Canadian industries are pushing back against the country’s planned January launch of the Modern Slavery Act, intended to fight forced labour and child labour in supply chains, as mining and apparel trade groups say the government has failed to spell out the details of the law’s requirements.

The act, which passed in May, seeks to push corporations to provide greater transparency about their supply chains in order to avoid abetting what critics say amounts to modern slavery. The new measure takes effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

However, lobby groups, including mining companies and apparel manufacturers, are warning that a perceived lack of clarity about the rules could lead to unwanted penalties and prevent critical goods from entering Canada.

Oh they just want clarification on what counts as slavery so they aren’t unduly punished for “borderline slavery”

Under the new law, companies found to be in violation face penalties of up to $250,000, reflecting an increasing emphasis by global investors on ethical and social governance issues (ESG).

Jfc talk about a slap on the wrist!

The libs try to pass the most limpdick anti-slavery laws and these fucking ghouls are quibbling over what counts as slavery. Not to mention there’s essentially 0 punishment if they’re caught, $250k is nothing to these companies. No mention of jail time or any consequences for those perpetrating these crimes

  • cynesthesia [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I can appreciate the ghoulish, capitalist contradiction that major international companies find themselves in - on the one hand, the imperial blob that enables these companies to extract wealth have designated china as the enemy and they use concern about enslavement of uyghurs as their weapon. on the other hand, the goods and services sold by multinational conglomerates all have some path through china, partial or otherwise, which may or may not run through xinjiang.