This Council Embraces a Critical Mandate
Specifically, they lobby Federal and Ontario Ministries, Agencies and Municipalities. They advocate for stronger enhancements and much-needed changes to existing laws. They also advocate for additional education programs in our schools for our young people as well as the creation of new business practices that will deter and/or block the predators’ recruitment of our teenagers.
The Goal
Their goal is to protect teenage girls and boys from being lured, recruited, drugged, kidnapped by predators who then use them as non-consensual sex workers. This Council promotes the importance of heightened personal safety through community and governmental education, awareness and prevention programs that alert our young people to the tactics used by predators online and in person. Those survival strategies are crucial to their safety and well-being.
The Members
The Council is made up of lawyers, communications experts and entrepreneurs. Each one is a creative activist and fierce lobbyist. They rally their fellow Council members and PACT-Markham colleagues (Parents Against Child Trafficking) as well as community leaders to work together in making their communities safety zones that are FREE of human trafficking and sexual exploitation!
![]() Shira Kalfa is founding partner of Kalfa Law, a boutique corporate and commercial firm as well as a tax law firm focused on corporate reorganizations and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions. Email: shira@kalfalaw.com
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![]() Kira E. Taylor is a fully bilingual lawyer who founded her own firm, Kira E. Taylor Law, in 2015. She has assisted with matters for all levels of Court, including the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Email: ktaylor@kiraetaylorlaw.ca
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![]() Marnie Hill has 30 years experience in Corporate and Executive Communications at IBM Canada. She helps people capture their life stories to honour their legacy, deal with difficult subjects and advocate for change. Her passions include: women, children, indigenous rights and the fight against human trafficking. |
Email: mitzy@mitzydadoun.com |
Email: wealthwisdomforlife@gmail.com
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![]() Sumi Praba is an inspirational community leader from the Markham South Asian community who has been a promoter of women’s rights for over 25 years. Email: sumipraba@hotmail.com
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Email: silvia@thepaintersgroup.ca
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Nancy Stanley Nancy Stanley is President at Purchasing Supply Chain Services sourcing specializing in source and re-sourcing consumer goods/parts from around the world including importing, exporting, customs compliance, logistics and factory certifications for all industries. She is helping us identify the international money that is fuelling the sex trafficking and slavery of young women in Canada. Email: bridson@rogers.com
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