Bill S-211 – the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act – which requires businesses to report on their efforts to combat forced and child labour, is set to take effect in 2024. In this post,...more
9/7/2023
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Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Forced Labor ,
Human Rights ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
Risk Management ,
Slavery
On May 11, 2023, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, S.C. 2023, c. 9 (the “New Act”) received Royal Assent and became law. Formerly known as Bill S-211, the New Act requires certain...more
In this post we describe the economic sanctions imposed by Canada since our October 5, 2022 update. While the latest sanctions on Russia, Belarus and Iran are largely incremental extensions of existing measures, a new...more
11/28/2022
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Canada ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
Haiti ,
Human Rights ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Military Conflict ,
Russia ,
Supply Chain ,
Ukraine
In this post we describe the sanctions recently imposed by Canada on Iranian individuals and entities following the detention and, according to the Canadian government, apparent killing of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman, in...more
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Economic sanctions and anti-terrorism laws are having increasing impact on day-to-day business operations for companies in many industries and have also become an important area of diligence for equity...more