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Leader or laggard? Canada is at the crossroads of corporate accountability

Adopting human rights and environmental due diligence legislation would help to advance Canada’s feminist foreign policy goals and gender equality measures in aid, trade, diplomacy, and defence.

Opinion
BY LAUREN RAVON AND MARTY WARREN
June 15, 2022

Opinion | BY LAUREN RAVON AND MARTY WARREN | June 15, 2022

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Leader or laggard? Canada is at the crossroads of corporate accountability

Adopting human rights and environmental due diligence legislation would help to advance Canada’s feminist foreign policy goals and gender equality measures in aid, trade, diplomacy, and defence.

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