, for profit assists or compels that person to engage in prostitution.
Section 212 (4) – Is aimed specifically at the customers of sexually exploited youth. It is a criminal offence to, in any place, obtain for consideration or communicate with anyone for the purpose of obtaining for consideration the sexual services of a person who is under the age of 18 years. "Consideration " means money, drugs, shelter, clothing a ride home or anything of value. Conviction brings a maximum sentence of five years.
The Communicating Offence - Section 213 – It is a criminal offence to communicate or attempt to communicate with any person in any place open in public view (including motor vehicles), for the purpose of:
The common bawdy house offences - Section 210 - It is a criminal offence to "keep" or be an inmate of a common bawdy house (a place that is kept or occupied or resorted to by one or more persons for the purposes of prostitution).
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