Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll be splitting my time with my colleague MP Thompson, so if you could flag me within two minutes, that would be really appreciated.
First of all, Minister, as I'm one of the last who will be asking questions, I want to thank you for coming to our committee and dedicating a full two hours to answering our questions.
Minister, I want to focus on one of the items in your mandate letter in which I'm quite interested. It's the issue of forced labour in our supply chain.
Can you share with us what our government is doing, and specifically what you are doing at PSPC to ensure that Canada is procuring ethically sourced goods? What is the government's response vis-à-vis some of our large corporations that are engaged abroad, specifically in mining? Are we ensuring that resources they use don't fall under forced labour and that ethnic groups aren't forced to provide those services?