Canada-China Relations committee  I mentioned in my testimony at the beginning that we welcome Canada's ban on forced labour, but, as you have put it, it's not adequate. We recommend two things. One is that you adopt laws that have a prohibition against imports from Xinjiang, similar to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act in the U.S., because the forced labour that's taking place in Xinjiang is a region-wide, government-sponsored forced labour system.

Canada-China Relations committee  I don't think I can improve on what Lhadon has said. I think the Chinese government would say that they are perfect in protecting human rights. It's basically a lot of propaganda. We see around the world, from Lebanon to Sudan—

Canada-China Relations committee  No, I don't think so.

Canada-China Relations committee  That's a very long-term vision, for China. At this moment, with Xi Jinping in power, we are going to have a very tough one inside China. Nonetheless, I would start with making sure the Chinese government faces consequences for crimes against humanity. In the last two decades, we've seen that the Chinese government kept pushing that line, and it never gets enough push-back from other governments, so it can say that it can do whatever it wants, and here we are.

Canada-China Relations committee  A government that is forced to be held accountable for something like crimes against humanity emboldens the people on the ground to think, “Wait, this isn't the way a government should behave.” We already see these White Paper protests. We see an emergence of consciousness of feminism in China, which includes half of the population.

Canada-China Relations committee  I think that's a very difficult question because there are basically no perfect policies on human rights, especially because we saw in a previous era—essentially the era of engagement with China—that human rights issues got very much pushed down the hierarchy while economic engagement with China was prioritized.

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you very much. It is my pleasure to speak with you this evening. I hope you're all well. I am Maya Wang. I'm the acting China director at Human Rights Watch. I have worked for 17 years in tracking human rights abuses in China, Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong. First of all, I would like to agree with Mr.