Conservative MP Michael Chong tells Congress it's time to end Canada's importation of Chinese slave goods

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“We are part of a North American free trade zone,” said Chong. “We can’t be the place where these products have a back door to come in."

Canada is now "the place" to import Chinese slave-made goods, @MichaelChongMP tells U.S. Congressional committee: "We have yet to seize one shipment." https://t.co/awavBWZxuA #cdnpoli @PSPC_SPAC pic.twitter.com/BBQBHUSi7F

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"That is another example where I think we could work much more closely with a democracy like the United States to learn how to implement these sorts of bans," the MP for Wellington-Halton Hills told the Congressional Executive Commission on China.

The Department of Canadian Heritage confirmed that over six million lapel pins purchased since 2020 were all made in China. The Chinese-made flags have cost the government $345,000.https://t.co/o0V7GjwGMo

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Chong, twice the target of a Chinese intimidation campaign being operated out of the Toronto consulate, sponsored a 2021 House of Commons motion denouncing human rights abuses in China.

Conservative MP Michael Chong tells Congress about foreign interference and being targeted by the CCP:

"These tactics cannot be tolerated in a free and sovereign country."pic.twitter.com/Nn6JGxGuMQ

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Republican Congressman Ryan Zinke questioned the greenwashing of Chinese-made goods during Chong's testimony.

“A concern when you talk about green technologies is electric vehicles...It sounds so nice. I’m all for ‘cleaner is better’ etcetera, but I’m concerned about the supply chain.”

“When you look at what is required for a battery, well, lithium, cobalt,” said Zinke. “Who controls the mining of lithium, cobalt and those other materials? And then the chips. Who is making the chips that run it? And the production? And it goes on and on.”

“It seems like we’re pushing an agenda without looking at the engine behind it and the engine seems to be Chinese. Do you share that same concern?”

“Yes I share that same concern,” replied Chong.

“We can’t be the place where these products have a back door.” @MichaelChongMP tells committee of U.S Congress that Canada must follow U.S. Customs in restricting import of slave-made goods from China. https://t.co/o2wBakVQoa @DM_PSPC #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/aFRu26aBcN

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