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House Hansard - 56

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 8, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 56 - Apr/8/22
Mr. Scott Reid (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, CPC)
  • Apr/8/22 12:02:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, even though no contract has yet been signed to use the milk from its proposed 2,200-goat prison farm, the government continues to build dairy facilities at the Joyceville and Collins Bay institutions. Given the absence of a contract, it is strange the government continues to act and to spend as if it still plans to use prison labour to produce goat milk for export. Will the government promise to never sign any contract that involves the use of prison labour for export products?
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Context: House Hansard - 56 - Apr/8/22
Mr. Scott Reid (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, CPC)
  • Apr/8/22 12:03:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for it to comply with all of our international agreements, we would have to pay prison labour market wages. We would have to ensure that the workers have all the benefits that are provided to free labour. The question that arises, now that we have learned the contract has been signed, is this: Has the government guaranteed that prisoners will be paid market wages? Alternatively, has it guaranteed that none of this will be used for export to China, as in its original plan? It must be one or the other, or else we are breaking international law.
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