Peter Fonseca

Madam Speaker, Canadians expect their government to take a firm and unambiguous stance against violent crime. C-236 Parkland Today, I rise to speak to Bill, the addressing the continuing victimization of homicide victims' families act. I acknowledge the intentions of the hon. member for, as well as his advocacy for victims of crime. In this spirit, we support sending Bill C-236 to committee for [more]

Thank you, Madam Chair. Canada has a very robust trade diversification strategy, which I think the majority of you would agree with and want to continue to promote. We've had some large agreements, such as CETA or CPTPP, and some agreements that we've just signed with Indonesia. Now we're looking at Mercosur, India or some of the other countries. The reason for this diversification is that we [more]

How do you decide what percentage of your potash goes to which particular market? Do you do that in a strategic way, or is it first-come, first-served?

Madam Chair, can we suspend for a moment?

Thank you, Madam Chair. First, to Mr. Kovrig, we can see how this committee always brings in excellent expert witnesses. We've just heard some testimony from Mr. Kovrig, and we're hearing from Mr. Ahmadi. To Mr. Kovrig, on behalf of this committee and Canadians, we thank you for your service, for your commitment and everything that you've done for our country of Canada. Like my colleague Adam [more]

Mr. Kovrig, in your remarks, you mentioned “tactical, sector-specific opportunities”. How should Canada operationalize this strategic realism, and how can we do it tactically?

Mr. Ahmadi, looking at the agri-food sector, how can Canada strengthen food security co-operation while protecting our domestic producers?

Thank you, Madam Chair. This is the international trade committee. As you know, Canada is a trading nation. We're about 0.5% of the world's population, but we're 2.5% of the world's trade. Mississauga is where my riding is. I can tell you that in my area, we don't have a lot of agriculture, although we do have a lot of agricultural manufacturing. At one of our previous meetings, I talked about [more]

Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for the opportunity to highlight what a great country we have. We touch every sector right across this country, whether it be the softwood lumber in British Columbia, our natural resources, our agriculture industry, the aerospace sector in the prairie provinces or our seafood, and I could go on. In Mississauga, of course, there is a lot of manufacturing that [more]

Mr. Speaker, as the member knows, we have an ambitious goal to double our non-U.S. trade around the world over the next decade, and this deal is so important to that. Let me give the member a clear example. I have spoken with the meat stakeholders. They have increased their trade through the CPTPP, from the beginning of the trade deal in 2018 to where we are today, by 122%. That means it was [more]

Mr. Speaker, we are leaders in trade negotiations. Other countries look to Canada to see how we provide expertise in our negotiations to get deals that are good for Canada and for Canadians. That is what we do. How we do that is by reaching out to stakeholders right across our country. We also do it here in Parliament and at committee. I sit on the international trade committee. We have [more]