When a business creates a product they are planning to sell, either internationally or at home, and somebody is able to take that product, match its quality, have it manufactured in a cheaper jurisdiction somewhere else in the world and bring it into the country and sell it at flea markets, or sell it at dollar stores and undermine that business, when that product comes in it can undermine and, indeed, collapse an entire idea that somebody has come up with. Worse, somebody can bring in a product that can be manufactured more cheaply outside the country, bring it in and there's lead in the toy, or mercury in it, or there's an electrical good that actually doesn't have a proper fuse in it, or is not made of the proper plastic and can overheat and cause a fire, and that's being sold....
To the average citizen watching, what we're trying to do is to stop goods from coming into the country that would undermine and destroy small business, that would take away great ideas that are being thought of by Canadians that are being implemented in the marketplace. We're also trying to stop goods from coming into the country that would endanger our health and safety.