Mr. Speaker, I travelled to Washington in 2023 with a delegation of Uyghurs to meet with American elected officials and speak with them about this law.
This was mentioned earlier, but Canada has managed to intercept just one single container. We keep using this example because it is striking to see just how much we need a law that has a lot more teeth. This shows that it is not incompatible to propose tougher measures to combat forced labour, as proposed in our Bill C-251. It is not unreasonable in a context where this is what American elected officials are calling for. It is actually quite positive at a time when we are trying to dialogue with them on good treaty and international trade practices.
Talking about human rights is not a bad thing. My colleague's bill is a great example of that. It directly responds to a request from American elected officials, who urged us to be more proactive and to intercept a lot more goods made with forced labour in order to ensure that our products are completely untainted.
I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on that.