Guto Penteado, People’s Party of Canada

Personal details. Name, age, hometown

Guto Penteado, 52, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Tell us about yourself

I have been a Saskatoon resident for 17 years, but I was born and raised on a rural ranch in midwest Brazil. I was born and educated in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I met my wife, Giovana, in Brazil and we were married in 1999. Today we have two boys.

Professionally, I am an advertising and marketing consultant with my own agency operating right here in Saskatoon. I am also extremely passionate about the outdoors and enjoy camping, hunting, fishing. I am a huge fan of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and love Canadian hockey and Brazilian soccer.

What’s a little known fact about you?

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Why should voters hire you?

I have noticed a frustration among conservative-minded people about the lack of representation for local values and principles in Ottawa. I intend to re-install the trust residents should have in their Member of Parliament by prioritizing the issues and concerns of the people of Saskatoon-University above the ideas and concerns found in other parts of the country or from foreign entities.

I immigrated to Canada 17 years ago. Since then, I have found a drastic change in my new home country, including the implementation of policy that does not put the interests of taxpaying Canadians first. As an immigrant, I came here for the chance to create a better life for me and my family. That is the greatest benefit to immigration to Canada; that the country provides a broad opportunity to those wishing to come here. However, prospective Canadians need to be a benefit to the country as well; through their work skill and abilities; their shared values of freedom, responsibility, fairness and respect; and a capability to fit into the Canadian social fabric.

I am also a hunter, so gun laws are a key plank in my platform. The main thing is to create legislation that is balanced in its approach to managing the issue while protecting the legal, law-abiding citizens using firearms for hunting, sport-shooting and collecting.

Finally, the residents of Saskatoon-University should be able to freely discuss their ideas and values without being censored or physically threatened. The foundation of Canada’s peaceful, 152-year existence was the ability of every-day Canadians to analyze, discuss and discern the many sides of any particular issue. Whether one agrees or disagrees with a certain stance, it does a democracy no harm to open a civil discourse on contemporary issues to move in a direction Canadians want to go; not the direction determined by special interest groups or foreign influencers.

Who should we call for a reference?

Tom Porter.

What is your greatest strength? What is your greatest weakness?

I believe my greatest strength is my honesty and fairness. Ethics is incredibly important to me and when I find I have made a mistake, I am immediate to correct with someone. Ethics is the foundation of everything I do.

I guess I would say that I can get bogged down in the details of my work at times, because I am very organized and want whatever I am doing to be as excellent as it can be. It can be time-consuming, however I rely on my friends and family to keep me balanced.

Where do you stand on:

Gun laws? I am pro-guns and responsible ownership and we want to repeal that bill and get a new firearms act. Every licensed, law-abiding citizen should be able to own a gun in Canada, whether it be for hunting, sport shooting, or property protection. The current law is unfair to law-abiding gun owners and frustrating to people living in areas of the country where safe gun usage is a staple of their culture.

The need for more pipelines? I’m totally pro-pipelines to generate jobs and export our natural resources. It is safer than moving by trains. The People’s Party of Canada would use Section 92.10 of the Constitution, which gives the federal government jurisdiction to impose infrastructure integral to the benefit of all of Canada.

Western alienation? We have been neglected by Ottawa for so long and I understand the frustration of Western Canadians. However, I think we should try to keep our country united at all costs and make changes in Parliament so Western Canada will be respected through equalization and other jurisdictional matters. We need MPs committed to fully representing the beliefs and values of voters in the West to change the current scenario.

China. What should our approach be to ending trade action coming from China? First we have to do anything necessary to maintain relationships and avoid trade wars. China is an important economic partner, but we do not agree with their political system. We should also be more self-reliant. We have the capabilities to be less reliant on all trading partners. China is an extremely important trading partner, but we must walk into any negotiations with strength and conviction knowing that Canada is an equal player in the world market to so-called “economic powerhouses.”

Are we facing a climate change crisis? Is carbon tax the answer? Absolutely not. We’re facing political movement projecting a so-called alarmism surrounding the issue. If we’re not able to take care of own Indigenous communities with clean water, how can we think about or fund other countries and their problems? The climate has always changed for millennia. It will keep changing for eternity. When it stops changing, that’s when we should be alarmed.

Is a carbon tax the answer to lowering CO2 levels? No, it isn’t. It is an answer for the environment industry that generates billions of dollars and thousands of jobs worldwide. That’s why alarmists are pushing their emergency agenda. I stand against any kind of tax or price on carbon. It does not do as it intends — lessen the amount of fossil fuel usage — and costs every-day Canadians thousands per year.

Canada has long been known to be ahead of the curve when it comes to environmental consciousness. As a hunter, I am a conservationist and want clean air, land and water. A tax does not provide that. It simply provides the federal government with another method of collecting and redistributing wealth.

It’s a day off and you can do anything you want. What would it be?

There’s no doubt about it: I’d be outdoors, probably camping with my family somewhere in Saskatchewan.

Who inspires you?

Intelligent people are inspiring to me, particularly those working themselves towards or holding leadership positions. People that build others up instead of tearing them down or guilting them for their points of view, social justice purposes, or victimization. Jordan Peterson, Maxime Bernier, and Brazilian philosopher Olavo De Carvalho are examples of people I admire.

My kids inspire me too. They are a major reason why I am running for Member of Parliament. I wake up in the morning motivated to make my country a better place for them to succeed in whatever path they choose to take.

What is your hidden talent?

I have trouble cooking in general, but anyone who tries my instant noodles will have their minds blown. I also have a blue belt in karate after participating in the sport for six years.

What do you wish you could do but can’t?

I would love to be able to just see the world on the highway aboard a motorhome with my family for the rest of my life. Mortgage, school, and other responsibilities do not allow that to happen, but it’s a dream.

Who are the three people, alive or dead, whom you would like to have dinner with?

Jordan Peterson, Anthony Hopkins (portraying Dr. Hannibal Lecter) and Rush’s Geddy Lee would make quite an interesting dinner conversation. As an aside, I already broken bread with Maxime Bernier.

How do you take your coffee?

I take my coffee how coffee it should be enjoyed: Black. Pure and pristine.

What’s the one album you’d take with you on a desert island? What embarrassing song do you admit to on your playlist?

Exit Stage Left, Rush. I’m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred.

What is your guilty pleasure?

One glass of single-malt scotch with a cigar on the beach of a Prairie lake at sunset.

What is the last book you read?

Right Side Up by Paul Wells.

What is your favourite TV show? What are you binge watching?

Two and a Half Men and Family Guy. I like a lot of television series crime dramas like Money Heist or Breaking Bad.

What is your all-time favorite movie?

Oh, geez. Do you want a list? Silence of the Lambs, Man on Fire, Elite Squad (Brazil), Rain Man, Forest Gump … Where do you want me to stop?