One of the things I would point to, with all due respect to MP McKay, is the description of Bill S-211. The effect of it that you gave last week, in my view, misrepresents what the impact of the bill would be. The statement that company directors would be required to examine their supply chains and satisfy themselves that there was no forced labour in their supply chains is not borne out by a reading of the legislation.
Bill S-211 would require companies to report each year on any steps they've taken, if they've taken any steps, to identify, mitigate and address forced labour and child labour in their supply chains, but it does not require companies to actually take any steps.
This is a very significant part of the rub for civil society and for impacted people around the world. Having a law that only requires you to report but doesn't require you to stop using child or forced labour and doesn't require you to take any steps to identify the use of child or forced labour and doesn't require you to—