Mr. Speaker, my colleague mentioned two issues that are important to me. One is agriculture and the other is canola. Having worked on this file and having sat in on the bilateral meeting the Prime Minister just had with President Xi, I would ask the hon. member about two things.
First, I hear consistently from the Conservative benches that we should not, as a government, be engaging with or trying to recalibrate the relationship with China. I am wondering if he could give his thoughts on that, given how important it is in his constituency. I wonder whether he might engage and share some wisdom with some of his colleagues about the importance of doing that, if we are going to support western farmers.
Second, he talked about there being a lack of emphasis in the budget on agriculture. I reject that premise. A number of issues around agriculture have been mentioned, including supports. What I find most surprising, though, is that there was nothing in the Conservative platform for agriculture whatsoever. Would he have a comment on that as well?