It’s time for Canada and the G7 to make the fight against modern slavery a priority

After more than a year of suffering, and disruption of supply chains, why not seize the opportunity to rebuild the global economy on a more ethical basis, more concerned with the common good and a better world.

World Vision reports that $3.7-billion worth of food was imported into Canada in 2019 that may contain child labour. We can no longer turn a blind eye, because collectively we are benefiting from this shameless exploitation elsewhere in the world to obtain cheap products on our markets, write Sen. Julie Miville-Dechêne and MP John McKay. Unsplash photograph by Charles Gao

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR JULIE MIVILLE-DECHêNE, LIBERAL MP JOHN MCKAY

June 2, 2021

The pandemic has exposed the extent to which our supply chains for consumer products of all kinds are tainted by forced and child labour around the world. According to the 2018 Global Slavery Index, US$350-billion of goods ar...

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