Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I am very glad to remind members opposite of what the Premier of Saskatchewan had to say yesterday about the plan we announced to support canola producers. He said, “the federal government has shown that they do support western Canadian agriculture” and he said, “we

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Sydney—Victoria for his leadership and for all his work on the trade committee. While it is still early, I am delighted to report that the results are nothing short of outstanding. Canada's exports of dutiable products to Japa

Pharmacare  Mr. Speaker, while Canadians are proud of their health care system, we believe that no one should have to choose between paying for prescriptions and putting food on the table. That is why we are laying the foundation for national pharmacare with several bold, concrete steps in b

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Scarborough—Guildwood for his leadership, tenacity and perseverance for more than a decade on this file. Today, I announced the appointment of Sheri Meyerhoffer as the first-ever Canadian ombudsperson for responsible enterpris

International Trade committee  We are.

International Trade committee  In all of our conversations with our trading partners, we share what trading issues might be the focus of attention of our government and issues that may not even be associated with international trade. So there is a continuing conversation. You develop, in pretty short order, go

International Trade committee  I would just add, Chair, if I could for two seconds—

International Trade committee  Jim Nickel is the acting ambassador of Canada in Beijing. He's very senior—you know of him—and a very competent and able public servant. He is leading on-the-ground initiatives on behalf of Canada in Beijing now.

International Trade committee  We don't think it's in Canada's interests to escalate the tension. We think it's in Canada's interest to resolve the problem, and the way to resolve the problem is to agree on what the problem is. That's why our efforts were so focused on dealing with the issue on that level. If

International Trade committee  You have other assets.

International Trade committee  We are very aggressive in making Canadian producers and small and medium-sized businesses aware of the new trade agreements that are available to them. You might have noticed that in the fall economic statement there was considerable investment in trade, in trade infrastructure,

International Trade committee  China is the second-largest economy in the world. It is by far the largest importer of Canadian canola. It's growing rapidly, and it will continue to. I take a fair bit of comfort, by the way, in remembering that date in 1910 when the Richardsons signed their first deal with Chi

International Trade committee  We first want to engage with Chinese officials, and we want to engage with them at the scientific level. Second, we want to make sure there is support available for producers from the Government of Canada if that becomes necessary. Third, we think trade diversification is part of

International Trade committee  I appreciate the question because it drives at the heart of an anxiety that many nations around the world are feeling at this moment in the rules-based trading order, which is that the World Trade Organization needs to be reformed, and it needs to be reformed soon, because the Am

International Trade committee  I think what we learned is that when we can engage the Chinese on common ground—and the common ground is science, even though we have to say, colleagues, that scientists can disagree on evidence too, because it's not pure, but it's a very good start.... The way to work through an