Canada says it wants to deal with forced labour. Prove it.

Bill C-35 would provide CBSA with a broader and more flexible enforcement mandate. Whether that mandate is actually used remains to be seen. The government’s failure thus far to make any meaningful use of an already-passed bill on forced labour does not provide an encouraging precedent.

If passed, Bill C-35 would allow Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand to designate specific goods, producers, countries, or regions where there are 'reasonable grounds to suspect' that forced labour is taking place. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JOHN MCKAY

June 26, 2026

SCARBOROUGH, ONT.—Whatever else one might say about United States President Donald J. Trump, he possesses a feral genius for identifying an opponent’s weak spot and exploiting it to advantage.

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