OTTAWA - Canadian brands and retailers have "limited awareness" of child labour risks in their global supply chains, according to a new report from the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE).
The study, which involved interviews with 10 Canadian garment companies as well as five other organisations, found that while confirmed cases of child labour in global supply chains were rare, that was most likely because of limited transparency.
CORE is calling for the government to require reporting on workers' rights issues at every level of production in the country's proposed law on forced labour, Bill S-211.
