Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act

How it changed on the way

17% of the text as introduced was changed or removed by the time it became law (3,657 words introduced, 3,630 passed). A committee amended it.

moderate changeintent broadened

The bill kept its core reporting obligations on forced and child labour but added a preamble, switched Her Majesty to His Majesty, and inserted a new remediation requirement for income loss to vulnerable families. It also expanded Customs Tariff changes to cover child labour alongside forced labour and dropped the word manual from the signature rule.

• Royal reference updated and preamble added.

  Before: “Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:”

  After: “His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:”

• New remediation measure inserted in government and entity reports.

  Before: “(e) the training provided to employees on forced labour and child labour;”

  After: “(e) any measures taken to remediate the loss of income to the most vulnerable families that results from any measure taken to eliminate the use of forced labour or child labour in its activities and supply chains;”

• Signature requirement simplified.

  Before: “the manual signature of one or more members of the governing body of each entity that approved the report.”

  After: “the signature of one or more members of the governing body of each entity that approved the report.”

• Tariff item expanded to include child labour.

  Before: “Goods mined, manufactured or produced wholly or in part by forced labour”

  After: “Goods mined, manufactured or produced wholly or in part by forced labour or child labour as those terms are defined in section 2 of the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act”

How precisely it is written

The drafting has not been read yet.