Canada’s new law on forced and child labour in supply chains won’t work
PRESS RELEASE OTTAWA – Canada’s new law on forced and child labour in supply chains is bound to fail because it only requires companies to publish reports, and it risks making the problem worse by providing the appearance of real action, according to the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA). In today’s vote on Bill [...]
Why MPs should vote against Bill S-211
The proposed Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (Bill S-211) was debated in the Canadian Parliament on April 25th for the last time. On May 3rd, MPs will vote on whether to pass it or not. The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) urges all federal MPs to vote against [...]
MPs accept 43,000 signature petition for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation in Canada
Photo: Representatives of CNCA member-organizations presented over 43,000 signatures for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation to MPs at the Canadian Parliament, on 25 April 2023 Update, May 12, 2023: The petition now has over 50,000 signatures.Over 43,000 signatures were delivered on Tuesday, 25 April 2023, to Members of Parliament in Ottawa, in [...]
Rana Plaza Rally in Montreal calls for mandatory due diligence law
On Monday, 24 April 2023, a rally in downtown Montreal commemorated the victims of the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, which killed more than 1,130 textile workers and injured more than 2,500 others, the majority of whom were women. Participants demanded that Canada pass a mandatory due diligence law that would require companies to [...]
Press Release – Rally today: Ten years after the Rana Plaza factory building collapse, Canada and Canadian companies are still failing to protect human rights in the textile and fast fashion industry
MONTREAL – Ten years after the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building, which killed more than 1,130 textile workers and injured more than 2,500 others, the majority of whom were women, Canada and Canadian companies are not doing their part to prevent another such disaster. Today in Montreal, delegates from networks representing more than [...]
Media Advisory: Rally on Monday in Montreal; Ten years after the Rana Plaza collapse, Canada and its companies are still failing to protect human rights in the textile and other industries
(MONTREAL) - This Monday, friends and allies of the more than 1,130 victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, which took place 10 years ago, will demonstrate to ask the Canadian government to do more to protect the workers around the world who make our clothes and other products. When / Where: [...]
Canada’s new law on forced and child labour in supply chains won’t work
PRESS RELEASE OTTAWA – Canada’s new law on forced and child labour in supply chains is bound to fail because it only requires companies to publish reports, and it risks making the problem worse by providing the appearance of real action, according to the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA). In today’s vote on Bill [...]
Why MPs should vote against Bill S-211
The proposed Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (Bill S-211) was debated in the Canadian Parliament on April 25th for the last time. On May 3rd, MPs will vote on whether to pass it or not. The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) urges all federal MPs to vote against [...]
MPs accept 43,000 signature petition for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation in Canada
Photo: Representatives of CNCA member-organizations presented over 43,000 signatures for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation to MPs at the Canadian Parliament, on 25 April 2023 Update, May 12, 2023: The petition now has over 50,000 signatures.Over 43,000 signatures were delivered on Tuesday, 25 April 2023, to Members of Parliament in Ottawa, in [...]
Rana Plaza Rally in Montreal calls for mandatory due diligence law
On Monday, 24 April 2023, a rally in downtown Montreal commemorated the victims of the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, which killed more than 1,130 textile workers and injured more than 2,500 others, the majority of whom were women. Participants demanded that Canada pass a mandatory due diligence law that would require companies to [...]
Press Release – Rally today: Ten years after the Rana Plaza factory building collapse, Canada and Canadian companies are still failing to protect human rights in the textile and fast fashion industry
MONTREAL – Ten years after the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building, which killed more than 1,130 textile workers and injured more than 2,500 others, the majority of whom were women, Canada and Canadian companies are not doing their part to prevent another such disaster. Today in Montreal, delegates from networks representing more than [...]
Media Advisory: Rally on Monday in Montreal; Ten years after the Rana Plaza collapse, Canada and its companies are still failing to protect human rights in the textile and other industries
(MONTREAL) - This Monday, friends and allies of the more than 1,130 victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, which took place 10 years ago, will demonstrate to ask the Canadian government to do more to protect the workers around the world who make our clothes and other products. When / Where: [...]
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