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"this statement is made on behalf of royal Bank of Canada and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively “rBc”, “we”, “us” or “our”) pursuant to section 54(1) of the U.K. Modern Slavery act 2015 (the “act”) and sets out the steps that RBC has taken to ensure that slavery and human trafficking are not taking place in our supply chains or our business during our financial year ended 31 October 2016."