Persistent labour abuses abound in supply chain, and the pandemic has made it worse

While Canadian grocers’ sales and profits have surged, COVID-19’s global aftershocks are forcing millions of families already living on the edge of survival to face the impossible decision to pull their children from school to send them to the field to work.

Eleven-year-old 'Oscar' is a coffee worker in Mexico. Canada imported $965-million in food from Mexico in 2019 that may have been produced by children, according to a new report by World Vision Canada. World Vision Mexico photograph by Juan Cuevas

Opinion

February 15, 2021

From sweat shops that continue to churn out cheap clothes and electronics, to the recent controversy over personal protective equipment being made under horrendous conditions, Canadian companies are likely importing billions of dollars of risky products every year.

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