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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Michael Cloks. Okay, so let's talk about leadership.
Speaker 1: If you are a true leader, you don't need to
Speaker 1: boast about yourself, you don't need to put others down.
Speaker 1: You start to lead people by way of the examples
Speaker 1: of how you live and how you treat others. And
Speaker 1: at this point you're like, why are we talking about
Speaker 1: leadership right now? Well, okay, Donald Trump, he may or
Speaker 1: may not be doing great things. According to how things
Speaker 1: eventually get written in the history books. He may be
Speaker 1: written down as the worst president that has ever existed,
Speaker 1: or he could be written down as one of the
Speaker 1: greatest presidents that ever existed with the slowest start ever.
Speaker 1: We don't know. It's like, there could be more future
Speaker 1: down the road for Donald Trump, that it turns things
Speaker 1: around and that makes him a great leader, and that
Speaker 1: he opens the world up to greatness. We don't know
Speaker 1: that yet, giving him the benefit of the doubt. Okay,
Speaker 1: but here's my problem with him as a leader. The
Speaker 1: reason why he is so far not a great leader
Speaker 1: is because he has to brag about everything that he
Speaker 1: does and tell and keep reminding us of the great
Speaker 1: things that he has done, which, by the way, don't
Speaker 1: pan out. He says that he has brought peace between
Speaker 1: Pakistan and India, but there is still the huge issue
Speaker 1: of Kashmir that those two countries are still struggling over
Speaker 1: who owns that territory and the other territories that are
Speaker 1: between the two of them that they're still fighting over
Speaker 1: own ownership and who has their sovereignty of those territories. Okay,
Speaker 1: there is the issue of versus Palestine. A great leader
Speaker 1: would be trying to quell the violence and bring about
Speaker 1: peace so that hostages can be freely returned.
Speaker 2: And so that.
Speaker 1: People who originally the indigenous people of the land can
Speaker 1: live there peacefully in cohabitation with the new people who
Speaker 1: are coming. Well, he hasn't even done that in the
Speaker 1: United States. He's just he's tossing indigenous people, wrapping them
Speaker 1: up and hauling them to Alligator Alcatraz. So he hasn't
Speaker 1: done that in the United States. So why do we
Speaker 1: expect to see that happen? When he's talking to net
Speaker 1: Yahoo about Palestine. Okay, but he says that he has
Speaker 1: a great pre peace deal for both of them. That
Speaker 1: isn't panning out the Epstein files. Well, he calls them
Speaker 1: basic happy bs. Well, if that is true, just simply
Speaker 1: allow the files to be released and allow those who
Speaker 1: are involved to face the justice system head on so
Speaker 1: that we as the public can move past this issue.
Speaker 1: But he's dangling out there, keeping it in the news
Speaker 1: because it distracts us from looking at the fact that
Speaker 1: he may not be such a great leader, that he
Speaker 1: may actually have committed a pedophilia. Because one of the
Speaker 1: reasons why he doesn't want it out there is because
Speaker 1: his name is supposed to be on the list. Well,
Speaker 1: if his name wasn't, unless he would release it. Okay,
Speaker 1: moving on to one of the biggest things that points
Speaker 1: to his question of his why I questioned him as
Speaker 1: a leader. He is on a full on attack against Obama,
Speaker 1: Yillery Clinton and other Democrats. He wants them brought on
Speaker 1: charges for the what he calls the Russian hoax. Well,
Speaker 1: this isn't the first attack. This is one of many attacks.
Speaker 1: When he first took office, he had to say he
Speaker 1: had to fix everything that crooked Biden had done that.
Speaker 1: He had to tear apart what crookeet Biden had done
Speaker 1: so that the people of America have a country. He
Speaker 1: had to take apart diversity, equality and inclusion because that
Speaker 1: was hurting the real people of America. If a real
Speaker 1: leader wanted to change something, he changed it and take
Speaker 1: credit for the change. Maybe not so overtly, but he
Speaker 1: would just simply take take credit for that change.
Speaker 2: Not.
Speaker 1: Tear down or in public tear down what another person
Speaker 1: had done. You just simply change it quietly and move on.
Speaker 1: But he always has to point out how Barack Obama
Speaker 1: did this, Crooked Biden did that, Hillary Clinton did this,
Speaker 1: and her crim relax. He has to put those out
Speaker 1: before he talks about what it is that he is doing.
