The Canadian government is cutting out meaningful public consultations and info access - The Hill Times

Nothing illustrates the federal government’s approach to belittling public engagement better than its deliberate failure to meet the constitutional requirement to conduct prior consultation with its I...

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We had the origin of more than 200 tomato products tested. The results were shocking

One of Australia's biggest tomato brands and two major supermarkets are selling products that exclusive forensic testing shows have misleading labelling.

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New Report Shows Canada is the Worst Public Financier of Fossil Fuels in the G20.  - Environmental Defence

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL New Report Shows Canada is the Worst Public Financier of Fossil Fuels in the G20 Toronto | Treaty Lands

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Corporate watchdog was still accepting complaints as Carney abruptly closed it down | CBC News

A corporate watchdog was still accepting complaints right up until the point Prime Minister Mark Carney announced its dissolution — seemingly out of nowhere — despite saying the decision to discontinu...

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

Canada’s new forced labour bill faces China’s legal trap

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Canada is about to do the right thing for the wrong reason - The Hill Times

It remains to be seen whether Bill C-35 marks a genuine turning point in corporate accountability, or becomes another entry in an already long list of good intentions.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Is MSC Certification Enough? Retailer Due Diligence Obligations in Seafood Supply Chains . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about jo...

The MSC label has been a pillar of most major retailers’ claims around sustainable seafood procurement policies for nearly thirty years. However, recent evidence linking MSC-certified seafood to force...

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Canada says it wants to deal with forced labour. Prove it. - The Hill Times

Bill C-35 would provide CBSA with a broader and more flexible enforcement mandate. Whether that mandate is actually used remains to be seen. The government’s failure thus far to make any meaningful us...

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Fifteen months into his tenure as Prime Minister, Carney is drawing the ire of union heads

The PMO displays a stark lack of interest in worker issues, labour sector leaders say

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Canadian lawyers urge crackdown over Alabama prison labour imports | CBC News

As Ottawa faces pressure from the Trump administration to tighten its scrutiny of imports made with forced labour, Canadian human rights lawyers are pointing the finger at companies south of the borde...

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Accountability advocates ‘shocked’ as Canadian government eliminates watchdog agency

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced last week that the government eliminated an office created to probe overseas human rights complaints about Canadian corporations, including mining conglom...

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Canada 'turning its back' on holding companies accountable for rights violations, advocates say | CBC News

Human rights advocates say Ottawa is betraying foreigners alleging involvement by Canadian companies in forced labour and environmental degradation by shutting down an office meant to probe those repo...

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MPs and Civil Society Groups Hold a News Conference

Parliamentarians and civil society organizations hold a news conference on Parliament Hill to discuss the government’s announcement that it will be eliminating the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsibl...

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MPs and Civil Society Groups React to Elimination of Responsible Enterprise Ombudsperson

Parliamentarians and civil society organizations hold a news conference on Parliament Hill to discuss the government’s announcement that it will be eliminating the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsibl...

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Carney gaslights us as he eliminates the Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE)

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government set up the office of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise CORE in 2019.

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Ottawa introduces law requiring shippers to prove imports are free from forced labour

Bill tabled after U.S. threatened new tariff on goods over alleged failure to stop the practice

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Carney says feds are eliminating watchdog that oversees companies operating abroad | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is eliminating a watchdog position responsible for investigating allegations of human rights violations committed by Canadian companies operating abroad.

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Trump’s new tariffs expose a domestic problem Canada keeps deflecting

Donald Trump’s proposed forced labour tariffs have reignited a debate Canada has long avoided. While Ottawa focuses on imported goods and foreign supply chains, critics—including labour advocates, res...

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Trump hypocritically accuses others of forced labour to justify tariffs. Sadly, the accusation is not false.

The Trump administration is hypocritical when it accuses Canada and many other countries of failing to do enough to end forced and child labour around the world.

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« Non aux pipelines, ni ici, ni ailleurs » : plus d’une centaine d’organisations à travers le pays et plusieurs députés dénoncent les projets de pipelines sur la côte Ouest - Climate Action Network Ca...

Territoires non cédés de la Nation algonquine Anishinaabe , 9 juin 2026 : Manifestant une solidarité nationale et transpartisane aujourd’hui sur la Colline du Parlement, des experts de la société civ...

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“No to pipelines, not here or anywhere”: 120+ organizations across the country and multiple MPs speak out against West Coast pipeline plans - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)

Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories , 9 June 2026: In a cross-country and cross-partisan show of solidarity today on Parliament Hill, civil society experts, backed by more than 120 organization...

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Forced labor? How the U.S. found a brand new rationale for tariffs | About That

The Trump administration is imposing new tariffs on more than 60 countries to penalize them for importing products that use forced labour. Andrew Chang explains how these 'stealth tariffs' may be a ne...

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Canada’s watchdog post vacant as overseas mining complaints mount

Leoncia Ramos has lived her 65 years in the lush Dominican Republic town of La Piñita, but now says she is fearful for her health and wants to leave. She’s among 450 families asking the government and...

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Opinion: Canada’s deregulation gamble will fall into a future legal trap

Carney’s government is not just tearing up environmental safeguards - it is writing blank cheques that future Canadians will be forced to honour

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La Stratégie canadienne sur les minéraux critiques contribue-t-elle en réalité à aggraver la crise climatique ?

Les initiatives liées à l’IA et au secteur militaire pourraient prendre le pas sur celui des énergies renouvelables dans la Stratégie sur les minéraux critiques

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Déclaration d'Above Ground concernant les conclusions de l’USTR sur le Canada et le travail forcé | Above Ground

Lisez notre communiqué concernant la conclusion du Représentant américain au commerce selon laquelle le Canada ne « fait pas respecter efficacement » son interdiction sur les produits fissus du travai...

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Statement from Above Ground on the USTR’s findings on forced labour | Above Ground

Read Above Ground's statement on the U.S. Trade Representative's determination that Canada is not adequately enforcing its forced labour import ban and the proposed 10% tariff on Canadian goods.

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