Monday, July 13, 2026

Tohti, McCuaig-Johnston Teich and Burton: Canada is trying to stop importing goods made by forced labour. Here is why it is not working

 

Canada is trying to stop importing goods made by forced labour. Here is why it is not working  


China did not wait for Canada to act. While Ottawa spent six years allowing goods made with Uyghur forced labour to move largely unhindered from Xinjiang into Canadian markets, Beijing was building a legal system designed to punish countries and companies that eventually might dare to act.

Beijing is betting that six years of near-total enforcement failure are a reliable guide to Ottawa’s future behaviour. C-35 is the chance to prove that bet wrong, but only if the Carney government is prepared to write the one word that every credible Uyghur forced labour policy requires: Xinjiang.

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