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Speaker 1: number one issue Donald Trump. In some of his rants,
Speaker 1: he is asking for a unconditional surrender from Iran. He's
Speaker 1: asking them to step away from all of their nuclear capabilities,
Speaker 1: and he's saying that he's going to give them no
Speaker 1: other choice. Or there could be the consequences of the
Speaker 1: US military entering the conflict between Israel and Iran. The
Speaker 1: question is, of course, really conflicts in the Middle East,
Speaker 1: they are ongoing, and they don't seem to really end.
Speaker 1: They die out, and then they resurface again, somebody does
Speaker 1: something politically that irritates somebody, and then the whole fighting
Speaker 1: begins all over again. Is the US willing to step
Speaker 1: in every time something like that happens? Now? According to
Speaker 1: one of Donald Trump's campaign platforms, is he doesn't want
Speaker 1: to enter long term wars. Somebody else's long term war
Speaker 1: that is to costly, caused too many lives and it
Speaker 1: doesn't make sense to him. And yet at this point
Speaker 1: he is maybe saying that the United States is going
Speaker 1: to enter the conflict between Israel and Iran. Well, we'll
Speaker 1: have to see on that one. He did leave the
Speaker 1: G seven meeting early in order to go back to
Speaker 1: Washington in order to quote unquote maybe deal with some
Speaker 1: of the things that are happening between Israel and Iran.
Speaker 1: Of course, there were more waves of of destruction between
Speaker 1: the two countries and more missiles fired, more UH statements
Speaker 1: of h hate UH, with itterroll saying that that they
Speaker 1: now have total command over the airspace over Iran, and
Speaker 1: Donald Trump did make another comment about that, saying that
Speaker 1: that was done because of US military equipment and k
Speaker 1: and and there is more of the that equipment to come. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's move on to G seven and we're gonna hear UH.
Speaker 1: Final comments from Mark Karney as he discussed some of
Speaker 1: the things that happened between him and Donald Trump and
Speaker 1: that there are some areas of agreement that stronger borders,
Speaker 1: more protections for Canadian and US airspace, as in there
Speaker 1: is a a anti missile program to be put in
Speaker 1: place and a Horizons radar system to be put in
Speaker 1: place to protect both countries from the next biggest Arctic
Speaker 1: country on the other side of the Arctic Ocean is
Speaker 1: of course Russia, and mister Putin is more than willing
Speaker 1: to take action. We've seen that. And there are some
Speaker 1: while we're talking about mister Putin, he was ejected, uh
Speaker 1: or not invited to come to to the G seven
Speaker 1: or the G eight, And mister Carney does address that
Speaker 1: by saying that the second did he in his country
Speaker 1: invaded Crimea, and that that was the the reasoning for
Speaker 1: for the ejection and for the no invitation, which does
Speaker 1: kind of make sense. Mister Putin says that it may
Speaker 1: have been insulting not to be invited, but it was
Speaker 1: more a to to in response to that, maybe it
Speaker 1: was more insulting to have your home invaded. Just something
Speaker 1: to to think about that for the people of Ukraine
Speaker 1: and Crimea, that their homes were invaded by Russia. Under well,
Speaker 1: the the soldiers market marching through your town does tend
Speaker 1: to to to feel a little unnerving, I would think, yes, okay,
Speaker 1: moving forward from that, the that there were uh were
Speaker 1: some uh questions on the floor at the end of
Speaker 1: the G seven about mister Carney. He was being asked
Speaker 1: uh about energy and resource supplies, in which case that
Speaker 1: they had talked about how to negotiate to ensure that
Speaker 1: Canada is well on its weight being a energy and
Speaker 1: resource superpower, that Canada is is rich in such things,
Speaker 1: and there are things like L and G projects, and
Speaker 1: you're gonna hear part of this episode. We're gonna hear
Speaker 1: a little snippet from UH Premier davey Evie as he
Speaker 1: talks a little bit about those resources. And he's also
Speaker 1: going to talk about other trade deals with like China
Speaker 1: and in other parts of the world. He was he
Speaker 1: was actually on a trade mission in Asia to promote well,
Speaker 1: of course UH British Columbia resources, and one of those
Speaker 1: British Columbia resources is of course liquid natural gas. So
Speaker 1: mister Carney was asked about liquid natural gas directly, and
Speaker 1: he said, is that liquid natural gas is part of
Speaker 1: a bigger package, just a part of a bigger package
Speaker 1: that was talked about at the G seven meetings. So
Speaker 1: he was asked a few times about trade agreements with
Speaker 1: the the United States, and one of the more interesting
Speaker 1: statements that I think mister Carneiye made was that there
Speaker 1: is a trade agreement, there is a trade policy already
Speaker 1: put in place between the US and Canada and that
Speaker 1: was with the the US m C and how that
Speaker 1: agreement should still should still stand, and it was a
Speaker 1: brief comment UH about how he h and how he
Speaker 1: kind of slid it in there. The they about that
Speaker 1: is that that trade agreement was also negotiated under Donald
Speaker 1: Trump's first term as president. So why is it that
Speaker 1: trade agreement is no longer valid and no good according
Speaker 1: to Donald Trump, and that he is trying to UH
Speaker 1: push more tarrors. Mister Carney also discussed other UH ways
Speaker 1: of combating the tariffs UH on steel and aluminium, and
Speaker 1: there there are other ways for Canada to get around
Speaker 1: those tarffs and to secure what we need here in
Speaker 1: Canada as far as trade is can turned. Through the
Speaker 1: G seven meetings, We're also gonna hear from Doug Ford
Speaker 1: as they're talking about Ontario meeting housing home building quotas
Speaker 1: and how they're pushing forward, especially in Niagara, to get
Speaker 1: more homes built and to meet the needs of the
Speaker 1: growing population there. Again, we're gonna hear from David eb
Speaker 1: as he talks about trade agreements and trade missions in Asia.
Speaker 1: He is also going to talk about because he was
Speaker 1: asked some interesting questions around the new BC ferries being
Speaker 1: built and those The fact of the matter is is
Speaker 1: that David eb said that there wasn't a Canadian company
Speaker 1: willing to step up to try to build a ferry
Speaker 1: for British Columbia. China did. A Chinese company did actually
Speaker 1: win the bid. But let's go go back to that
Speaker 1: other part. A Canadian provincial government is looking to have
Speaker 1: a boat built for a transit system here in Canada.
