"Canadian companies are expected to respect Canadian standards for human rights and environmental protection when they work outside of Canada," Sheri Meyerhoffer, who is the Canadian ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, told reporters.
Ottawa's corporate-ethics watchdog has announced investigations into a gold-mining corporation and the Canadian branch of Nike over the possible use of forced labour by China's Uyghur minority in their supply chains.
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