Heidi Reimer-Epp, Adriana Vega, Karen Campbell, Rosalind Lockyer, Lechin Lu, and Khadija Hamidu made statements and answered questions.

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay gave notice of the following motion:

Given that:

(a) in its Budget presented in March 2023, the government had announced its intention to introduce legislation by 2024 to eliminate forced labour from Canadian supply chains and to strengthen the ban on the importation of goods produced by forced labour (page 195 of the French version and page 171 of the English version);

(b) in its Budget presented in March 2024, the government had announced that it would accomplish such a measure during the year 2024 (page 369 of the French version and page 320 of the English version);

(c) to date, the government has still not acted, and no bill has yet been tabled;

(d) following a unanimous motion adopted on November 28, 2023, the Committee had sent a letter to the government, reminding it of its commitment and requesting a response to the Committee's attention and explaining the reasons for this inaction, but that despite this nothing has yet been done by the Government;

That the Committee report back to the House to express that recourse to these practices, which undermine the fundamental rights of workers, vulnerable people and children, is totally inadmissible, and that it finds the Government's inaction deplorable and unacceptable.

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

It was agreed, — That the proposed budget in the amount of $18,450, for the study of Canadian Women and International Trade: Selected Considerations, be adopted.