This is, I think, an interesting area of trade policy. It's one that we hear about, from our members, as being very difficult to actually do in practice with the due diligence that a number of civil society groups are seeking for companies to implement. The reality is that a lot of company supply chain information is commercially proprietary information. Particularly for SMEs in Canada, they don't have the leverage in those relationships to fully certify that due diligence has been undertaken. If there is going to be greater supply chain due diligence taken by companies here, the federal government has to play a role in providing information to help companies make informed choices.
On April 27th, 2022. See this statement in context.