WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:23.559 Thank you for listening to Depictions Media Radio. Welcome to 2 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:51.200 Policy and Rights the show up Gosh, welcomer Policy Human Joy, 3 00:00:57.200 --> 00:00:59.920 Welcome back to policy and rates here Depictions Media rad 4 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:07.159 I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. And well let's see uh 5 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:14.000 the Tim Hodges. They met with European Commissioners for Energy 6 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:24.079 and Housing in Paris, where they were at a European 7 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:33.200 Union Energy and Security conference. Minister Hodges reaffirmed the Canada's 8 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:40.799 enduring a commitment to Transatlantic stability and Arctic operation. The 9 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:47.840 Minister and the and the Commissioner discussed further UH cooperation 10 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:54.680 on a multi lateral critical minerals mechanisms, including Critical Mineral 11 00:01:55.159 --> 00:02:00.920 Production Alliance and Critical Mineral Action Plan, and building the 12 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:06.719 direction provided in the EU Canada Strategic Partnership of the 13 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:12.599 Future launched in June twenty twenty five. The Minister and 14 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:20.000 the Commissioner discussed the EU instruments that could facilitate and 15 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:27.039 enhance Canada EU trade and investment, including the EU's aggregate 16 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:38.280 aggregate liquefied natural gas purchasing mechanism. So while we're talking 17 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:46.360 about foreign affairs and and we had talked about in 18 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:57.319 a previous episode, about foreign interference from from other countries 19 00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:04.039 into the lives of of business owners in Canada. That 20 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:12.759 there was a discussion yesterday by Minister Champagne as they 21 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:21.400 discussed the high levels of extortion you know in British Columbia. 22 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:26.120 This actually is is a very hot button item that 23 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:33.639 there is a lot of extortion happening from UH countries 24 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:36.960 such as they have been named, such as China and 25 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:42.199 also India and the the extortion. 26 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:44.199 U. 27 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:53.479 Minister Champagne talked about things they could actually help prevent 28 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:59.199 these extortions from happening, and they could help business owners 29 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:07.240 run their businesses efficiently and freely from interference from individuals 30 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:17.160 outside of Canada. And we have some some of those 31 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:21.120 things that we're talked about that that actually are going 32 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:28.040 to help. Key measures to include prioritizing financial intelligence and 33 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:36.519 resources to tackle extortion, will surge resources to combat extortion. 34 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:44.800 This will enable law enforcement to receive a more timely 35 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:52.480 and relevant financial intelligence to identify criminal networks and support investigations. 36 00:04:53.040 --> 00:05:02.680 Launching countering extortion partnerships with financial inciitutions, government and law enforcement. 37 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:06.959 Of course, leading back to the first one we talked 38 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:15.279 about as signing financial intelligence experts to support police and 39 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:21.759 providing financial institutions with clear guidance to how to detect 40 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:30.720 extortion transactions, and then publishing intelligence on how criminals move 41 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:39.399 and hide extortion money. Will be published in Strategic Intelligence 42 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:51.319 detailing how criminals launder extortion proceeds, including indicators and typographies 43 00:05:51.879 --> 00:06:01.279 that aid to detection. Mission Champagne made this quote, Extortion 44 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:07.600 is a serious crime that harms Canadians, businesses and communities. 45 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:14.319 Our government is strengthening financial intelligence and working closely with 46 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:20.800 law enforcement and financial institutions to better detect and disrupt extortion, 47 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:33.759 support investigations and help protect Canadians. So it would seem 48 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:39.759 that on one front at least, that the Canadian government 49 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:44.560 is actually taking extortion extremely seriously and trying to put 50 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:51.000 it into it. Meanwhile, in places like Surrey, BC, where 51 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:58.079 we're actually recording this podcast from, that the sorry police 52 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:03.839 force is and and and the mayor are asking for 53 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:11.519 more federal help to help detect the criminals that are 54 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:16.360 they are perpetrating these extortions and trying to shut things 55 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:20.000 down so that they can better protect the citizens and 56 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:26.199 residents of British Columbia, as especially those who who are 57 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:31.680 being affected by this in Surrey, BC, there also have 58 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:38.160 been a series of gang shootings and things to help 59 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:43.399 push business owners in the direction that the extorters want 60 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:49.800 them to go. There are a number of different ways 61 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:54.759 that that some of these extortion people have have used 62 00:07:55.079 --> 00:08:00.519 to coerce business owners into doing what they want them 63 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:16.560 to do. So and we also have today UH trade 64 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:25.199 agreements from with