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As the federal government renews a budget pledge to bring forward legislation to stamp out forced labour from Canada’s supply chains and toughen its ban on imports made through servitude, a Uyghur advocate hopes the government will model its bill after the American approach. The United States Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act in 2021.
Canada doesn’t want to become a destination for those containers which have been stopped by U.S. border agents,” she added. Last month's budget cites that Canada is “gravely concerned by the ongoing human rights violations against Uyghurs and Muslim minorities in China, as well as by the use of forced labour around the world.
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