Tako Van Popta
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Before entering federal politics, Tako Van Popta was involved in the agriculture industry. He was reportedly the owner and operator of Van Popta Nurseries Ltd., a large-scale greenhouse business in the Fraser Valley that specialized in potted plants. His career was primarily focused on farming and business within his community.
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Tako Van Popta won with 33,574 votes (51.4%)
Total votes cast: 65,360
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government had one job, to make life more affordable for Canadians. Instead, the costly credit card budget adds a staggering $765 billion in new debt over five years, the largest borrowing spree in Canadian history. Prime Minister Themay divide spending across three credit cards to make it look smaller, but Canadians know the truth. Borrowed money must be paid back. That
Mr. Speaker, I will go back to the Carter decision, which said that consent is at the centre of MAID, and the autonomy of the human being to make that decision. A person cannot change their mind anymore after they become incapable. Somebody else has to make that decision for them, and that undermines the autonomy of that person and undermines the very central principle of consent to receiving
Elgin—St. Thomas—London South Madam Speaker, at the outset, I would like to note that I will be sharing my time with my colleague, the member for. C-41 Tonight, we are debating Bill, the medical assistance in dying safeguard act. This bill would do two substantially different things. First, it would permanently cancel the expansion of MAID for those who are suffering from mental illness. Second,
Winnipeg North Madam Speaker, my colleague fromis suggesting that Conservatives should look at polls more, and I am suggesting that we should be debating these very deep, ethical, complex issues a whole lot more. Would he agree that we cannot just escape our duty as parliamentarians by looking at the polls, but that we need to do a deep dive and study this, like we did with MAID for mental
Mr. Speaker, my colleague's question is central to the issue of medical assistance in dying, MAID. The Carter case said that MAID can be applied only when the person clearly consents. Being able to change their mind is part of that autonomy. If a patient cannot withdraw their consent, there is no longer autonomy. I think it goes against the Carter case. It certainly goes against ethics and moral
Mr. Speaker, I realize there are differences of opinion on this very important ethical and legal question, and I respect that. We are not all going to be of the same mind on these issues, but what I am saying is that the evidence we have so far from the MAID committee suggests very clearly that this requires a much deeper dive. We need to have a study. The bill should be split so we can advance
Mr. Speaker, I would ask for a recorded division.
C-40 Madam Speaker, my colleague's speech was very enlightening. We are talking about Bill, the proposed strengthening Canada's defence sector act, which would create yet another bureaucracy for the federal government to use as a vehicle for announcements, reannouncements and photo ops. I think of Build Canada Homes, which was going to build houses at a generational scale, and in the meantime,
Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, Food Banks Canada is reporting an 8% increase in visitors this year compared to last, double what it was seven years ago. One-fifth of visitors were actually employed and one-third were children. Food inflation is outpacing wage growth again this year according to the report, and things are becoming more difficult for many families despite the many promises from the.