We already have ‘legislation with teeth’: co-architect of Canadian forced labour law pans U.S. tariffs 

The new tariff threat comes months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Trump administration's emergency tariffs. But Canada should respond by bolstering the existing system, not with more legislation, says former MP John McKay.
Former Liberal MP John McKay, left, and Progessive Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne spearheaded Bill C-211 that enacted a reporting mechanism on forced labour.

The Trump administration's plans for tariffs to target forced labour is "hypocrisy" given that country's own use of prison labour, says one of the sponsors of Canada’s law to address forced labour.

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