I think it's the implementation of the legislation that has been problematic. In one case, some clothes that were seized, alleged to have been using Chinese cotton produced by forced labour, were eventually released. The determination was that there wasn't justification for withholding those on a forced labour basis. As you say, other countries are seizing a lot of stuff from China by identifying the forced labour and putting the responsibility and incumbency on the importer to demonstrate that there is no forced labour involved.
I feel a lot of regret that Canada is so far behind on this, but this is perhaps characteristic of Canada's being behind other nations in terms of recognizing Chinese malign activities and coming into compliance with the United States, the U.K., Australia and so on in forming legislation and regulations and practices that meet the challenge. We need to put many more resources into our intelligence and CBSA to try to realize the will of Parliament to stop these kinds of activities from occurring.
We'll face the same thing with Bill C-70. It's nice legislation, but will we be able to implement it effectively?