Speaker 1: Why didn't a Canadian company step up wanting to build
Speaker 1: that boat? He was David Ebe was actually asked by
Speaker 1: someone around are the unions upset? Well, he says, the
Speaker 1: unions were dismayed that it went to a Chinese company,
Speaker 1: But how do you select a Canadian company if no
Speaker 1: Canadians actually put a bit in? So the bed goes
Speaker 1: to China. So why don't we get started and we're
Speaker 1: gonna we're going to start listening to We're gonna hear
Speaker 1: a quick snippet of Donald Trump on Air Force one,
Speaker 1: and then we're gonna move forward with comments from the
Speaker 1: G seven. Then here from Doug Ford and David eb
Speaker 1: as they discussed what's happening in their provinces with housing
Speaker 1: and David ebe with it's as he makes some comments
Speaker 1: about his trade mission to Asia.
Speaker 2: There's reports that you want to send the Vice president
Speaker 2: and Steve wok Off to meet with the Iranians and
Speaker 2: have discussions.
Speaker 3: Is that something you're considering?
Speaker 4: Nature you, I may dements on what happens when I
Speaker 4: get back. What specifically is better than a sea spire?
Speaker 5: What are you looking for here?
Speaker 4: And then a real end down, a ceasefire, and then
Speaker 4: so something that will be permanent or or giving up entirely?
Speaker 6: Is that okay?
Speaker 4: To are you close there?
Speaker 6: Are you possible with that? Must twenty four? Why not?
Speaker 6: Certainly possible?
Speaker 7: Good evening everyone, Thank you all for waiting around. I know, Look,
Speaker 7: we got a hockey game to go watch for two
Speaker 7: to ut keep Canadia, to keep Thays oiler. Thank you
Speaker 7: all for being here, and thank you for your coverage.
Speaker 6: Thanks for you at home.
Speaker 7: You know, as I said, uh, I guess yesterday morning
Speaker 7: we reminded that it was fifty years ago that the
Speaker 7: G seven, or the Advanced Nations leading Advanced Nations that
Speaker 7: became the G seven, got together amidst economic upheaval, stagflation.
Speaker 7: Conflict in the Middle East. Sounds familiar, and they formed
Speaker 7: what became the G seven with a mission, and when
Speaker 7: they met in Ramboullier, France, it wasn't a mession, a
Speaker 7: mission to preserve the old order, but to build a
Speaker 7: new one, one that could withstand shocks, deep in integration
Speaker 7: and cooperation and really delivered prosperity for all citizens. And
Speaker 7: it's a reminder that nostalgia is in a strategy. We
Speaker 7: have to change, and at this moment of transformation, we
Speaker 7: must turn the many challenges into change. We know there
Speaker 7: can't be security without economic prosperity, no true security without
Speaker 7: economic prosperity, but also no prosperity without resilience. We're in
Speaker 7: a world where shocks are flowing across borders, whether it's
Speaker 7: through climate change, whether it's through conflict, and we know
Speaker 7: that resilience is built through tough a combination of tough
Speaker 7: choices at home and smart cooperation with like minded countries abroad.
Speaker 7: And that in a small way, but building from that
Speaker 7: is part of the objective of these meetings, this G
Speaker 7: seven is to begin to build that new era of cooperation,
Speaker 7: one that promotes long term resilience over short term efficiency.
Speaker 6: Now the.
Speaker 7: Map there is challenge Daniel Joe UH, this is chance
Speaker 7: productive event in Derision de Tule continent. Over the past
Speaker 7: few days, Canada has worked with our G seven partners
Speaker 7: UH to determine where we can cooperate build resilience and
Speaker 7: lasting prosperity. And that's the approach that Canada is taking
Speaker 7: as we negotiate a new economic and security partnership with
Speaker 7: the United States, and as I've stressed repeatedly, we will
Speaker 7: take all the time necessary to do that, but no more.
Speaker 7: And yesterday President Trump and I agreed to continue to
Speaker 7: pursue those negotiations intensify them towards a deal within the
Speaker 7: coming thirty days. And so the President and I, as
Speaker 7: well as our respective cabinet ministers and officials will remain
Speaker 7: in close contact in the coming days to deliver on
Speaker 7: that timeline. Over the past days, also met with global
Speaker 7: leaders who will help determine the success determine what is
Speaker 7: success in the new global system that will emerge over time.
Speaker 7: And under pinning each of those discussions was I stress
Speaker 7: Canada's readiness to work to create new international partnerships to
Speaker 7: promote a world that's more secure, prosperous, just and free.
Speaker 7: We're looking to deepen alliances with stable democracies who share
Speaker 7: our interests, our values, our principles, and who look to lead.
Speaker 7: We look to lead with many of the resources, including
Speaker 7: human resources and human capital, that the world wants, and
Speaker 7: the values to which so many aspire. And it's those
Speaker 7: values of freedom, of democracy, and of justice that are
Speaker 7: behind Canada's unwavering support for a secure, are free and
Speaker 7: sovereign Ukraine. And this morning I shared with President Zelensky
Speaker 7: and G seven partners what Canada is doing moving forward
Speaker 7: in multiple respects with measures to support Ukraine and its
Speaker 7: struggle in Russia's unjustified, in barbaric war. With our international partners,
Speaker 7: we're launching a major new package of sanctions on individuals,
Speaker 7: on companies, on vessels the Shadow Fleet to exert maximum
Speaker 7: pressure on Russia. We're also sending over two billion dollars
Speaker 7: in funding for drones, ammunition, armored vehicles to help Ukrainians
Speaker 7: defend their territory, as well as a two point three
Speaker 7: billion dollar loan to help rebuild the infrastructure in that country.
Speaker 7: And take a moment to reiterate our condolences given the
Speaker 7: barbarism witnessed overnight in Kiev caused by Russia. G seven
Speaker 7: leaders also reiterated our commitment to the pursuit of peace
Speaker 7: instability in the Middle East. Make clear that Iran is
Speaker 7: the principal source of regional instability and terror, and we've
Speaker 7: been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 7: We urged that the resolution of the Iranian crisis leads
Speaker 7: to a broad de escalation of hostilities, including a ceasefire
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Speaker 7: I'm pleased to share the G seven nations in the past.
Speaker 7: Today's agreed to move forward in cooperation on several key priorities.
Speaker 7: UH We're going to work with our partners in the
Speaker 7: G seven and beyond. A number of the countries are
Speaker 7: here today to develop critical metals and minerals in order
Speaker 7: to build independence from non market economies, and to that
Speaker 7: end will we will create a Critical Minerals Production Alliance,
Speaker 7: a G seven led strategic initiative to stockpile and develop
Speaker 7: critical minerals needed for defence and technology, including a range
Speaker 7: from germanium, gallium, graphite, rarers. We also struck several agreements, accords,
Speaker 7: from the aforementioned critical mineral supply chains, to adapting, powering
Speaker 7: and sharing artificial in intelligence, to collaborating on quantum technologies,
Speaker 7: to preventing, fighting and recovering from wildfire, something we feel
Speaker 7: intensely obviously here in the Prairies, tackling foreign interference and
Speaker 7: trans national repression, countering migrant smuggling by dismantling transnational organized crime.
