Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate that.
The motion is passed, as I understand. I did want to make a few comments about the study, but I didn't want to do that before the motion had passed, because I wanted to make sure we got that done. Given that it has passed, I did want to add one comment about the importance of the work that we are doing here.
I appreciate Mr. Williams putting forward this motion. I agree with everything he said about the importance of protecting our economy and protecting Canadian workers. There is an additional piece of context, and that is the nature of some of these supply chains as they are coming to be dominated by the PRC.
Three and a half years ago, Parliament voted to recognize that Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in the PRC are facing an ongoing genocide. The Government of Canada has yet to join Parliament in recognizing that genocide, and we would certainly hope to see that recognition soon. One component of this genocide is horrific forced labour and the ongoing targeting of Uyghurs—