I think the regime the U.S. government is setting up would allow a provision that could apply to investment as well as goods. I think it might be a good example of something that Canada might be able to replicate as well. I recognize that the approach the Americans have taken is quite aggressive. It recognizes that there simply isn't a test to meet for due diligence as well, in that you can't verify, a lot of the times, whether goods have been made by forced labour. I think similar tests could apply, in some cases, to investment where I think there's a sizable amount of evidence linking some of the companies in the region to the camps and some of the forced labour programs.
On November 29th, 2022. See this statement in context.