Here is an article about a man that has been charged with buying sex from a 16 year old girl.
The girl was a ward of CFS as most underage prostitutes in Winnipeg are. The girl picture was featured in an online add for sex. Many wards of CFS become victims of sexual exploitation after being taken from their homes and without a loving parent they often become preyed upon by sick fucks.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/child-family-services-sex-exploitation-teen-charge-1.4693945
According to the article only 31 sexual exploitation of minors charges have been laid across Canada in the last 2 years. That is truly disgusting and yet I am not suprised. Most do not care about how bad things are till it affects us.
The article is quoted as "A 53-year-old Manitoba man has been arrested and charged with buying sex from a minor who was in the care of Child and Family Services, according to court documents.
CBC News has learned the 16-year-old girl he allegedly picked up was living in a Brandon, Man., group home at the time. CBC News is not naming the accused or the group care facility in order to protect the identity of the girl.
A search of websites that advertise sex revealed the teen's picture was featured in an ad, and a contact number was provided.
First Nations family advocate Cora Morgan believes more needs to be done to protect teens and girls.
"There needs to be intervention. There needs to be monitoring. But at the end of the day, we have young women who are engaging in this kind of activity … they've also suffered in the system for a long time," said Morgan.
2 charged in sheltering of chronic runaway
Manitoba woman says she was led into sex trade while under CFS care
'They weren't really watching you': Child welfare teens exposed to prostitution, drugs
There are about 11,000 kids in the child welfare system in Manitoba, 90 per cent of whom are Indigenous.
The 16-year-old girl the Manitoba man is accused of exploiting was described by police as Indigenous.
"You think about what the system is doing to young children, where they're removing children from everything they know. They're immediately catapulted into grief and loss and as children, they don't know how to deal with that, so it results in their behaviour," said Morgan.
Const. Dana McCallum is less than a month into her new job as the Brandon Police Service's youth intelligence officer. The position was created to deal with a spike in the number of runaways in the city.
"Unfortunately a lot of these young kids are getting introduced to meth, they're getting hooked on it and then they're doing anything they can, including selling their body to get money for their next fix," said McCallum.
Despite the prevalence of exploitation, being charged for buying sex from a minor is rare. In the past two years, 31 charges were laid in the entire country, according to Statistics Canada."
Many youth become sexually exploited in this city and most are wards of Child and Family Services when the become lured into that life.
This 16 year old girl is a victim and I hope she gets all the help and support she needs to make a change in her life. The prostitution of children should be considered a severe crime. We cannot allow those that buy sex from our youth to go unchecked. We need to not look away when our youth are being bought for sex. We need to know who is buying sex from these child prostitutes.
We must act or it will grow in consequence of our neglect.