I'm sorry to interrupt you.
Basically, they gain access to the market. They're able to increase their quotas over time, and then, as you mentioned in your opening remarks, what they tend to do is use their market access for geopolitical leverage.
You appeared recently on Power & Politics. You were talking in the context of forced labour and said that Canada has a commitment to block components of vehicles that are built by forced labour, but we've only blocked two shipments under the forced labour import ban since it came into force in 2020, compared to thousands blocked by the United States.
Witnesses have testified before this committee saying that many components of Chinese EVs contain aluminum that's processed by Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang, a fact that the government itself acknowledged in 2024. It had a surtax order that cited “concerning labour practices”, including forced labour, as a driver of artificially low Chinese EV prices.
In your assessment, can Canada credibly assure that no Chinese EV vehicles are entering the country that have components produced by forced labour?