with Mexico and the discussions and everything 65 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:29.600 that are going along with increasing trade with Mexico while 66 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:34.120 at the same time eliminating the United States from that 67 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:41.159 same exact table. As as we know that that Donald 68 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:46.799 Trump has imposed pretty steep tariffs onto Mexico. But Mexico 69 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:51.879 does have a strong economy and is weathering the the 70 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:58.279 Trump storm and looking for for global trade partners to 71 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:06.200 promote the products that that that Mexico has to offer, which, 72 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:11.000 believe it or not, h on the mining front, especially 73 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:15.200 and with minerals that we talked about earlier with the 74 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:20.960 European Union Union that Mexico is pretty strong in copper 75 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:27.519 and iron UH for the mining industry, just for small examples. 76 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:36.919 So Canada reaching out to the to to Mexico as 77 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:43.399 trade partners is a wise move for both countries, especially 78 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:50.879 in this time when Donald Trump is trying to oppose 79 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:57.039 tariffs under his Make America Great Again campaign, So why 80 00:09:57.039 --> 00:10:01.080 don't we get started and we will hear from Tim 81 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:06.080 Hodgens as he is in Europe, and we'll probably end 82 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:13.679 up with Minister Champagnes as he talks about the effects 83 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:16.840 extortion is having on Canadian businesses. 84 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:26.840 Good afternoon everyone, Poja atus and I'm sorry for interrupting 85 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:30.320 the hockey game. Hopefully we will all get back to 86 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:32.159 cheering for a team Canada. 87 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:35.039 I'm joining you from Paris. 88 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:37.440 This evening, where I just led the delegation that represented 89 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:41.720 Canada at the twenty twenty six International Energy Agency Ministerial. 90 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:45.360 We had the pleasure of being in Warsaw, Poland, earlier 91 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:50.240 this week to explore opportunities to strengthen energy cooperation, particularly 92 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:54.879 on nuclear power, between Canada and Poland. As many of 93 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:58.039 you have seen over the past few months, the Prime Minister, 94 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:01.759 myself and my Ministerial colleague have been deeply focused on 95 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:06.840 strengthening trading relationships and expanding exports with our allies abroad. 96 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:11.639 During the Prime Minister's speech in Dallas, he said aloud 97 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:15.279 what many of our allies have all been thinking we 98 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:18.399 are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition, 99 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:22.799 and while nostalgia is not a strategy our allies see, 100 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:27.039 Canada does have one. In fact that Davos, the Prime Minister, 101 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:31.399 laid out a clear path forward for middle powers like Canada. 102 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:34.919 We are positioning a path where we engage with the 103 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:38.279 world as it is, not as we wish it to be, 104 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:44.240 where we diversify experts experts and strengthen multilateralism so that 105 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:48.320 we are never reliant on a single partner again, and 106 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:51.600 where we build major energy and mining infrastructure projects at 107 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:54.759 home so we can be our own best customer and 108 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:59.960 a reliable supplier to our allies around the world, including Poland, France, 109 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:03.519 in our partners in the G seven and the IEA. 110 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:06.759 We were in Poland this week to do just that. 111 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:11.960 Canada and Poland share a strong bilateral relationship formalized in 112 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:17.039 the Canada Poland Strategic Partnership Joint Statement of August twenty fifth. 113 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:20.720 Of August twenty twenty five, signed by Prime Minister Carnie 114 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:24.720 and Prime Minister Tusk. In that joint statement, one of 115 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:29.320 the specific comments was to strengthen cooperation on nuclear energy 116 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:33.519 as part of their energy transition and goal to enhance 117 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:37.279 energy security. Poland is in the process of exploring ways 118 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:41.440 to reduce its reliance on coal. They are striving for 119 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:45.799 an ambitious target of six to nine gigawatts of installed 120 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:50.399 large nuclear capacity by twenty forty, including building a second 121 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:55.200 large scale nuclear reactor. That is where Canada's nuclear expertise 122 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:59.720 comes into play. As a Tier one nuclear nation, we 123 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:03.080 have decades of expertise and a world class supply chain 124 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:07.200 which is already supporting nuclear energy in Poland, helping us 125 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:11.639 to build the first reactors as we speak. We would 126 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:13.960 like to see that supply chain and the tens of 127 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:17.679 thousands of Canadian workers it supports gain even more opportunities 128 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:22.159 through new partnerships with Poland. Of course, while Canada helps 129 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:25.840 build different types of nuclear actors, we are specifically in 130 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:31.519 Poland to discuss can do our homegrown large scale reactor technology. 