Kelly Block at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On July 23rd, 2020. See this statement in context.

July 23rd, 2020 / 1:30 p.m.

Conservative

Kelly Block Conservative Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, SK

Thank you.

I'm sure everyone has seen the horrific videos of Uighur Muslims being led onto trains blindfolded and chained together. I'm also sure that the department is aware of the New York Times article from July 19, which reported that at least 17 companies in China are using forced Uighur labour to manufacture PPE. Can the department tell this committee if any of the PPE we have purchased has been manufactured by forced labour?

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