You mentioned that the Canada Border Services Agency is closely related to sanctions or our obligations under domestic and international law when it comes to preventing the importation of goods that are produced using forced labour. I'm wondering if you, being a trade expert, could comment on why CBSA, the Canada Border Services Agency, has been unable to interdict and seize and block shipments that are produced using Uyghur forced labour.
As you know, article 23.6 of CUSMA, which came into force in the summer of 2020, bans under Canadian law the importation of those goods, but to date only one shipment has been seized, and it was later released to go into Canada. The Department of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has interdicted and seized and blocked some 2,500 shipments since the USMCA came into force in that country. Why are we unable to match their enforcement levels?