Pierre Paul-Hus at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On March 22nd, 2021. See this statement in context.

March 22nd, 2021 / 3:50 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Paul-Hus Conservative Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC

So it was the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time who asked for the equipment to be sent to assist China.

Through Public Services and Procurement Canada, do we continue to buy personal protective equipment from China, equipment that is made by forced labour? Everyone knows about the many victims of forced labour in China.

Have we put an end to purchases of personal protective equipment from Chinese companies or from the Chinese government, in the light of the forced labour?

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