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abour laws, (i) how did suppliers respond to these requests, (ii) what information did suppliers provide as evidence, (iii) where and at which office are records of these responses kept, (iv) what method was used by PWGSC to ensure that evidence provided by these suppliers was accurate, (v) did PWGSC ever rely on the services of independent auditors or inspectors to verify the evidence provided by suppliers; (e) what is PWGSC’s policy toward suppliers that are not operating in compliance with local labour laws; (f) has PWGSC ever determined that suppliers were not operating in compliance with local labour laws; (g) if PWGSC ha
...[+++]s ever determined that suppliers were not operating in compliance with local labour laws, what actions did it take; (h) has PWGSC ever rejected a bid from a potential supplier on the basis that this supplier was not likely to comply, or did not have a record of complying, with local labour laws; (i) has PWGSC ever withdrawn from a contract with a supplier, attempted to withdraw from a contract with a supplier, or threatened to withdraw from a contract with a supplier on the basis that this supplier was not operating in compliance with local labour laws; (j) has PWGSC ever made the prospect of future contracts with a supplier dependent on that supplier demonstrating progress or improvement with respect to their compliance with local labour laws; (k) has PWGSC ever made the fulfilment of its contract with a supplier dependent on that supplier demonstrating progress or improvement with respect to their compliance with local labour laws; (l) has PWGSC ever determined that, if there are any countries or geographical areas in which labour standards are so unacceptable, it will not accept bids from local suppliers and, if so, (i) what were these countries or geographical areas, (ii) when were each of these countries or geographical areas deemed unacceptable, (iii) did PWGSC clearly communicate with suppliers in that country or geographical area about the conditions that would have to be met for PWGSC to resume its willingness to contract with local suppliers; and (m) is the PWGSC provision that requires supplier compliance with local laws limited in scope to the production process under the direct purview of contracted suppliers, or does the requirement apply also to any firms sub-contracted by suppliers to provide either inputs or labour and, if it does not apply to any firms sub-contracted by suppliers, (i) what is PWGSC’s rationale for limiting the requirement in such a way, (ii) is PWGSC concerned that suppliers may avoid having to meet the requirement by simply subcontracting their work, and why or why not? ...... des vérificateurs ou à des inspecteurs indépendants d’authentifier les preuves; e) quelle est la politique de TPSGC à l’égard des
fournisseurs qui ne respectent pas le code du travail local; f) constate-t-on parfois que les fournisseurs ne respectent pas le code du travail local; g) lorsqu’on constate que les fournisseurs ne respectent pas le code du travail local, que fait-on; h) rejette-t-on parfois la soumission d’un fournisseur au motif qu’il ne respectera probablement pas ou qu’il passe pour ne pas respecter le code du travail local; i) arrive-t-il qu’on enlève ou qu’on tente ou menace d’enlever à un fournisseur un contrat
...[+++]au motif qu’il ne respecte pas le code du travail local; j) arrive-t-il qu’on accorde un contrat à un fournisseur à condition qu'il prouve que sa conformité au code du travail local s’est améliorée; k) arrive-t-il qu’on ne respecte pas un contrat à moins que le fournisseur ne prouve que sa conformité au code du travail local s’est améliorée; l) y a-t-il des pays ou des régions où les normes du travail sont à ce point inacceptables qu’on refuse de faire affaire avec les fournisseurs locaux et, si oui, (i) quels sont ces pays ou régions, (ii) quand a-t-on jugé que leurs normes du travail étaient inacceptables, (iii) a-t-on informé clairement les fournisseurs de ces pays ou régions des conditions qu’il leur faudrait remplir pour qu’on accepte à nouveau de faire affaire avec eux; m) l’obligation de respecter le code du travail local vise-t-elle les opérations du seul fournisseur à l’exclusion de celles de ses sous-traitants et, s'il vise les opérations du seul fournisseur, (i) comme justifie-t-on cette limitation, (ii) ne craint-on pas que les fournisseurs se dérobent à cette obligation par la sous-traitance? ...