Thank you for your question.
Well, I would say that California did this in 2010, and it's almost 2023. You're right, we are behind. There's no doubt that, in the early 2010s, it was innovative to say that you were finally going to force corporations to respect environmental standards and human rights. That's when the idea started to take hold. Measures captured only forced labour or applied solely to certain sectors, such as mining in some countries. A U.S. law concerning operations in the Congo comes to mind.
People realized that the laws weren't effective, either because they were sector-specific or because they captured only part of the problem, forced labour in this case. We need companies to do this work in a holistic way. They are on the front lines and have the ability to ensure better compliance with human rights and environmental standards. They are the ones buying, importing and selling the products, so they have to play ball.
You are absolutely right. We are light years behind where we should be at this stage of the game. That's why we feel the bill isn't ambitious enough.