WATCH: Trudeau tells UN that Canada has been ‘strong in defence of human rights’ while discussing Uyghurs in China

"We’ve always been strong in our defence of human rights and highlighting our concerns for what’s going on in Xinjiang," said Trudeau, specifically citing steps Canada has taken to ensure businesses do not use products made by forced Uyghur labour.

According to Blacklock's Reporter, The Department of Public Works under Trudeau last year said it did not know if "billions" of dollars worth of supplies were made through slave labour in China.

China produces the majority of Canada's pandemic supplies, with Deputy Public Works Minister Bill Matthews telling Commons that it's up to those in China to "self certify" that they are in accordance with human rights laws.

Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi agreed that Canada needed to "ensure [Canadians] are not unwittingly wearing masks that are produces by forced labour."

Trudeau has repeatedly refused to call the situation in Xinjiang a genocide, calling it a "loaded term," and that more investigation needed to be done before using the term, as to not dilute its meaning. Trudeau previously said that the findings of a report concluded that Canada was committing genocide against its native population.

Additionally, one non-governmental legal examination of China's actions in Xinjiang found that China had breached "every article" of the UN's genocide convention.