Tako Van Popta

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech on Canada accepting the U.K. into the CPTPP. It is my understanding that Canada trades freely with the other countries in that agreement with respect to beef and pork. Do Canadians have a legitimate concern that the government has failed to come to that agreement with the United Kingdom?

Mr. Speaker, I agree with my colleague from Peace River—Westlock that Alberta grain-fed beef is the best in the world. I love our friends from Great Britain, and I want them to benefit from Alberta grain-fed beef, but here is another thing. I love people from Ontario, and I want them to benefit from the best wine in Canada, British Columbia wine. I know it is not the topic of the day, but can my [more]

Mr. Speaker, if all that wishful thinking would actually solve the problem, we would not have a problem. I think the member will agree that we actually do face a housing affordability crisis. I just want to give a couple of examples of the government getting in the way. In a British Columbia setting, we have the provincial government chasing away investment dollars that drive the pre-sale [more]

C-13 Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, Billis about bringing the United Kingdom into the comprehensive trade agreement with the Pacific. The member for Courtenay—Alberni mentioned frozen pensions for U.K. pensioners who decide to retire here in Canada. It seems deeply unfair, particularly since the U.K. does not do that for other countries like the United States. As a matter of fact, it seems to be [more]

Mr. Speaker, a couple of weeks ago, I had a round of questions in question period about Canada's housing affordability crisis hitting young people particularly hard. Normally, supply meets demand, which is just economics 101, but the current real estate market is in such a state of imbalance that the new homes that buyers want and can afford are just not being built. That was the basis of my [more]

C-13 Mr. Speaker, Billis the bill by which the United Kingdom will be brought into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP. All of the other countries, and I believe there are 11 of them besides Canada, accept beef imports and pork imports from Canada, yet the United Kingdom is putting up non-tariff barriers to that. I wonder if the member could comment [more]

Just so I have clarity on this, are you saying that you don't want to manage the scrum? Does that mean there will be no scrum, or will it still go ahead?

However, now you're cancelling it altogether, I understand. Why would you do that? It seems a bit defeatist.

Okay. Now you're saying that the expenditures have been dropping over the last couple of years. To what do you credit that?

I'm sorry to interrupt, but the scrum isn't peripheral issues. Those are the issues that the media think are important.

Thank you. I want to talk about bias in the media. I'm reading from your website. It's an excerpt from the “Quebec Press Council Guide of Journalism Ethics”. Point number 6.2 states, “The news media must under no circumstances let their commercial, political, ideological or other interests take precedence over the legitimate interest of the public in quality information, nor restrict the [more]