A Canadian border official told MPs enquiring about Chinese electric vehicles that automobiles are on a watchlist for potential forced labour content.
Graeme Hamilton, director general at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), appeared before the House of Commons international trade committee on June 18 to provide testimony on enforcement of Canada’s import ban on goods produced using forced labour.
The federal government tabled Bill C-35 last week, aiming to strengthen Canada’s legal framework to prevent goods made with forced labour from entering the Canadian market.
The legislation would allow the foreign affairs minister to establish a list of goods for which there are “reasonable grounds” to suspect are produced using forced labour. The list would also indicate regions or countries where forced labour is a possibility….