131 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:36.240 Canada has deployed twenty six CAND reactors around the world, 132 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:38.840 including fairly close by in Romania. 133 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:40.240 These reactors have. 134 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:45.559 Delivered secure, low carbon electricity to our partners, avoiding thirty 135 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:50.960 million tons of pollution annually. CAND technology offers our allies 136 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:56.360 enhanced energy security. Our reactors run on natural uranium, moving 137 00:13:56.399 --> 00:14:00.200 the need removing the need for third country enrichment services 138 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:04.000 such as from Russia. This is relevant to the energy 139 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:08.159 security of countries like both. Of course, Canada can also 140 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:13.200 provide Poland with the world's highest quality uranium resources from 141 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:19.120 Canadian companies like Chemico. Canadian Energy has also an extraordinary 142 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:22.919 record of maintaining our candy technology, with our past eight 143 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:30.240 domestic candy refurbishment projects being completed on time and on budget. Finally, 144 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:35.000 candy reactors also helped create localized supply chains and economic 145 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:38.639 opportunities in the countries in which they are built. For example, 146 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:43.240 candy reactors in Romania have created over nineteen thousand local 147 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:48.519 jobs for Romanians. While in Warsaw, I had a productive 148 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:54.200 meeting with my counterpart, Minister Moyitka, along with mister Vrakna, 149 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.919 Minister Belzan and Minister Zurdler, I also met with Polish 150 00:14:59.000 --> 00:14:59.919 energy companies. 151 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:03.279 Include pc PGE and Orland. 152 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:07.080 In these meetings we discussed nuclear energy as well as 153 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:14.000 opportunities in renewable energy, offshore wind, onshore wind, lerg energy 154 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:19.320 storage and grid modernization. Moving to our delegation's time in 155 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:22.720 the IE, we spent the last two days in Paris, 156 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:27.440 Laser focused on Canada's commitment to building a secured, diversified 157 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:33.240 and resilient global energy system. It was the oil embargo 158 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:37.080 and economic turmoil it created in the world's major economies 159 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:40.559 in the nineteen seventies that led to the creation of 160 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:45.279 the IEA. In this new era of disruption, institutions like 161 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:49.600 the IEA matter more than ever. As the IA, like 162 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:54.200 in Davos, Canada's abundant resources and political leadership were noticed 163 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:58.480 by our allies and prospective trading partners around the world. 164 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:02.120 Our allies are looking to US as a reliable supplier 165 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:07.639 of low carbon fuels, nuclear technology, and critical minerals. These 166 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:12.080 perspective trading partners are interested in making investments in Canada 167 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:16.960 to create these opportunities. They see our commitment to democracy, 168 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:21.759 sustainability and multilateralism and they want to work with us 169 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:25.440 and learn from us. At the IA at a productive 170 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:28.600 meeting with a number of private sector companies with interests 171 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:32.200 in Canada, as well as meetings with our international counterparts 172 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:37.080 from New Zealand, Norway, Turkey, France, the United States, and 173 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:43.000 the EU. I also met with my Ukrainian counterpart, First 174 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:48.279 Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denish Mahal Canada 175 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:52.440 signed an MoU on energy cooperation which addressed Ukraine's wartime 176 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:55.759 energy needs and will benefit both countries in the long 177 00:16:55.840 --> 00:17:01.720 term by reinforcing energy infrastructure resilience in cyber and physical attacks, 178 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:06.440 and promoting expertise sharing in the deployment of microgrids in 179 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:11.680 rural areas. I also met with my British counterpart, Secretary 180 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:15.119 ed Milliban, to follow up on my trip to London 181 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:18.480 this past fall. We are pleased to announce that, coming 182 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:21.640 out of the discussions during that trip that have now 183 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:24.960 turned into action, the Government of Canada is investing fifteen 184 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:29.920 million dollars to support Connetrics collaboration with the UK atomic 185 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:36.119 energy authorities Tritium Facility. Connetrics, a Canadian company headquartered in Toronto, 186 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:40.160 is at the forefront of emerging fusion supply chain. 187 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.279 Supply chains. 188 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:46.079 Working with experts in the UK, they will advance Canadian 189 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:50.200 and British research into fusion and create opportunities for Canadian 190 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:54.200 businesses and workers. Finally, tomorrow, we will be hosting the 191 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:58.960 Canadian Critical Minerals Forum in Paris, which will bring together investors, 192 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:04.480 industry and government leaders with Canadian critical mineral opportunities, including 193 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:11.599 shovel ready projects for lithium, nickel, graphite, rar earths, scandium, titanium, and. 194 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:13.200 Other battery materials. 