Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not sure how much better we'll do in terms of transparency than other countries. However, I do know that even if we want to achieve a very high level of transparency, it will be very difficult in practice to get assurance that the monitoring will actually be done on the groun

Foreign Affairs committee  It's important to understand, however, that even if we do allow some forms of child labour in Canada, we're still in a situation where we can prevent these working children from sacrificing too much of their education. On the other hand, in some countries, suspending studies can

Foreign Affairs committee  All right, Mr. Chair. Actually, I don't know that it would strengthen the definition of child labour, but I would focus the definition by removing the two problem paragraphs that I mentioned, paragraphs (a) and (c).

Foreign Affairs committee  Actually, removing those paragraphs focuses the definition on the worst kinds of child labour, and that's definitely more effective, in my opinion. I'll give you an example. Sometimes standards will look great on paper, but in reality, they end up very poorly enforced because it

Foreign Affairs committee  Already? My apologies.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, thank you. The third comment is that it's very difficult to effectively monitor a ban on child labour, and it's even more random when monitoring relies on written reports, as is intended here. That being said, if you are planning to check your facts against written stateme

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to make it clear to committee members that my English is good enough that I can answer any questions they ask in English after my presentation. I'm appearing before the committee today not only as a lawyer and professor, but more importantly as a re