Litigation Update
On November 24, 2021, the Honorable Julie Miville-Dechêne, Senator, introduced a bill in the Senate to fight against the use of forced labor and child labor, in Canada and elsewhere, by companies doing business in Canada. Considering that Canada is a party to the Forced Labour Convention (No. 29) adopted in Geneva in 1930, the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (No.105) adopted in Geneva in 1957 and the Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention (No.182) adopted in Geneva in 1999, to name just a few, some would conclude that the adoption of this bill is imminent.
However, Bill S-211 An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff (“Bill S-211”) is the third version of a bill addressing modern slavery presented by Senator Miville-Dechêne. Her first two attempts, Bill S-211 An Act to enact the Modern Slavery Act and to amend the Customs Tariff and Bill S-216 An Act to enact the Modern Slavery Act and to amend the Customs Tariff, introduced on February 5, 2020 and October 29, 2020 respectively, did not complete the legislative process. This was also the case with Bill C-423 An Act respecting the fight against certain forms of modern slavery through the imposition of certain measures and amending the Customs Tariff introduced in the House of Commons by the Honorable John McKay on December 13, 2018, which was abandoned when Parliament was dissolved in the fall of 2019.
On December 14, 2021,...
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