The Trudeau government is revamping its approach to modern\u002Dday slavery, promising new legislation that caught off guard the Liberal MP who has been steering a bill on forced labour through Parliament.
Miville-Dechene has previously warned that products including coffee, cocoa and sugar cane may be linked to child labour or made in factories in the Xinjiang region of China where members of the Uyghur community are forced to work.
McKay said that’s the result of what is politically possible, and would introduce more transparency in Canada than many other countries. Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan was not available for an interview for three days during the Liberals’ post-budget tour.
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