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Canada terminates $222M PPE deal following forced labour probe
Do you know where your personal protective equipment is coming from?
Canada is revoking two supply contracts with Supermax Healthcare Canada worth more than $222 million, following allegations that the nitrile gloves it manufactured in Malaysia for use by Canadian health-care workers were made with forced labour.
Marketplace has been on the case for more than a year, following a 2021 investigation that found ‘appalling’ conditions in a Malaysian PPE factory supplying
