The odd moniker stems from the prime minister's first official visit to China.
A Conservative MP has been told to stop referring to the prime minister as"little potato" in the House of Commons.
Pierre Poilievre earned the light scolding from House Speaker Geoff Regan in question period Wednesday. It was the"When leaders in China dismissed this prime minister as quote 'little potato,' he thought they meant it as a compliment," Poilievre said before being cut off by Regan.Poilievre was referencing how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau picked up the moniker during his first official visit to China in 2016.
And though Freeland called it a"fond" nickname years ago, Regan said the Tory MP was indirectly insulting the prime minister. Conservatives promptly let the Speaker know they disagreed with his call.that, in light of China's ban on canola shipments and imprisonment of Canadian citizens — seen as retaliation for the
detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou — Trudeau scrap funding to the country's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The Liberal government has committed $256 million over five years to fund infrastructure projects in Asia. Trudeau defended the investment, saying the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank supports"clean and green" projects in the region, including flood management in the Philippines and landslide mitigation in Sri Lanka.
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