You know, the United States is one of the three signatories to the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement. They brought article 23.6 of that agreement into force through legislation adopted by the U.S. Congress. Last year alone, they interdicted 3,605 shipments, worth $816 million U.S.—which is over $1 billion Canadian since our dollar has depreciated so much—due to Uyghur forced labour. Just in the first two months of this year, according to an announcement made this past March by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, they blocked 1,910 shipments, worth $496 million U.S., from entering the United States due to Uyghur forced labour.
I don't understand why we can't seem to do the same thing here, even though Parliament has adopted laws to bring the same article 23.6 of the CUSMA into force. Do you have any comment on that, Madam Meyerhoffer? Why are we so lax in enforcing the laws that Parliament has adopted?