Canadian Modern Slavery Reporting – Year 1 Benchmarking Data Published

Last week, Public Safety Canada published on its website the government's first Annual Report discussing Year 1 submissions under Canada's Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act. The Minister of Public Safety is required to annually present to Parliament a report on compliance activities under the Act.

In this post, we discuss stats from the Report that may inform both reporting and compliance practices by U.S.-based multinationals and other reporting entities for the current (Year 2) compliance period.

The Act is often referred to as Canada's modern slavery act, although it is somewhat broader since it also addresses child labor. The requirements of the Act are discussed in detail in our earlier post here, as well as in numerous other Ropes & Gray publications available here.