Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2022-11-29 20:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Garnett Genuis",
        "fr": "M. Garnett Genuis"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7506061\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you for sharing your perspective on that. I think this is very significant and inspiring. I want to share with you my strong support for the people who are protesting and for their calls for freedom, for justice and for protection of their fundamental human rights. Obviously, a tragic incident sparked this. I think it is quite significant that we see how the deaths of Uighurs have sparked this protest movement, which includes people all across China. It's very significant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7506062\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to ask about having a more coordinated approach among like-minded allies when it comes both to preventing the importation of products made from forced labour and to trying to prevent investment in companies that are involved in forced labour.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7506063\" data-originallang=\"en\">Professor Murphy made the point that products are likely to end up in the countries that have the weakest laws. Maybe the same is true for investment, and that we see investment from countries with the weakest laws. With that in mind, wouldn't it make sense for a group of like-minded countries to get together and say that we're going to have the same rules in place, that we're going to have a coordinated approach and we're going to have the same standards?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7506064\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Wouldn't that actually make it a lot easier for enforcement as well as a lot easier for businesses? They would be able to apply one standard across all the countries they operate in, and no country would be providing a safe haven. Does that coordinated approach make sense? Why hasn't it happened?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7506065\" data-originallang=\"en\">Professor Murphy, maybe we'll start with you. I have very little time, but we'll try to get in as many people as we can.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7506061\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci de nous donner votre point de vue sur ces \u00e9v\u00e9nements. Je trouve que c'est tr\u00e8s important et tr\u00e8s inspirant. Je voudrais vous t\u00e9moigner mon appui sans r\u00e9serve aux personnes qui manifestent et qui r\u00e9clament la libert\u00e9, la justice et la protection des droits de la personne. Bien s\u00fbr, et c'est malheureux, un incident tragique a mis le feu aux poudres. Je pense qu'il est tr\u00e8s marquant de voir que la mort d'Ou\u00efghours est \u00e0 l'origine de ce mouvement de protestation qui rallie des gens \u00e0 la grandeur de la Chine. C'est lourd de sens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7506062\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais vous entendre au sujet d'une approche mieux coordonn\u00e9e entre les alli\u00e9s aux vues similaires pour emp\u00eacher l'importation de produits issus du travail forc\u00e9, mais \u00e9galement pour contrer les investissements dans des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s impliqu\u00e9es dans le travail forc\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7506063\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mme Murphy a soulign\u00e9 que les produits sont plus susceptibles d'aboutir dans les pays o\u00f9 les lois sont les moins strictes. On peut penser qu'il en est de m\u00eame pour les investissements, qui proviennent probablement des pays dont le r\u00e9gime l\u00e9gislatif est plus indulgent. Le sachant, ne serait-il pas judicieux qu'un groupe de pays aux vues similaires d\u00e9cident de se doter des m\u00eames r\u00e8gles, d'adopter une approche coordonn\u00e9e et des normes analogues?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7506064\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cette coh\u00e9sion faciliterait \u00e9norm\u00e9ment l'application et les d\u00e9cisions des entreprises, ne pensez-vous pas? La m\u00eame norme s'appliquerait dans tous les pays o\u00f9 elles ont des activit\u00e9s, et aucun de ces pays ne serait un refuge. Pensez-vous qu'une telle approche coordonn\u00e9e a du sens? Si oui, pourquoi n'a-t-on rien fait en ce sens?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7506065\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame Murphy, je vais vous demander d'intervenir la premi\u00e8re. J'ai peu de temps, mais j'aimerais avoir les r\u00e9ponses du plus grand nombre de personnes possible.</p>"
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    "url": "/committees/canada-china-relations/44-1/9/garnett-genuis-2/",
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