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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Child Labor ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Forced Labor ,
Human Rights ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
Risk Management ,
Slavery
In this post, we describe the economic sanctions imposed by Canada since our November 5, 2022 update, as well as Russian asset freezing order and a judicial decision in the sanctions law area. We expect more sanctions and...more
3/29/2023
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
Freezing Order ,
Haiti ,
Iran ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Military Conflict ,
Myanmar ,
Russia ,
Sri Lanka ,
Ukraine
In this post, we describe the Government of Canada’s new ban on certain services to Russia’s extractive resource and refining and chemical manufacturing sectors.
As discussed below, the key points are:
The Canadian...more
6/23/2022
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Chemicals ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
Military Conflict ,
Mining ,
Oil & Gas ,
Russia ,
Ukraine