CANADA'S DELEGATION TO THE VIENNA FORUM ON HUMAN

UNCLAS OTTAWA 000199 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR G/TIP CARLA MENARES BURY, IO/T COLLEEN NEVILLE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KWNM CA SUBJECT: CANADA'S DELEGATION TO THE VIENNA FORUM ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING REF: STATE 9008 ¶1. (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Advisor on International Crime Kim Cowan, Canada shares the U.S. view that the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking is an expert/technical conference and should not result in a political declaration. ¶2. (U) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Helena Guergis (a Conservative Party Member of Parliament) will lead a 24-person delegation on the first day. Carole Morency, Acting General Counsel at Justice Canada and head of Canada's Interdepartmental Working Group on Human Trafficking, will lead the delegation on the second and third days. Other members of the delegation include Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of Canada to the International Organizations in Vienna Marie Gervais-Vidricaire as well as experts from Justice Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Status of Women Canada, Statistics Canada, the Canadian International Development Agency, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Canada will also send representatives from the British Columbian provincial Ministry of Children and Family Development and two Vancouver police officers as observers. ¶3. (U) Liberal Party Senator Gerald Phalen will represent Canada at the parliamentary forum. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada BREESE