Invisible Chains

{{short description|Book by Benjamin Perrin}}

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Canada's Underground World of Human Trafficking

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| author = Benjamin Perrin

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| country = Canada

| language = English

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| subject = Human trafficking in Canada

| published = 2010

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| isbn = 0143178970

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Invisible Chains: Canada's Underground World of Human Trafficking is a 2010 book about human trafficking by Benjamin Perrin. Perrin wrote the book after researching human trafficking for ten years.{{Cite news|work=National Post|title=Don't regulate prostitutes. Rescue them|author=Barbara Kay|date=October 5, 2010|url=http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/05/barbara-kay-dont-regulate-prostitutes-rescue-them/|access-date=November 18, 2013|archive-date=November 19, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131119052838/http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/05/barbara-kay-dont-regulate-prostitutes-rescue-them/|url-status=dead}} In Invisible Chains, Perrin recounts a variety of stories of human trafficking in Canada, including that of the prostitution of a child in Ontario whose sexual services were advertised in the adult services section of Craigslist.{{Cite news|work=The Globe and Mail|title=Sex trafficking: a national disgrace|author=Julian Sher|date=October 15, 2010|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/invisible-chains-canadas-underground-world-of-human-trafficking-by-benjamin-perrin/article1215201/|access-date=November 18, 2013}} The book was timed to be published within three weeks of the release of Joy Smith's proposal for the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking.{{Cite news|work=Winnipeg Free Press|title=B.C. prof shines light on modern-day slavery|author=Brenlee Carrington|date=October 9, 2010|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/bc-prof-shines-light-on-modern-day-slavery-104625099.html|access-date=November 18, 2013}} Perrin advocated adopting Smith's proposal, saying that Invisible Chains "shows that while traffickers have a plan, Canada doesn't," and that the victims are the ones who suffer from the lack of a national action plan.{{Cite news|work=The Filipino Journal|title=National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking Required|date=September 2013|volume=7|issue=9|url=http://filipinojournal.com/alberta/local-news/canada/national-action-plan-to-combat-human-trafficking-required.html|access-date=October 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125075029/http://filipinojournal.com/alberta/local-news/canada/national-action-plan-to-combat-human-trafficking-required.html|archive-date=November 25, 2011}} Perrin promoted the book in Winnipeg, Manitoba in October 2010.{{Cite news|work=Brandon Sun|title=Ban sex-trade ads, author tells province: Wants Manitoba to follow Ontario's lead|author=Carol Sanders|date=October 14, 2010|url=http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/ban-sex-trade-ads-author-tells-province-104928539.html?thx=y|access-date=November 18, 2013}} Mark Milke of the Calgary Herald said that Perrin's book is "not an enjoyable read. It's depressing... but it's a necessary read," going on to say that Invisible Chains "will do much good."{{Cite news|work=Calgary Herald|title=The slave trade makes a comeback in Canada|author=Mark Milke|date=November 14, 2010|url=http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=72a2db7f-1505-4824-8bd0-7cda7e924c40&p=2|access-date=November 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525232130/http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=72a2db7f-1505-4824-8bd0-7cda7e924c40&p=2|archive-date=May 25, 2014|url-status=dead}} University of Manitoba professor Joan Durrant praised Invisible Chains, calling it a powerful book.{{Cite news|work=Winnipeg Free Press|title=On The Night Table: Joan Durrant|date=May 21, 2011|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/122380883.html|access-date=November 18, 2013}} Chester Brown condemned Invisible Chains, saying that it purports "that johns are evil monsters." In response, Brown wrote Paying for It, a graphic novel written "from the john's point of view, since of course, I don’t think of myself as an evil monster."{{Cite news|work=Maclean's|title=Chester Brown on prostitution, romantic love, and being a john: In conversation with Nick Kohler|author=Nicholas Köhler|date=May 2, 2011|url=http://www.macleans.ca/2011/05/02/chester-brown-on-prostitution-romantic-love-and-being-a-john/|access-date=November 18, 2013}} Perrin's book was nominated for a George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature,{{Cite journal|journal=Kamloops This Week|title=Local authors up for Ryga award|date=August 4, 2011|url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/entertainment/126774803.html|access-date=October 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003031814/http://www.bclocalnews.com/entertainment/126774803.html|archive-date=October 3, 2013|url-status=dead}} but lost to One Story, One Song, an essay collection by Richard Wagamese.{{Cite news|work=Summerland Review|title=Essay collection wins Ryga Award|date=September 28, 2011|author=John Arendt|url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/entertainment/130742073.html|access-date=November 19, 2013|archive-date=May 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525233557/http://www.bclocalnews.com/entertainment/130742073.html|url-status=dead}}