Benevolent state, Law Breaking Smugglers, and Deportable and Expendable Women: An Analysis of the Canadian State's Strategy to Address Traffickign in Women In this article, the author makes the case that the state's proposals for addressing trafficking enable the state to posit itself as responsible for protecting "Canadians" while carefully avoiding any responsibility for the well-being of women who are trafficked; demonize smugglers as the cause of trafficking; and override the concerns and interests of women who are trafficked by making deportation the only "solution" t