As International Trade Minister Mary Ng testified before a Commons committee on March 27, Conservative MPs sought answers as to why Canada has been unable to intercept a single shipment of goods made with forced labour.
MP Kyle Seeback pressed Ng on the issue during the meeting of the Standing Committee on International Trade, after the minister had testified in a previous meeting in October that she believed some shipments had been interdicted.
After the October meeting, Seeback filed an order paper to obtain accurate numbers on the shipments seized and the government responded on Jan. 30 that none have been.
“Were you misinformed when you gave that information to the committee? Or did you misspeak?” asked Seeback….