An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (goods from Xinjiang)

Bill S-204 was a Senate Private Member's Bill amending the Customs Tariff (S.C. 1997, c. 36) to prohibit the import of goods produced wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, paralleling the US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act of 2021. The bill responded to widely documented forced-labour practices affecting Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim populations in Xinjiang including cotton-and-polysilicon production. Canada Border Services Agency intercepted approximately 1,100 shipments under forced-labour grounds since the 2020 amendment to section 132 of the Customs Tariff Act, but enforcement was criticized by Civil Society and Uyghur-Canadian organizations as inconsistent. Companion to Bill C-251 of 44-1 (a CPC PMB on the same topic). Did not pass third reading.