195 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:16.200 As I reflect on my time in Europe this week, 196 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:19.880 it is clear Canada has what the world needs. Our 197 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:24.240 allies want our reliable, low carbon, low cost products. We 198 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:28.000 are building the infrastructure to make that possible at home, 199 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:30.880 and the trade links to get our exports to allies, 200 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:35.759 so we become a more secure, more sovereign, and stronger Canada. 201 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:38.839 Thank you, Mercy, and I look forward to your questions. 202 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:45.799 Minisir will now begin taking questions. Does that ripon? That's 203 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:50.240 so if I'll start with ayadfour, you can meet your microphone. 204 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:01.279 Who can you hear me? 205 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:02.359 Yes? 206 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.640 I can. 207 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:06.359 Thank you Minister Hodgson for taking our question. This is 208 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:10.000 Iodophore with eye politics. There's a recent report that came 209 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:13.880 out saying offshore power in the Maritimes it's an abundant resource. 210 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:18.279 There's hundreds of gigawatts of potential generation there, but economics 211 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:21.160 and infrastructure constraints could mean that only a fraction of 212 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:24.359 that potential is eventually realized. What do you make of 213 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:24.839 that report? 214 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:29.920 I haven't seen that report, but what I know is 215 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:36.839 Nova Scotia right now has a process in place solicit 216 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:41.799 opportunities for fifty five gigawatts of wind. That would be 217 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:46.680 a huge resource to develop, and we're in active discussions 218 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:48.240 with Nova Scotia about. 219 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:50.440 How we facilitate the development of that project. 220 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:54.079 Okay, and then for my follow up question, when can 221 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:57.279 we expect more referrals to the Major Project's office and 222 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:58.799 what would that announcement look like. 223 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:03.319 As I've said many times, I learned a long time 224 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:05.839 ago not to get ahead of my boss. The Prime 225 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:10.200 Minister will decide when the when the next set of 226 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:14.359 projects get announced from the Major Project's Office. But I 227 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:16.519 as you've seen in the past, there's been a sort 228 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:19.160 of a regular cadence of that and I would expect 229 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:21.640 to see that that cadence continue. 230 00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:39.920 Thank you Aya. Next we'll move to Michael Blanchfield, and Michael, 231 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:41.920 I see that you're unmutable. We can hear you, so 232 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.640 we'll just move to the next one. We'll put you 233 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:45.119 on mute now and let you sort that out and 234 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:47.359 let's go back to you after. So we'll go to 235 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:50.160 Ryan Tumility next with the starf. 236 00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.440 Yeah. 237 00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.319 Hi, Minister. 238 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:04.559 Talked a little bit about promoting can do over in Poland. 239 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:09.359 I'm wondering if the government, because there are Canadian utilities 240 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:12.720 who are considering it, if the government is going to 241 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:21.119 incentivize Canadian utilities to use can do over other countries options. 242 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:28.279 It's up for proponents to choose the technology they want 243 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:32.960 to use in Canada. There are several proponents that are 244 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:35.799 at early stages of talking about that they will make 245 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:39.440 the technology choice, not the government of Canada. 246 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:45.480 And we're just over a month away from the deadlines, 247 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:47.920 or from several of the deadlines that are in the 248 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:54.279 MoU with Alberta. You know, we've seen Premier Smith make 249 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:57.519 some comments that she thinks maybe some of these targets 250 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:01.559 are a bit too aggressive or to restrictive. I'm just 251 00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:04.200 wondering how you feel those negotiations are going and if 252 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:06.200 you think that April first deadline will be met. 253 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:13.759 As I said at my remarks in Calgary late last week, 254 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:17.160 which is the last time I was in Canada, from 255 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:21.319 everything I see, both the federal government and the Alerta 256 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:26.559 government are fully committed to the process of executing the 257 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:31.480 MoU against the timeline. Both parties are working in good 258 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.359 faith to get there. 259 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.160 As we all know. 260 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:41.599 In doing deals, sometimes deals come right up to the deadline. 261 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:43.799 Sometimes they go a little bit over the deadline. 