Speaker 7: Next week we will shift from addressing threats to economic
Speaker 7: security to addressing threats and addressing issues with respect to
Speaker 7: global defense and security at the NATO Summit and at
Speaker 7: the Canada EU Summit. We recognize that our leadership will
Speaker 7: be defined not but just by the strength of our values,
Speaker 7: but the value of our strength. And with that, why
Speaker 7: don't I take the opportunity to again thank you all
Speaker 7: UH and open it up for questions.
Speaker 6: Let's just be prayer focused.
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Speaker 11: Okay, it's just because just to be cla like the
Speaker 11: joint statement specifically on Ukraine.
Speaker 7: The joint statements specifically on He's in.
Speaker 11: Your presidential statement or your chair statement, but it is
Speaker 11: not signed by the seven leaders. Why is that the case?
Speaker 11: What happened with the dates?
Speaker 7: As I said in French Krian? Nothing, Okay, this was
Speaker 7: discussed by all seven leaders. Well, it's more than seven,
Speaker 7: because we have the presidents of the European Commission and
Speaker 7: the presidents of the European Council. Last night at dinner
Speaker 7: these exact words, and they're in my chair summary. We had,
Speaker 7: as I said in French, we had a declaration. Given
Speaker 7: the exceptional and fast moving situation in Iran, we concentrated
Speaker 7: on that and it's a specific one. I held this
Speaker 7: for my chair summary. I honestly look, the there would
Speaker 7: be if you want a nuancewer if you want a sense,
Speaker 7: there would be things that some of us Canada included,
Speaker 7: would say above and beyond what was said in the
Speaker 7: chair summary. But these uh the the recognition of the
Speaker 7: of the importance of the initiative President Trump to achieve
Speaker 7: the lasting peace absolutely agreed that we are resolute in
Speaker 7: pursuing all options to maximize pressure on Russia, including financial
Speaker 7: sanctions agreed.
Speaker 12: Uh.
Speaker 7: That we recognize that Ukraine alone has committed to an
Speaker 7: underconditional ceasefire agreed Uh, And that we all agreed that
Speaker 7: Russia must do the same.
Speaker 11: I appreciate the detailing that I'm gonna ask you my
Speaker 11: question now if you don't mind.
Speaker 7: Michael, I thought that wasn't the question.
Speaker 6: I know, but you asked me just for that.
Speaker 7: This was the equivalent of on anglais for the plus.
Speaker 6: But yeah, Uh.
Speaker 11: In your meeting with Prime Minister Modi, I wanted to
Speaker 11: ask you did you say to him about the murder
Speaker 11: of Canadian sick activist Hardy sing Niger?
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 7: We we have had a discussion, uh, the Prime Minister
Speaker 7: and I about the importance of having the law enforcement
Speaker 7: to law enforcement dialogue, which is cop not to dial
Speaker 7: a cooperation uh directly, Uh, the importance of addressing transnational
Speaker 7: repression as as as as I noted, including when we met.
Speaker 7: And obviously there is a judicial process that's underway and
Speaker 7: I need to be careful about further commentary. Who's you
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Speaker 11: I just want to be clear that yes or no,
Speaker 11: did you bring up the murder?
Speaker 6: I refer to my previous answer.
Speaker 13: Him, mister Carney JP Tasker from CBC News.
Speaker 14: How are you?
Speaker 6: I'm great, okay, good?
Speaker 5: JP?
Speaker 7: Are you?
Speaker 1: How are you?
Speaker 6: JP?
Speaker 13: I'm just fine.
Speaker 6: That's good.
Speaker 13: Couldn't be better?
Speaker 12: Really?
Speaker 7: President Trump says, sorry, that was your question.
Speaker 6: Not so fast.
Speaker 13: President Trump says, tariffs are simple, and what you're proposing
Speaker 13: to resolve the trade dispute is complex.
Speaker 2: What's he talking about?
Speaker 13: What have you pitched?
Speaker 7: That's complex complexities in the eye of the beholders sometimes
Speaker 7: and look, we have mutual interests in security, border security
Speaker 7: and UH military security and UH in commercial prosperity, and
Speaker 7: we have a variety of paths of those discussions. The
Speaker 7: government of Canada is going to agree only to those
Speaker 7: things that are fundamentally in the interest of Canada. In
Speaker 7: many cases there's alignment with the United States, but not all.
Speaker 7: And the discussions are continuing. They're productive discussions, but they
Speaker 7: have more to go. And as I say, they'll take
Speaker 7: all the time that's necessary, but no more.
Speaker 13: Thank you, Good evening, prem Minister Courtney Justin lang Freelance.
Speaker 13: I'm wondering if you can comment about whether or not
Speaker 13: President Trump and the American delegation pushed to water down
Speaker 13: language around the Ukrainian Joint Declaration, the Decoration on Ukraine,
Speaker 13: and on top of that, I wonder what you make
Speaker 13: of his comments suggesting that it was personally offensive to
Speaker 13: Vladimir Putin to kick him out of the G seven
Speaker 13: after the invasion of Crimea.
Speaker 7: The answer to the first and I will speak I
Speaker 7: as you may appreciate, Justin. At these events, I speak
Speaker 7: with President Trump and his equivalents, not the delegations. The
Speaker 7: language that's in my declaration directly with President Trump. No adjustments,
Speaker 7: no adjustments from my fellow leaders. So the consensus around
Speaker 7: that language with respect to was it personally it was
Speaker 7: personally offensive to put it mildly to the citizens of
Speaker 7: Ukraine and the inhabitants of Corimea when Russia invaded in
Speaker 7: twenty fourteen, which was the cause of their rejection from
Speaker 7: the G eight.
Speaker 2: Good evening, primis circus for Narty from the National Post
Speaker 2: Canada sent mixed messages in the past on our willingness
Speaker 2: to supply energy to allies, particularly l G to our
Speaker 2: allies in Europe and Asia. So what are you telling
Speaker 2: our G partners now about what Canada can do to
Speaker 2: secure supply And it is very different from your predecessor's message.
Speaker 7: I'll just look forward as you know, leave you you
Speaker 7: would most Canadians do. We view that Canada has a
Speaker 7: unique opportunity become an energy superpower that's in all forms
Speaker 7: of energy, would very much to go to your specific
Speaker 7: question would very much include LERG. We're seeing the opening
Speaker 7: very shortly. We just had opening of one of the
Speaker 7: major energy projects, partially Indigenous owned. As you know, LERG,
Speaker 7: Canada is about to be functioning the largest energy investment
Speaker 7: that we've seen. There is more that's possible, and there
Speaker 7: have been a number of discussions, including here about potential
Speaker 7: energy partnership, so we look too forward to those as well.
