When Langley-Aldergrove MP MP Tako van Popta graduated from Trinity Western University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts in history, a minor in philosophy, TWU’s 30 acre Blaauw Eco Forest was an anonymous patch of old-growth forest.

Tako van Popta, MP for Langley-Aldergrove, distributed free Saskatoon berry and Red-twig Dogwood seedlings on Saturday, June 6.

When Langley-Aldergrove MP Tako Van Popta acquired 100 special commemorative pins to remember the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands by Canadian troops, the plan was to hand them out at public events planned to celebrate the anniversary.

In Canada where the often bitterly heated debate about firearms has been raging on and off for decades, a federal politician decided he needed to be informed by fact, not opinion.

Tako van Popta is heading east to take his seat in the House of Commons