MPs call for House study after UN report slams Canada’s efforts to combat contemporary slavery, forced labour

‘Canada has a labour shortage … but we simply cannot be a nation that exploits other human beings in labour conditions that are such as the rapporteur has described,’ says Liberal MP John McKay.

NDP MP Heather McPherson, left, Liberal MP John McKay, and Conservative MP Arnold Viersen all voiced support for having a House committee look into the findings released Sept. 6 by the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

September 20, 2023

A recent report from the United Nations' special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery has raised alarm over Canada’s handling of the issue at home, including particular criticism for the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. With Parliament now back from its summer rec...

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