Speaker 7: There have been a number of discussions and I'll refer
Speaker 7: back to one of the decisions at this summit around
Speaker 7: Canada's immense potent potential in the to be a supplier
Speaker 7: of critical metals and minerals, rare earths. You know, there
Speaker 7: was This is my point to bring out my prop
Speaker 7: which can you see this You can't, but this is
Speaker 7: the magnet that President Vonderline circulated, which is formed in
Speaker 7: Estonia by a Canadian company, and it is the only
Speaker 7: such magnet made outside of China right now. And of
Speaker 7: course building that out with rare earth materials in Canada,
Speaker 7: this is one of many examples that we can supply.
Speaker 7: So being an energy superpower is conventional. It's critical minerals,
Speaker 7: it's clean energy, it's nuclear, it's hydro, it's all those aspects.
Speaker 7: And I would say a tremendous interest in that, and
Speaker 7: my government alongside provincial governments. But of course at the core,
Speaker 7: the private sector is looking forward to developing those in
Speaker 7: the interests of shared prosperity.
Speaker 15: Good evening, Prime Minister Age, you wanna smith with the logic. Yesterday,
Speaker 15: President Trump, while after leaving the summit, told reporters that
Speaker 15: you had discussed Canada's participation in the Golden Dome defense system.
Speaker 15: He raised the price tag choo seventy one billion dollars
Speaker 15: or zero if Canada. Word is that in Canadian fifty
Speaker 15: per state US US dollars. I believe, and so that
Speaker 15: he's not the only one sharing that he said it
Speaker 15: would be a separate deal from any terrorists deal. What
Speaker 15: can you share about that discussion and where you're thinking
Speaker 15: is now on that project?
Speaker 7: Well, look, a couple of things. One is that in
Speaker 7: part of the spirit, unfortunately of these discussions, is that
Speaker 7: the world is a much more dangerous place and the
Speaker 7: threats that face Canada face other countries have shifted quite dramatically.
Speaker 7: We can see exactly unfortunately and very tragic respects, what's
Speaker 7: happening in the Middle East as we as we speak
Speaker 7: in terms of threats from ballistic missiles, the necessary to
Speaker 7: have a ballistic missile defense Canada, our geography is less
Speaker 7: and less of a shield, of a natural shield in
Speaker 7: those respects, and Russia is an aggressor. Other hostile states
Speaker 7: are in prospect terrorist organizations as well.
Speaker 6: We need to protect ourselves.
Speaker 7: That's part of the reason why, well, those are the
Speaker 7: reasons why we've started with the over the horizon uh
Speaker 7: radar scheme for with the Arctic, which is one component
Speaker 7: of a broader protection that needs to be put in place.
Speaker 7: There are many reasons why partnering in this case, in
Speaker 7: this case, not all cases, but in this case, partnering
Speaker 7: with the Americans would make sense. We certainly do already
Speaker 7: as you know in Norad, and this is a potential
Speaker 7: extension of that. But these are live, ongoing discussions and uh,
Speaker 7: you know, we will will continue to pursue them as
Speaker 7: long as they make sense for Canada.
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Speaker 10: Hi?
Speaker 17: Prime Minister Brian Platt with Bloomberg I wanted to ask
Speaker 17: about this thirty day window now that you've set up
Speaker 17: with President Trump. Can you explain was this your idea
Speaker 17: for a thirty day window? Are you trying to put
Speaker 17: a deadline in place? And are you is retaliation still?
Speaker 17: I mean, do you move to retaliation if this thirty
Speaker 17: days expires without a deal? What's the rationale here and
Speaker 17: what happens if you don't get to a deal.
Speaker 7: Well, look, there are many aspects of the relationship with
Speaker 7: the United States, and many of your good questions have
Speaker 7: touched on them, from security, border security, commercial, financial, otherwise,
Speaker 7: and uh, we don't want to with respect to the
Speaker 7: specifics around specific tariffs. There's a certain amount of information
Speaker 7: that's necessary. There's certain decisions that can be taken given
Speaker 7: that information and given the relative perspectives. And quite often
Speaker 7: in deadline in negotiations, having a form of deadline is
Speaker 7: helpful to concentrate the mind and and that can be
Speaker 7: the case here. The teams are working well. This exchange
Speaker 7: of information, exchange of ideas and having that focus will
Speaker 7: be helpful.
Speaker 6: What was the second part of it?
Speaker 17: Retaliation? You have not retaliated the doubling of steel in the.
Speaker 6: Lumit We haven't.
Speaker 7: We know we have not yet we retain the flexibility
Speaker 7: in order to do so, and we are looking. But
Speaker 7: I will say one thing which is related to that,
Speaker 7: which is we are looking very actively about the risks
Speaker 7: from third party or third country flows of steel and
Speaker 7: mainly steel but possibly aluminium into Canada UH and the
Speaker 7: need to provide protections from that. So we're looking at
Speaker 7: the modalities and ways of doing that UH, and we're
Speaker 7: we're very live to that. That's the first We're also
Speaker 7: of course looking to provide liquidity and other support to
Speaker 7: UH to to the firm.
Speaker 6: So look, we.
Speaker 7: AH, we have consistently responded in the best interest of
Speaker 7: the Canadian industry and Canadian workers when there have been
Speaker 7: these legal and adjustified tariffs put in place, we do
Speaker 7: so in a way tailored to each situation. We have
Speaker 7: multiple tools with which we can respond and and some
Speaker 7: of those, as this evolves, relate as much to other
Speaker 7: countries potential dumping of steel x deal into into Canada
Speaker 7: as it does the US. So we're looking to calibrate appropriately.
Speaker 7: But we'll do what's what's what's necessary, and you know,
Speaker 7: in short term, and I wouldn't necessarily look to a
Speaker 7: thirty day window too in that In that response.
Speaker 18: Either a mark with the Globe mail on the thirty days,
Speaker 18: are we expecting to see a full deal announced in
Speaker 18: thirty days a blueprint of a deal? And has Donald
Speaker 18: Trump ever given you any indication that he is willing
Speaker 18: to remove all tariffs on Canadian goods as the Canadian
Speaker 18: delegation in yourself have requested.
Speaker 6: It's a negotiation.
Speaker 7: So that's our position, and at present the United States
Speaker 7: may have a slightly different position, but we'll pursue one
Speaker 7: that is in the best interests of certainly Canada and
Speaker 7: aligned with US interest things deal.
