Many Vendors Selling to Ottawa Lack Policies to Prevent Child Labour, Report Finds

Many Vendors Selling to Ottawa Lack Policies to Prevent Child Labour, Report Finds
A child laborer displays his hands after being rescued in a raid by Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement, at a garage in New Delhi, India, on Aug. 26, 2021. AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
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OTTAWA—A federally commissioned report looking at vendors who sold billions of dollars in goods to the government found the vast majority lacked adequate policies to prevent human and labour rights risks in their supply chains.

The report recommends several ways the government can work with suppliers to avoid complicity in human trafficking, forced labour and child labour, such as favouring companies with a clear understanding of the problems and appropriate policies to address them.