Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (S.C. 2023, c. 9)

Marginal note:Annual report

• 11 (1) Every entity must, on or before May 31 of each year, report to the Minister on the steps the entity has taken during its previous financial year to prevent and reduce the risk that forced labour or child labour is used at any step of the production of goods in Canada or elsewhere by the entity or of goods imported into Canada by the entity.

• Marginal note:Single or joint report

  (2) An entity may comply with subsection (1) either

  • (a) by providing a report in respect of the entity; or

  • (b) by being party to a joint report in respect of more than one entity.

• Marginal note:Supplementary information

  (3) The report must also include the following information in respect of each entity subject to the report:

  • (a) its structure, activities and supply chains;

  • (b) its policies and its due diligence processes in relation to forced labour and child labour;

  • (c) the parts of its business and supply chains that carry a risk of forced labour or child labour being used and the steps it has taken to assess and manage that risk;

  • (d) any measures taken to remediate any forced labour or child labour;

  • (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;

  • (f) the training provided to employees on forced labour and child labour; and

  • (g) how the entity assesses its effectiveness in ensuring that forced labour and child labour are not being used in its business and supply chains.

• Marginal note:Approval of report

  (4) The report must be approved,

  • (a) in the case of a report in respect of a single entity, by its governing body; or

  • (b) in the case of a joint report, either

    • (i) by the governing body of each entity included in the report, or

    • (ii) by the governing body of the entity, if any, that controls each entity included in the report.

• Marginal note:Attestation of the report

  (5) The approval of the report must be evidenced by

  • (a) a statement that sets out whether it was approved pursuant to paragraph (4)(a) or subparagraph (4)(b)(i) or (ii); and

  • (b) the signature of one or more members of the governing body of each entity that approved the report.

• Marginal note:Form and manner

  (6) The Minister may specify, in writing, the form and manner in which a report is to be provided. The requirements must be made available to the public in the manner that the Minister considers appropriate.