I would say that Canada has demonstrated a commitment to addressing issues of forced labour, regardless of where it's taking place in the world. There are a number of different initiatives taking place across government to try to address some of these initiatives. I won't go into all the details of that here, but I'm happy to speak in more detail about some of those.
Two of the most notable commitments are perhaps the commitment from the Minister of Labour's mandate letter, along with other ministers, to introduce supply chain legislation requiring companies to report on abuses within their supply chains, coupled with the ban that we introduced as part of our CUSMA obligations. I would point out that Canada is only the second country in the world to introduce such a ban, after the United States, which has had this ban in place since the 1930s.
As I noted at the outset, global supply chains have become remarkably complex, and it is challenging to trace supply chains with any degree of thoroughness. The approach that Canada has taken is to include this prohibition under the customs tariff. The obligation ultimately rests with industry and companies to have awareness of their supply chains and ensure that they are complying with the legislation. As we move towards introducing supply chain legislation, we hope that this will aid companies in doing some of that tracing and that work to ensure they are complying with the importation ban.
As I noted at the outset, the Canada Border Services Agency treats this on a case-by-case basis and works closely with importers to ensure they are complying with their obligations.