Speaker 6: All beta, we'll see.
Speaker 7: Look, it's we have a we have a deal, is
Speaker 7: called the USMCA.
Speaker 5: Here last question, Yeah, grieving Prime Minister. My name is
Speaker 5: God of seventh. I work for India today in Debli.
Speaker 5: Your meeting with Prime Minister and Dariramodi. How would you
Speaker 5: describe that and what are concrete steps that you and
Speaker 5: the Prime Minister of India discussed to take this relationship
Speaker 5: forward that it reaches its true potential.
Speaker 7: Sir well, I think the several things. If I may say,
Speaker 7: I would say the meeting, the fact of the meeting.
Speaker 7: Let me say a few things. First, just in terms
Speaker 7: of Prime Minister Modi's attendance at the G seven, Prime
Speaker 7: Minster Modi has attended every G seven since twenty eighteen.
Speaker 7: That is a reflection of the size of the Indian economy,
Speaker 7: the dynamism of the Indian economy, Indian technology, the leadership
Speaker 7: position India plays, and his host of venues from G
Speaker 7: twenty and beyond.
Speaker 6: So as chair of the G.
Speaker 7: Seven, hosting the Prime Minister in that context is entirely natural,
Speaker 7: entirely consistent. I fully expect the Prime Minister, the Prime
Speaker 7: Minister of India will be in attendance at the G
Speaker 7: seven next year for example in France.
Speaker 6: First thing.
Speaker 7: Secondly, in terms of the bilateral.
Speaker 6: Relationship, which is your question.
Speaker 7: I think the meeting today was important, but I would
Speaker 7: describe it as foundational, as a necessary first step in
Speaker 7: exchange of views, frank open exchange of views around law enforcement,
Speaker 7: transnational repression. It's two examples, an agreement to provide the
Speaker 7: necessary foundations to begin to rebuild a relationship based on
Speaker 7: mutual respects, sovereignty, trust. And that begins with what was
Speaker 7: agreed you asked for concrete, which is that we will
Speaker 7: move to appoint high commissioners again. And let me just
Speaker 7: finish by putting that in context, which is their very
Speaker 7: deep ties of of people and businesses between Canada and India.
Speaker 7: Its well known, it's part of your point about where
Speaker 7: the relationship could go. And they are not served at
Speaker 7: present by consular services in effect, certainly by high commissioners,
Speaker 7: and it's necessary to have that level of service as
Speaker 7: a basis on which to build out again in the
Speaker 7: context of respect for sovereignty and to begin to realize
Speaker 7: the potential of the relationship. And we will, you know,
Speaker 7: we're both committed to work towards that, but there's a
Speaker 7: lot of a lot of work that will need to
Speaker 7: be done. Okay, thank you very much. I'm gonna I'm
Speaker 7: going to close. I'm gonna make one final comment. If
Speaker 7: I made just this is a this is that lib
Speaker 7: to the question you didn't ask what was it like
Speaker 7: in the room? And I just I'll just say this,
Speaker 7: having been at a number of summits G seven summits,
Speaker 7: just to give a bit of a flavor. The advantage
Speaker 7: of particularly the G seven is that there are only
Speaker 7: oddly nine people in the room because of the two
Speaker 7: extra europe I'm not extra Europeans, a right amount of Europeans,
Speaker 7: but there's two other Europeans and there's nine people in
Speaker 7: the room, and they're the principles, they're the leaders, and
Speaker 7: there is a great amount of direct dialogue and discussion,
Speaker 7: very frank exchanges, very strategic exchanges, differences of opinion on
Speaker 7: a number of issues, but from an effort to find
Speaker 7: common solutions to some of these problems. And that is
Speaker 7: particularly valuable in my opinion. And I'm a new leader
Speaker 7: in this context. I have been around these things, but
Speaker 7: a new leader in this context where we had several
Speaker 7: other new leaders G seven leaders. Because you're building those relationships,
Speaker 7: you're building those trust, it will be very valuable. For example,
Speaker 7: next week when the core of the G seven, which
Speaker 7: was the core of NATO, is together making major decisions
Speaker 7: on defense and security partnerships. And so the fact that
Speaker 7: at a time when multilateralism is under great strain, and
Speaker 7: I'm absolutely clear it is that we got together. We
Speaker 7: agreed on a number of areas the six related statements.
Speaker 7: We agreed on the perspectives on Iran despite the impressive
Speaker 7: minutia questions, if I may, on the detail of words
Speaker 7: around Ukraine. Agreed on that aspect, that aspect of maximum
Speaker 7: pressure in variable ways using financial sanctions. That's important and
Speaker 7: that's valuable. And so I want to just give you
Speaker 7: a bit of that flavor. And I'm last last thing.
Speaker 7: I want to pay tribute to our sharpest Cindy, for
Speaker 7: leading this great effort under challenging circumstances in terms of
Speaker 7: global events and just the nature of bringing it all together.
Speaker 7: And so now it's probably about six thirty. So I'm
Speaker 7: hoping when I walk up off the stage the oil
Speaker 7: is up by one at least. No, okay, I don't, don't.
Speaker 7: Just keep me in the zone for a minute. Down
Speaker 7: by one.
Speaker 3: Well, first of all, good afternoon, everyone, and it's just
Speaker 3: so great to be back in beautiful Niagara, especially for
Speaker 3: today's announcement alongside Minister Flacky and yes everyone calls him Flacky,
Speaker 3: and Minister Rooster Huff. And I have to tell you, Sam,
Speaker 3: you've done an incredible job leading this whole region. I
Speaker 3: just want to thank you for all your hard work
Speaker 3: because Sam, Sam doesn't represent one riding. I think he
Speaker 3: represents four or five in the area and he's doing
Speaker 3: a great job, and as well as some truly incredible
Speaker 3: local leaders marriage Jim do O Daddy, Thanks Mayor, and
Speaker 3: I know we're rebuilding that whole Niagara region. And Mayor
Speaker 3: Frank Campion, thank you, and and Mayor Matt Cisco, and
Speaker 3: I have to I want to thank Mayor Cisco for
Speaker 3: hosting us Alton here today in beautiful Saint Catharine's. And
Speaker 3: I also want to thank all three of these fantastic
Speaker 3: mayors for their continued partnership and helping our government protect
Speaker 3: Ontario and build for the future. And you know, Flack,
Speaker 3: you were saying the population has grown. You know, back
Speaker 3: when you're in high school in the nineteen thirties, we
Speaker 3: only had eight million people. Now it's grown tremendously, But anyways, always.
Speaker 6: Set me up.
