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Child labour is a problem throughout the world today, especially in less developed countries. Child labour is increased in rural areas where the laws to enforce minimum age requirements for schooling and work are lacking. Children work for a variety of reasons, the most important being poverty. Though children are not well paid, they still serve as major contributors to family income in developing countries. Several manufactures from developed countries look for places with cheap labour to fabricate their products. Purchasing products which are manufactured by child labour contributes to the suffering and the exploitation in hazardous work places of innocent children. In Canada, child abuse of any kind is one of the most punishable acts. However, the nation, unintentionally promotes child abuse in countries around the world. Around the world, almost 250 million children, from and ages of 4 to 14 work full-time in hazardous work conditions. These children are forced to work in locked shops, with armed guards preventing their escape. They are forced to perform tedious tasks, such as sewing buttons, cutting and trimming threads, folding, moving and packing garments. Children as young as 8 years old are forced to work as cleaners,