I want to start by stating that strong supply chain legislation is critical for preventing and addressing human rights abuses in global supply chains and ensuring that Canada remains competitive. I believe—my office believes—that Bill S-211 is a first step forward in strengthening respect for human rights by Canadian companies operating abroad. We support any efforts to strengthen supply chain transparency.
As you know, we believe that Bill S-211 can be strengthened. We submitted a brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights during its deliberations, and we suggested four ways to strengthen it. Those were to add fighting labour trafficking, to add the ability to make regulations identifying thresholds, to make reporting requirements more detailed and to strengthen oversight, including through independent audits and annual reports.
You can find our brief on Bill S-211 on our website, but to summarize, we support the legislation. We believe that it can be strengthened. We said in our brief that strengthening can happen through regulation. No law is perfect.
I think I'll stop there.