Speaker 3: I can't help it when you involve all that into
Speaker 3: me every time we do a press conference. But anyways, folks,
Speaker 3: we all know that this is a serious time for
Speaker 3: our province. With President Trump taking direct aim at our economy.
Speaker 3: Our government is doing everything in its power to cut
Speaker 3: red tape and make Ontario in Canada, the strongest economy
Speaker 3: in the g seven. Our government has a plan to
Speaker 3: protect Ontario from President Trump's tariffs by building a province
Speaker 3: that is more competitive, more resilient, and more self reliant.
Speaker 3: As part of that plan, we'resting over two hundred billion
Speaker 3: dollars in infrastructure that includes investments and roads and highways, transit, hospitals,
Speaker 3: schools and homes. Here Niagara, we're twinning the Garden City
Speaker 3: Skyway to make sure this critical piece of highway is
Speaker 3: in good repair and can keep up with the increased
Speaker 3: demand because Niagara is becoming a hotbed for people moving
Speaker 3: here and it's such a beautiful area. We're delivering two
Speaker 3: way all day service on Go Transit through our Go
Speaker 3: expansion program. Last year, we announced the largest Go transit
Speaker 3: service expansion in more than a decade. We recently completed
Speaker 3: upgrades to the West Harbor Go station, which will save
Speaker 3: commuters in Nagara Falls in Saint Catharine's fifteen minutes around
Speaker 3: trip and allow for four times as many trips between
Speaker 3: Nagara Falls and Hamilton. We're building and upgrading hospitals, including
Speaker 3: the South New Nagara Hospital, which I told is three
Speaker 3: point one billion dollars. We're supporting Nagra's incredible tourism industry,
Speaker 3: and we're creating new opportunities for Niagra's world class wineries
Speaker 3: and folks. I talked to the people over at LCBO
Speaker 3: and the amount of wine that people have transitioned from
Speaker 3: California over to Niagar. They told me the numbers are
Speaker 3: through the roof, so that that's yeah, how much forty five? Yeah,
Speaker 3: it's incredible, So keep drinking that Niagara wine. And of
Speaker 3: course we're making record investments to get shovels in the
Speaker 3: ground faster for new homes, including a total investment more
Speaker 3: than sixty two million dollars in projects across Niagara to
Speaker 3: enable the construction more than seventeen thousand new homes. So
Speaker 3: you just do the multiple of two or three people
Speaker 3: live in that home, that's a lot of people coming
Speaker 3: to the region through the Housing Enabling Water System Fund
Speaker 3: and the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program. And today I'm here
Speaker 3: with even more good news. Two years ago, our government
Speaker 3: established the one point two billion dollar Building Faster Fund
Speaker 3: to encourage municipalities to speed up approvals, issue permits and
Speaker 3: get shovels in the ground faster. And Mayor Campion nailed
Speaker 3: and I know the other mayors agree, or Mars Cisco
Speaker 3: and as well. I think mentioned it. But we can't
Speaker 3: do anything, and the mayors can't do anything without their council.
Speaker 3: You know, I've walked the midl in their shoes. Council
Speaker 3: is so important and when council and the mayor and
Speaker 3: the province all work together, were unstoppable. So I want
Speaker 3: to give a shout out to all the great municipal
Speaker 3: councilors out there as well. Municipalities that hit at least
Speaker 3: eighty percent of their target will receive funding through this program,
Speaker 3: with money that can be used for housing and community infrastructure,
Speaker 3: so we can get even more homes built in the
Speaker 3: years to come. Today, I'm delighted to announce that Saint Catharines,
Speaker 3: Niagara Falls, and Wellen have all hit their threshold and
Speaker 3: we'll be receiving funding through the Building Faster Funt. Congratulations,
Speaker 3: that's great. So Saint Catherine said eighty five percent of
Speaker 3: their target and we'll receive two point five million dollars.
Speaker 3: Nagara Falls beat its target. See theo Daddy loves to
Speaker 3: beat everyone with one hundred and sixteen percent of their
Speaker 3: target and we'll receive more than two point eight million dollars.
Speaker 3: And well and beat its target with one hundred and
Speaker 3: fourteen percent and we'll receive nearly one point five million dollars.
Speaker 3: And that's a combined total of six point eight million
Speaker 3: dollars for these three municipalities. Again, I just want to
Speaker 3: congratulate mar Cisco, Mayor Diodaddy and Mayor Campion for their
Speaker 3: leadership and helping get homes built here in Nagara region.
Speaker 3: They're absolute champions for their cities and for Niagara and
Speaker 3: I'm just so pleased to be able to work with them.
Speaker 3: And I hope that this money will be used to
Speaker 3: get even more homes built so I can come back
Speaker 3: with a bigger check for you. And I know, Mary,
Speaker 3: you're already on THEMYK champions on target. So this guy
Speaker 3: beside you is competitive. He's going to want to be
Speaker 3: and I know Mayor Cisco is competitive, but this is great.
Speaker 3: And again I just want to thank everyone for being
Speaker 3: here today and may God bless the people of Ontario.
Speaker 6: Thank you, thank you, Thanks good.
Speaker 19: We will now a few questions from the media. Media
Speaker 19: present can form a line behind me and ask their
Speaker 19: questions through the microphone. As a friendly reminder, the format
Speaker 19: is one question and one follow up. Please get your
Speaker 19: name and your outlet before your question.
Speaker 14: Hi, Premier Ford. Karina Walter from the Saint Catherine's Standard.
Speaker 1: Hi.
Speaker 6: Hello.
Speaker 14: Last week, the mayors of forty Eerie and Port Culbern
Speaker 14: made direct please to you and your health minister, asking
Speaker 14: you to reverse a decision by Niagara Health. The hospital
Speaker 14: system is closing its urgent care centers in Fortieri and
Speaker 14: Port Culburn one day a week and on holidays throughout
Speaker 14: the summer from July to September. The health system has
Speaker 14: said they made the decision because it has a critical
Speaker 14: shortage of emergency trained physicians, and the mayors are saying
Speaker 14: that it's not safe for their residents, tourists and cottagers.
Speaker 14: They're calling on you to immediately reinstate daily operations at
Speaker 14: both urgent care centers. I'm wondering if this is on
Speaker 14: your radar, if there's anything the province is willing to
Speaker 14: do for this particular situation. And I guess overall, what
Speaker 14: does it say about the state of the healthcare system
Speaker 14: in Ontario that we have communities losing urgent care centers
Speaker 14: for one day a week.
Speaker 3: Well, first of all, it's always very concerning, but these
Speaker 3: are summer hours and we can't get the personnel.
Speaker 6: That's what it comes down to.
