Thank you.
I hear what you're saying, but this is a risk-free agreement. There are no tariffs at stake. It's a framework, as they say. Great Britain already has a similar agreement. There's no good reason not to sign this negotiated agreement. Both parties agreed to all the details. The only thing missing is the signature. Unfortunately, looking at this very objectively, the only valid reason not to sign this agreement is that we don't want to offend Beijing. I think any international expert would tell us that. There's no other valid reason, unless you can give me one.
Your silence tells me I am absolutely right. Through its department, the Canadian government is telling us that we're not signing a risk-free agreement with Taiwan, because we don't want to offend Beijing.
Regarding Beijing, you talked about resilient supply chains and human rights. A study by the University of Sheffield very clearly shows that forced labour is used in the production of Chinese electric cars, particularly in Xinjiang, where there are a lot of mining and aluminum industries. We have those studies. We have a number of studies showing forced labour is used in the Chinese electric car production supply chains, yet the government signed an agreement to lower tariffs on canola in exchange for 49,000 Chinese electric cars.
You said we need to pay attention to supply chains. Here, you have proof that forced labour is involved in these supply chains. It's been shown. Isn't that a bit contradictory?