Thank very much, Madam Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for being present with us today. The work you're doing is incredibly important.
I think Canadians, right now in particular, are in a position where they're combatting the reality that we have a severe vulnerability in our supply chain management. We saw that particularly throughout COVID, but now we're seeing it manifested across the globe. We're finding ourselves a stage back—maybe a place behind—particularly when it comes to some of the extreme dependencies mentioned by Mr. de Pulford.
Mr. Bickett, we reviewed your report, and there are some serious and extreme instances here that I think Canadians and our committee would do well to understand more. One of the key findings you discovered, according to your report, relates to this issue. I may be oversimplifying it, but please correct me if I'm wrong. Let's say Russia wants Canadian goods. Let's say they're parts of weapons and important, critical components. Hong Kong is being used as a particular port of entry for these markets, even against sanctions that would prohibit these particular goods that Canadians make from entering these kinds of illicit regimes.
Can you walk us through how something like that could take place, given Canada's existing sanctions regime?