Speaker 3: If I had doctors and nurses all over the place,
Speaker 3: yes that's not a problem at all. But Nagar Health
Speaker 3: they're the ones that are looking at it and coming
Speaker 3: up with these situations. But let me tell you what
Speaker 3: we have done here in Niagara. Unlike a lot of
Speaker 3: regions in the era, I mentioned that we were building
Speaker 3: or built the new Nagar Hospital three point one billion
Speaker 3: dollars into this region and as well sam in your
Speaker 3: area at Grimsby another two hundred and twenty four million dollars.
Speaker 3: Then we just gave for primary care another two million
Speaker 3: dollar for ten thousand patients, so family docs and stay tuned.
Speaker 3: Over the next week, we're going to make another announcement
Speaker 3: a really good announcement for more primary care. That is
Speaker 3: where we're going to focus our funds and our resources
Speaker 3: for primary care. And it's unfortunate that summer hours and
Speaker 3: everyone's on holidays, but you see this every single summer.
Speaker 3: It's like Groundhog Day over and over again. The docs
Speaker 3: need holidays, the nurses need holidays. If I had an
Speaker 3: ample amount of docs that want to come to this region,
Speaker 3: by all means, the problem is human resources. And we're
Speaker 3: putting the medical schools. We're building medical schools. We're registered
Speaker 3: over sixteen thousand more docks, one hundred thousand more nurses,
Speaker 3: thirty thousand nursing students are in school right now, so
Speaker 3: we're putting the resources in. It's unprecedented amount of money
Speaker 3: we're spending, folks. It's ninety one billion dollars. And I
Speaker 3: just got back from Boston. Had six governors and I
Speaker 3: told them, we're spending ninety one billion dollars. That's larger
Speaker 3: than complete budgets of certain states on healthcare. So do
Speaker 3: we have to look at better ways of delivering it
Speaker 3: and continuous improvement? One hundred percent. We're going to continue
Speaker 3: getting feedback from frontline folks. So by no means is
Speaker 3: this region being ignored. Actually, we're pouring money in and
Speaker 3: next week stay tuned. There's more money coming here for healthcare.
Speaker 3: And I apologize if it, you know, it shuts down
Speaker 3: for a day in the summer, but I'm a big
Speaker 3: advocate to make sure we have proper health care in
Speaker 3: this region.
Speaker 20: Pleasure to join you here on the legislative grounds. I'm
Speaker 20: just back from Asia and you know, one of the
Speaker 20: things that became very clear to me during that trade
Speaker 20: mission was that our province is indeed going to be
Speaker 20: the economic engine of Canada going forward. And right now
Speaker 20: I'm meeting with my colleagues in Cabinet about how we
Speaker 20: ensure the government is positioned to be able to fulfill
Speaker 20: that responsibility that we have to the rest of the country.
Speaker 20: There are two pieces I'd like to touch on before
Speaker 20: going to questions. The first is my colleague Gary Begg,
Speaker 20: the Minister of Public Safety, participated in yet another community
Speaker 20: meeting about the issue of extortion in Surrey. This is
Speaker 20: an issue of huge concern in the community there, particularly
Speaker 20: the South Asian community. It's an issue of concern in
Speaker 20: Alberta and Ontario as well. There are allegations that gangs
Speaker 20: in India are operating here in our province and in
Speaker 20: other provinces to intimidate and extort business owners, and so
Speaker 20: looking at the issue with the Minister for Public Safety,
Speaker 20: I will be writing to the Prime Minister to ask
Speaker 20: that one of the gangs that is self identified as
Speaker 20: being involved in some of these activities, the Lawrence Bishnoi Group,
Speaker 20: be listed as a terrorist organization in Canada, to enable
Speaker 20: police to be able to use the necessary tools to
Speaker 20: investigate and bring this activity to an end, not just
Speaker 20: in our province, but also in Alberta in Ontario, and
Speaker 20: that the RCMP work with the federal government to identify
Speaker 20: any other groups that are also involved in this alleged activity.
Speaker 20: This is a serious step. It gives police significant investigative tools.
Speaker 20: We don't make this recommendation lightly, but this activity strikes
Speaker 20: at public confidence in the justice system, in our democracy
Speaker 20: and in their safety and community, and it erodes public
Speaker 20: confidence in the rule of law. Is a very serious matter.
Speaker 20: It's a huge concern for the people of Surrey, it's
Speaker 20: a huge concern in Alberta in Ontario. And what is
Speaker 20: called for is a similar response to what the federal
Speaker 20: government took to the Mexican cartel issue by listing them
Speaker 20: as well. On the second issue, A serious allegations have
Speaker 20: been brought to my attention made by the leader of
Speaker 20: the Opposition, John Rustad, about the conduct of alleged conduct
Speaker 20: of some MLAs in the Legislative Assembly. The leader of
Speaker 20: the Conservatives alleges that MLAs are involved in criminal activity.
Speaker 20: It is a profound and serious allegation that it also
Speaker 20: strikes at the core of this place behind me and
Speaker 20: the public's confidence in the fact that legislators and staff
Speaker 20: members need to be able to do their work for
Speaker 20: the people without interference. The only reason we know about
Speaker 20: this is because a letter from mister Rustad to his
Speaker 20: colleagues was leaked to the media. Mister Rustad needs to
Speaker 20: explain to the public what's happening. He needs to bring
Speaker 20: the information that he has to the police. These are
Speaker 20: very serious allegations and if he fails to bring them
Speaker 20: to the police for whatever reason, then we will bring
Speaker 20: them to the police to make sure that this is
Speaker 20: properly and thoroughly investigated. With that, I'm happy to take
Speaker 20: any questions you may have.
Speaker 7: Thanks so much to everyone joining us today.
Speaker 14: Reminder that is on the line to please press Star
Speaker 14: one to enter the queue.
Speaker 7: We will start with.
Speaker 6: Questions on the ground.
Speaker 21: We have Richard Zisman, Global News welcome back. While you
Speaker 21: were away or traveling back, you would have seen obviously
Speaker 21: that BC Ferries made a decision to use a Chinese
Speaker 21: state government owned company to build its new ferries. At
Speaker 21: the same time, your government has put in pretty significant
Speaker 21: policies around focusing on using Canadian resources, using Canadian workers.
Speaker 21: Do you believe it's right that BC Ferries is treated
Speaker 21: differently here than other parts of government and does there
Speaker 21: need to be a rethink done about the way that
Speaker 21: that company is procuring important vessels that are going to
Speaker 21: be used by British Columbians.
Speaker 20: Well, it's you know, it's certainly a concern to me
Speaker 20: that DC Fairies would put out a procurement call for
Speaker 20: four new fairies and not a single Canadian company would
Speaker 20: feel they had the capacity to build those fairies, and
Speaker 20: so not a single Canadian company bid on that contract.
