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Canada’s Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act: Where to next for companies?

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Join subject matter experts from McMillan and Pillar Two for a one hour, business-only webinar to support companies in addressing their forced labour, child labour and other modern slavery risks, and to support their reporting obligations under the Canadian Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act.

The session will focus on practical recommendations for business action over the coming FY25-26 reporting cycle, including:

  • insights on the implementation of the legislation to date, including potential future changes
  • lessons learned from other jurisdictions with similar reporting requirements
  • a snapshot of reporting trends across large listed Canadian companies, including practical recommendations to strengthen companies’ reporting and risk management, and
  • reflections and learnings from advising companies about their reporting over the first two reporting periods.

CPD: For legal practitioners, this program qualifies for up to 1 hour of Substantive CPD in Ontario, 1 hour of CPD in BC, and 1 hour of CLE in Quebec.

Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm ET / 2 pm – 3 pm PT
Webinar: Log-in details will be e-mailed once you RSVP that you are attending.
Speakers
Sharon G.K. Singh
Partner, Environment | Indigenous
McMillan
Vancouver
William Pellerin
Partner, International Trade
McMillan
Ottawa
Vanessa Zimmerman
CEO,
Pillar Two
Melbourne
Alexander Coward
Director,
Pillar Two
Canberra

About Pillar Two: Pillar Two is a specialist business and human rights advisory firm providing advice to Canadian businesses and companies globally on identifying, assessing and developing effective responses to human rights risks such as forced and child labour, and how to meaningfully report on and engage with stakeholders around their human rights approaches.

For more information and to RSVP to this webinar, please contact [email protected].

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