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Podcast: Resuming Debate
Episode: Episode 32: Fighting Modern Slavery
Description: Slavery is still a pressing issue that requires the attention of lawmakers worldwide. Many products made with slave labour still manage to enter the Canadian marketplace. To counter modern day slavery, Canadian parliamentarians - including myself – have been working together to develop new legislative tools to prevent these products from entering our country.
I am joined by Liberal MP John McKay, Conservative Senator Leo Housakos, and Independent Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne to discuss this issue and some of the different bills that are seeking to respond to it. Senator Miville-Dechêne and John McKay have both worked to g...