The Canadian Press: Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand was in Paris with Prime Minister Mark Carney as the legislation was tabled by her parliamentary secretary, Rob Oliphant.
“This will be a made-in-Canada solution to an international problem,” he told reporters on Parliament Hill.
Oliphant said the bill would create a public list of products that have been linked to forced labour in specific regions, based on intelligence from embassies and other authorities.
The bill would require importers to prove that specific products from listed regions were not made through slavery…