262 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:47.160 It's all about the good faith efforts of the two 263 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:48.079 parties to get. 264 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:52.359 To get to a good conclusion. 265 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:55.279 And from everything I see, we have two good faith 266 00:22:56.559 --> 00:23:00.279 parties in the case of Alberta and the federal governman, 267 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:05.000 and we've had active, active dialogues with the other stakeholders 268 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.759 around the MoU. 269 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:11.480 Thanks Ryan, We'll go to max Paris next. We'll have 270 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.240 time for one more for that. 271 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:22.880 Hi, minister, can you hear me as I can? Hey, 272 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.440 how are you doing? 273 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.160 Listen? 274 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:28.279 Yesterday Minister McKinnon and said your government expects a pipeline 275 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:32.319 proposal for consideration to the MPO by this summer. Does 276 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:35.640 that mean there's a proponent, that someone has been that 277 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:38.599 a company has been chosen to build a pipeline to 278 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.920 the coast of BC. 279 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:44.559 Well, I've been in Europe, so I didn't see what 280 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:48.559 mister McKinnon said. But what Alberta has said is they 281 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:51.920 planned to be the proponent and they plan to put 282 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:59.039 forward a pipeline proposal by the summer. So that's that's 283 00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:03.480 what I suspect Minister McKinnon was referring to, but I 284 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:05.079 didn't I've been out of the country. 285 00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:06.720 I didn't see what he said exactly. 286 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.200 Okay. 287 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:10.960 The other thing I guess I want to ask about 288 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.720 is it has to do with the with the can 289 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:16.400 Do reactors. Who are our main competitors to sell to 290 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:20.799 sell nuclear reactors to the polls and how are you 291 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:25.680 dealing with them? I guess I'm not quite sure how 292 00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:29.000 to put it, but like, how what kind of strategy 293 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:31.759 do you have to deal with their sales pitch? 294 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:38.039 So, uh, you know, we're not making the sales pitch. 295 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:44.599 The can Do Consortium is making the sales pitch. They 296 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:50.119 would be leading the sales effort, and uh, they would 297 00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:55.680 be designing the sales pitch against any competing companies. What 298 00:24:55.759 --> 00:25:00.599 Canada does is supports their technologies and we are there 299 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:06.119 to make clear that we stand beside our providers of 300 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:15.200 nuclear technology and where there is financing for Canadian Canadian 301 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:19.839 content in those in those projects, we will we will 302 00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:24.119 support the companies through using things like Export Development Corp 303 00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:29.279 and other other tools that we have to make the 304 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:34.359 providers of Canadian providers of nuclear technologies proposals attractive. 305 00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:39.039 Thanks for your question. 306 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.680 Let's try. 307 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:41.480 Let's go back to Mike Clinchfield. 308 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:46.039 Minister, can you hear me? 309 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:49.400 Yes, I can great a Minister, I just want to 310 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:53.440 ask you about the IA Chair of summary that came 311 00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:57.160 out our colleagues in Paris report that the climate change 312 00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:59.400 was not listed on the agency's priorities. 313 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.920 Just wondering what you think about that. 314 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:08.000 And what implications that has for net zero and what 315 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:11.039 the government's position was during the talks, which were apparently 316 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:12.920 quite quite intense. 317 00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:18.200 I think there was a little bit of hyperbole in 318 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.759 your colleague's headline. 319 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:24.839 I'll quote from the actual press release. 320 00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:28.519 A large majority of ministers stressed the importance of energy 321 00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:32.400 transition to combat climate change and highlight the global transition 322 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:36.960 to net zero. So I quite frankly think your colleague's 323 00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:39.599 headline is a little bit misleading. 324 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:45.319 Do you think we'll be seeing a national electricity strategy 325 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.000 anytime soon? 326 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:52.039 The Prime Minister is indicated the national we should expect 327 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:54.799 that in the next few weeks, and so I would 328 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:56.440 expect to see that relatively soon. 329 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:02.079 Okay, thanks for questioning. I think we have time for 330 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:04.519 one more, so we'll go to ashak Duta with smp 331 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:13.079 lebe asham you. 332 00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:21.640 Sorry, minister, can you hear me now? 333 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.480 I can't. 334 00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:25.920 It's good good to you, Thank. 335 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:29.359 You for taking my question. I had had a quick one, Minister. 