As prices rise, consumers need Ottawa’s help to keep child labour out of supply chains

Bill S-211 would require companies and federal departments and agencies to be transparent about the human rights risks in their supply chains and what efforts they are undertaking to avoid them.

Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan has been tasked by the prime minister with confronting human rights abuses in supply chains. A bill from Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne could help.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL MESSENGER

February 15, 2023

Prices are not the only thing going up when we shop. Sadly, it has never been more likely that a child has helped source or produce an item purchased here in Canada.

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