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C-251 An Act to amend the Customs Act and the Customs Tariff (forced labour and child labour)

Requires customs officers to hold certain imported goods and assumes goods from specified areas or entities involve forced or child labour.

What Bill C-251 would do

The bill would require customs officers to detain goods until they confirm the items are not banned from import. It would also create a legal presumption that goods coming from designated areas or entities were produced using forced labour or child labour. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Customs Act to require customs officers to detain certain goods until they are satisfied that the goods are not goods the importation of which is prohibited. It also amends the Customs Tariff to establish a presumption that goods from certain areas or entities were mined, manufactured or produced wholly or in part by forced labour or child labour.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, Member of Parliament (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
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Where it stands

  1. ProposedOct 21, 2025 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since October 21, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
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Exact procedural stages

Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since October 21, 2025.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

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