Complaint filed with group set up by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to investigate accusations of human-rights abuses arising from Canadian corporate activity abroad
A coalition of human-rights groups is asking a federal watchdog to investigate allegations that some products sold by 14 Canadian companies are made in whole or in part with forced labour in China.
The 28 advocacy groups include the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project, the Canadian Council of Imams, the Toronto Association for Democracy in China and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, which was founded by former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler. In addition to using the ASPI data, the advocacy groups making the complaint to CORE did their own research by reviewing bills of lading for shipments into Canada by some – but not all – of the companies they name.
Guess’s Ms. Herdere said that when companies buy finished goods from suppliers who have sourced materials themselves, it can be challenging to determine whether the fibres were grown in Xinjiang.
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