2 The following definitions apply in this Act.
child labour means labour or service provided or offered to be provided by persons under the age of 18 years under circumstances that
(a) with regard to labour or service that is provided or offered to be provided in Canada, are contrary to the laws applicable in Canada;
(b) are mentally, physically, socially or morally harmful to the persons providing it;
(c) interfere with their schooling or deprive them of the opportunity to attend school, including by obliging them to leave school prematurely or by requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long work hours; or
(d) involve an activity described in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of the definition worst forms of child labour in article 3 of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999, adopted at Geneva on June 17, 1999. (travail des enfants)
entity means a corporation or a trust, partnership or other unincorporated organization that
(a) is listed on a stock exchange in Canada;
(b) has a place of business in Canada, does business in Canada or has assets in Canada and that, based on its consolidated financial statements, meets at least two of the following conditions for at least one of its two most recent financial years:
(i) it has at least $20 million in assets,
(ii) it has generated at least $40 million in revenue,
(iii) it employs an average of at least 250 employees; or
(c) is prescribed by regulations. (entité)
forced labour means labour or service provided or offered to be provided by a person
(a) under circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the person to believe that their safety or the safety of a person known to them would be threatened if they failed to provide, or offer to provide, the labour or service; or
(b) that constitutes forced or compulsory labour within the meaning of article 2 of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, adopted at Geneva on June 28, 1930. (travail forcé)
Minister means the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. (ministre)
production, in respect of goods, includes their manufacturing, growing, extraction and processing. (production de marchandises)