Speaker 20: This is obviously a serious issue, and you know, in
Speaker 20: some ways it's positive that our shipyards here in BC
Speaker 20: are busy with federal shipbuilding contracts, but in other ways
Speaker 20: it really tells a story about the hollowing out of
Speaker 20: the shipbuilding industry and the province that's taken place over
Speaker 20: the last fifty years. I am going to be reaching
Speaker 20: out to the Prime Minister to work with him to
Speaker 20: ensure that we're building capacity so that ships five, six,
Speaker 20: seven and eight can be built right here in British Columbia.
Speaker 20: It's important to me that wherever we can, we're building
Speaker 20: Canadian we're creating Canadian jobs. But it's equally vital to
Speaker 20: me that when there's no Canadian company willing to bid
Speaker 20: on the contract, that we don't leave family sitting on
Speaker 20: the tarmac waiting for a ferry because the propeller fell
Speaker 20: off because it's fifty years old. We need the ferries
Speaker 20: urgently and we've got to go. That doesn't excuse either
Speaker 20: our government or the federal government from the work that
Speaker 20: we need to do ahead to make sure that the
Speaker 20: next round of ferries is built right here at home.
Speaker 14: Back to Richard for a follow up.
Speaker 21: Vancouver City Council voted today in the name Trutch in
Speaker 21: Vancouver from the street name. Do you believe this is
Speaker 21: the right decision and should we be having a larger
Speaker 21: conversation around changing some of these potentially controversial names of
Speaker 21: buildings or streets across the province.
Speaker 20: Yeah, I think you know. I support the decision of
Speaker 20: the city. They worked with Musclem First Nation on choosing
Speaker 20: a new street name that reflects some of the heritage
Speaker 20: of the area, and I welcome that decision.
Speaker 6: I support it.
Speaker 20: The work that we have to do around reconciliation, some
Speaker 20: of it is on the ground of creating economic opportunities
Speaker 20: that lift everybody up. Some of it is about preserving
Speaker 20: language and culture, and some of it is about addressing
Speaker 20: long standing grievances of Indigenous people, including that people like
Speaker 20: mister Trutch were held up while their own heritage was suppressed.
Speaker 7: Alec Cleasanbie, Vancouver Sun.
Speaker 12: Back to BC Fairies. You said that you're going to
Speaker 12: do everything possible to make sure that ships five, six,
Speaker 12: seven and eight are built in British Columbia. But there's
Speaker 12: been smaller ferry shipyards that have said that they can
Speaker 12: create a consortium to build the boats here in BC.
Speaker 12: What's your response to that call and what's your response
Speaker 12: to unions who raise the concerns with you at a
Speaker 12: provincial council meeting this weekend In terms of how the
Speaker 12: government has handled this contract.
Speaker 20: Yeah, well, I share the concerns of people that I
Speaker 20: want to see fairies built right here at home, and
Speaker 20: if not in British Columbia, at least in Canada. And
Speaker 20: so there's work ahead for us in the federal government.
Speaker 20: But BC Ferries went through a five year procurement process,
Speaker 20: which I you know, I struggle to understand five years,
Speaker 20: but that's what happened. Not a single Canadian company or
Speaker 20: consortium bid on those ferries, and as a result, unfortunately,
Speaker 20: the fairies aren't going to get built here at home.
Speaker 20: That's a serious issue. We got work ahead to deal
Speaker 20: with that. But an equally serious issue for people who
Speaker 20: are fery dependent is the fact that we desperately need
Speaker 20: those fairies, and we need a lot of fairies. And
Speaker 20: so the work has to continue. And I won't ask
Speaker 20: families to sit around with the dog sweating in the
Speaker 20: car for a for sailing weight because the ferries are
Speaker 20: down and on a long weekend for the amount of
Speaker 20: time that's required to get fifty year deficit in ferry
Speaker 20: building reconstructed. We're going to work with the federal government
Speaker 20: going forward. We're going to make sure that the next
Speaker 20: boats are built right here at home, and we're going
Speaker 20: to support ferry dependent communities and getting the ride that
Speaker 20: they need on our Marine highway right here in British Columbia.
Speaker 7: Alex for a.
Speaker 12: Follow up, Yes, for my follow up, I just wanted
Speaker 12: to go back to your comments on the allegations brought
Speaker 12: forward by John Rusta. You say that you know if
Speaker 12: he doesn't go to the police, you will with the
Speaker 12: things that he alleges in the letter. Can you comment
Speaker 12: further on what crimes you think were committed here and
Speaker 12: exactly the nature of those allegations.
Speaker 20: Well, I'm in the same position everyone else is who's
Speaker 20: seen the letter. Mister Rustad alleges variously blackmail and intimidation
Speaker 20: against unnamed individuals, directed at least towards his staff and
Speaker 20: perhaps towards other people. These are serious allegations when you're
Speaker 20: talking about the democratic process, and he needs to bring
Speaker 20: it forward to police. If he's unwilling to do so
Speaker 20: for whatever reason, We're prepared to take that step because
Speaker 20: the public needs to have confidence that that's not happening
Speaker 20: in our legislature.
Speaker 14: Well, Stepner, Canadian Press.
Speaker 6: Yeah, Hi, afternoon.
Speaker 22: I think of taking my question back to the BC
Speaker 22: ferries issue, So Bill seven Build fourteen, Bill fifteen all
Speaker 22: managed by all accounts to alienate some key constituents of
Speaker 22: your parties and some key coalition members Environmentalists, First Nations
Speaker 22: and so on. This issue appears to have alienated unions.
Speaker 22: Now what risks are you engaging here by your government?
Speaker 22: Sort of and I realized BC fairies and independent corporation,
Speaker 22: but are you not running the risk of alienating unions
Speaker 22: one of one of one of your party's key key
Speaker 22: parts of your coalition?
Speaker 20: Thank you, Well, that's I mean, that's just not true.
Speaker 6: Wolf.
Speaker 20: We work very closely with the labor movement, as you know,
Speaker 20: to create good, high quality, family supporting jobs here in
Speaker 20: British Columbia, and we share the concerns, frankly of labor
Speaker 20: leaders who have expressed that they are dismayed, to say
Speaker 20: the least, that the ferries are not getting built at
Speaker 20: least in Canada, if not in British Columbia. But we
Speaker 20: didn't have a single Canadian company bit on the contract.
Speaker 20: And so that reality is what we need to address
Speaker 20: and will address, I hope, in partnership with the federal government.
Speaker 20: At the same time, we need to keep people moving
Speaker 20: here in the province, and that's what we're going.
Speaker 12: To do well for a follow up.
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