An Act respecting the corporate responsibility to prevent, address and remedy adverse impacts on human rights occurring in relation to business activities conducted abroad

Bill C-262 in 44-1 was a Liberal Private Member's Bill respecting corporate responsibility to prevent, address, and remedy adverse impacts of business activities on human rights, particularly in supply chains. The bill paralleled the federal Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (S.C. 2024, c. 27, royal assent May 11, 2023, in force January 1, 2024) which already requires Canadian companies above certain thresholds to publish annual modern-slavery reports. C-262 of 44-1 would have gone further by adding civil-litigation rights for affected workers, federal-jurisdiction prosecution of supply-chain violations, and expanded due-diligence requirements. Brought as a Canadian counterpart to the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive 2024/1760. Did not pass third reading.