Since the federal government issued an advisory against suspicious imports from China, only one shipment of suspected slave goods has been intercepted..Blacklock’s Reporter said MPs expressed their astonishment at the news on the House of Commons foreign affairs committee on Tuesday..“The fact that only one shipment out of several billion dollars worth of products that have been banned seems to me to lead to the conclusion that we’re not doing a good job,” said Conservative MP Michael Chong (Wellington-Halton Hills, Ont.)..According to the labour department, the lone shipment of apparel was intercepted in Québec last November 22..“How does the department assess the effectiveness of these measures?” MP Chong.asked. “We recognize there is still work that needs to be done,” replied Rakesh Patry, director-general of International Labour Affairs..The Canadian ports at Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Montréal, and Halifax annually see more than 1.8 million imported shipping containers, according to a 2019 audit at the Canada Border Services Agency. China is a leading global supplier of cotton, tomato paste and polysilicon solar panels..On Jan. 12, 2021, the federal government issued an Advisory On Doing Business With Xinjiang-Related Entities that warned Canadian companies against importing goods produced by China’s Uyghur Muslim minority. Parliament voted to censure China for genocide against Uyghurs..Imports of slave goods are prohibited under the Customs Tariff Act, and importers dealing with Chinese suppliers are required to sign a Declaration On Doing Business With Xinjiang Entities..Conservative MP Marty Morantz (Charleswood-St. James, Man.) questioned the enforcement of this declaration. “How many Xinjiang Integrity Declarations have been signed by Canadian companies?” asked Morantz. “Six,” replied David Hutchison, acting director-general of trade with the Department of Trade..“That doesn’t seem like very many,” MP Morantz s.aid. “I am a bit stunned by that response.”.New Democrat MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) said this required “urgent action,” adding Parliament has “not seen a lot of action from the Canadian government.”.Matthew Horwood is the Parliamentary Bureau Chief of the Western Standard