Fish grown on Uyghur forced labor may be in your local grocery store right now. Canada hasn't done a thing about it.
A Xinjiang company called Tianyun operates massive inland fish farms using glacial meltwater, producing nearly 40% of China's domestic "salmon," mostly rainbow trout and steelhead marketed under that name. It's part of a system built the same years China ran mass internment camps in the region, with propaganda photos showing cash-reward ceremonies for workers under government banners.
Here's the supply chain. In 2022, Tianyun signed a $140 million deal with Dalian Rich Enterprise Group, a major Chinese seafood exporter. Trade records show at least seven shipments from Dalian Rich landed with an Ontario importer between 2022 and 2025. That product reached Canadian grocery stores, sometimes labeled simply as "salmon" despite being trout.
The US already banned Tianyun's products in August 2026 under its forced labor import law. Canada has the same kind of law on the books, a ban on forced-labor imports since 2020, plus a supply chain reporting act. It just isn't using them. Advocacy groups submitted detailed sanctions requests back in 2023 and 2024, naming specific companies. The response: review notes, no action.
Meanwhile Canadian customs has confirmed blocking only a tiny handful of shipments, even as Xinjiang-linked exports to Canada keep climbing.
The laws exist. The evidence exists. What's missing is anyone willing to use either.