336 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:32.599 On your trip to Europe, are you picking up any 337 00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:36.519 buzz about interest for Canadian LNG please? 338 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:43.839 I would say everywhere we go, I hear. 339 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:51.920 That countries understand that LNG is an important transition fuel 340 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:56.960 to getting to net zero. I also hear everywhere I 341 00:27:57.119 --> 00:28:04.480 go that because of the significant in electricity demand because 342 00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:07.759 of electrification, and also because of the wave of AI 343 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:13.960 data centers being developed, that they need that transition fuel, 344 00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:15.960 they need more of it, and they need it for 345 00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:16.880 longer than they. 346 00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.960 Had thought in the past. 347 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:25.920 What I hear in Europe specifically is Europeans felt like 348 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:30.680 they were far over exposed to a hedgemon called Russia, 349 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:38.240 that energy from Russia was weaponized against them, and they 350 00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:41.880 are very keen to make sure they do not fall 351 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:45.440 into a situation where they have dependence on any one 352 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:49.319 supplier again. And so when they look at their options, 353 00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:55.640 they see Canada as a highly attractive supplier, a supplier 354 00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:59.319 that is reliable, a supplier of it, believes in free trade, 355 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:05.599 supplier that produces the lowest carbon intensity leg in the world, 356 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:08.880 and if they have an opportunity to buy from US, 357 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:13.559 they are keen to take that. So consistent with my 358 00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:17.880 trips to the UK, my trips to Germany, my colleagues 359 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:21.720 trips around Europe, my trip to Poland, my trip here, 360 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:25.400 everyone is interested in in our energy. 361 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:31.920 Thank you very much, Thank you, thank you very much. 362 00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.839 That's where a lot of time, so I just want 363 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:35.920 to remind the folks. If you have any more questions 364 00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:37.200 or fall us, please feel free to reach out to 365 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:40.599 meet relations or to the Minister's Press secretary. This concludes 366 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:40.920 the event. 367 00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:43.839 Thank you, Thank you. Go to Canada. 368 00:29:53.039 --> 00:30:00.799 So mercibokul mia, premide, tulmond, mercid permu. I'm speaking to 369 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:06.279 you today from Montday, Mexico, following three days in Mexico 370 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:10.680 City with one of the largest Team Canada trade missions 371 00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:14.119 in Canadian history. I had the privilege of leading a 372 00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:18.440 delegation of more than two hundred and forty business organizations 373 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:22.720 and over three hundred and seventy business delegates from across Canada. 374 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:28.000 Their objective was to strengthen economic ties, diversify trade, and 375 00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:33.400 advanced prosperity in Canada and in North America. In Mexico City, 376 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:37.319 my colleagues and I met with President Shinbaum and several 377 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:41.119 members of her cabinet, where we reviewed progress under the 378 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:45.240 Canada Mexico Action Plan struck by the Prime Minister and 379 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:49.720 President Shinbaum. During our visit to Mexico last September, we 380 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:54.640 also met with Mexico's Commerce Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to discuss 381 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:58.400 the joint review of Kuzma or Temec as it's known 382 00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:02.720 here in Mexico. Our Mexican counterparts have been the most 383 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:05.640 gracious of hosts and we want to thank them for 384 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:11.599 their support throughout this big trade mission. And as Mexico 385 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:20.000 nusavon tremission COMMERCIALI c Hu SUI at the premideer Monterey Cica, Guadaajara, 386 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:24.079 who's a true vactul mar may colegg Le, Minister Agriculture, 387 00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:32.440 Heath McDonald, Pala Motel, David Miles Lisita, the Nuevo Leona Jalisco, 388 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:38.200 who's a situ respective Ma Monterrey a Guadalajara. So there's 389 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:47.240 zippisand the activity Manufacturier Eplusier Sichiux company Canadian compart example 390 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:53.720 Magna p r P, McCain Foods, Quissan Solid Ma itably 391 00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:59.359 Los presence on Salt, Mexican tem wine, la natier anti great. 392 00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:04.839 There's Econemi, Benifiski de cour de libre change nor American 393 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:09.480 teampul the Canada carepol Le mexic As Canada looks to 394 00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:13.519 double its non US exports over the next decade, we 395 00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:18.000 intend to deepen our economic and people to people ties 396 00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:22.039 with Mexico. On that score, this Team Canada Trade Mission 397 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:26.519 has sent a strong message about Canada and Canadian businesses 398 00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:32.920 commitment to establishing an ongoing and lasting presence here in Mexico. 399 00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:38.599 Thus far, national business associations and Canadian companies from Quebec, 400 00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:43.119 British Columbia, Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador have signed fifteen 401 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:48.720