Speaker 1: Not a hallmark of a greed leader. A greatly does
Speaker 1: and lives is greatness. He does it with humility, and
Speaker 1: he acts humbly and serves the people that he claims
Speaker 1: to represent. Being a leader is a point of service,
Speaker 1: not a point of control. Autocrats and tyrants are not leaders,
Speaker 1: They are controls. A leader is somebody who mentors others
Speaker 1: so that they find the greatness that is within them.
Speaker 1: Also prime example throughout history. One throughout the twentieth century,
Speaker 1: we got to look at Winston Churchill because he didn't
Speaker 1: just rule with an iron fist. He led people to
Speaker 1: He led his country through one of the worst and
Speaker 1: most horrible times of Europe. One of my favorites throughout
Speaker 1: history is General George S.
Speaker 2: Patton.
Speaker 1: He won battles not because he pointed in the direction
Speaker 1: of where to fight, but he was at the forefront
Speaker 1: in his take, leading people into the fight. He stayed
Speaker 1: closer to the front lines, as close to the front
Speaker 1: lines as we would like a general to be. There
Speaker 1: are other examples throughout, especially American history, when we look
Speaker 1: at people like Harriet Tugman. She led people to their
Speaker 1: freedom at great risk to herself. She didn't go around ballusterring,
Speaker 1: oh I'm doing such great things for people. She just
Speaker 1: did them. Barack Obama just did for people. Joe Biden
Speaker 1: just did for people. They took their service to the
Speaker 1: United States and the United States Constitution very seriously and
Speaker 1: they led to people on.
Speaker 3: Oh well, while we're at it, since I sit in
Speaker 3: currently in Canada, well let's look at jess turn Trudeau.
Speaker 1: Versus Mark Karney. Mark Karney, since he has taken office,
Speaker 1: he has said what he is going to do for people.
Speaker 1: He has told us how he is going to serve people.
Speaker 1: He has told us how he's going to try to
Speaker 1: make life better for the Indigenous people, make life better
Speaker 1: for Canada in general. He told us how he is
Speaker 1: going to send people to go broken new deals in
Speaker 1: commerce for the Canadian people, all Canadian people, not just
Speaker 1: a select group of Canadian people, All Canadian people, including
Speaker 1: those who are Indigenous. He went to northern territories and
Speaker 1: along the Arctic and talk to the Inuit people and
Speaker 1: their leadership about him what it is did you need
Speaker 1: and hopefully is incorporating those into the government's policy in
Speaker 1: Ottawa so that great things can actually happen for the
Speaker 1: country called Canada or the Indigenous term for Turtle Island.
Speaker 1: So we're actually gonna hear here as he visited Colonna,
Speaker 1: BC and how Mark Carnie wants to help us off
Speaker 1: with lumber industry, but he isn't promoting what he is
Speaker 1: doing by saying that the Conservative government, the Conservative Party
Speaker 1: would want to tear it up, as just from Trudeau
Speaker 1: used to say, they want to tear it up and
Speaker 1: put something else in his place. He's just presenting what
Speaker 1: he believes to be the best work possible for the people.
Speaker 1: That's what great leadership is about, presenting what you believe
Speaker 1: to be your best work possible.
Speaker 4: Home.
Speaker 1: In the words of John Horgan, he's his mother used
Speaker 1: to tell him to always do his level best and
Speaker 1: he would use that term all the time, saying he
Speaker 1: was doing his level best to do what was great
Speaker 1: for the people of BC. That's what leadership is about.
Speaker 1: Made John Horgan rest in peace. As David Ebe surfaces
Speaker 1: and we're going to hear from him today. Is he
Speaker 1: talks about Alan g products and how they're selling that
Speaker 1: this liquid natural gas to Asian countries to an Asian market,
Speaker 1: to open Canada to new markets in a new continents.
Speaker 1: Something right. It's like instead of trying to force speed
Speaker 1: a old market things that it wants to care. So
Speaker 1: why don't we get started. And we're going to hear
Speaker 1: from Marcarniy David Ebe. We're also going to hear from
Speaker 1: Anita Anon as they're trying to broker a deal with
Speaker 1: Mexico to build a trade card or that would bypass
Speaker 1: the United States. There's a new concept, so why don't
Speaker 1: we get started.
Speaker 5: Hello everybody, thank you, thank you for coming today. I
Speaker 5: think it's important that we start by a land of acknowledgment.
Speaker 5: So I'd like to acknowledge we're on the traditional and
Speaker 5: unseated territory of the Silks Okanagan people. I have driven
Speaker 5: by this lumber mill I don't know one hundred two
Speaker 5: hundred times, going to Vancouver, going to Penticton.
Speaker 6: I've never been inside. It is unbelievable.
Speaker 5: In there, you see a blend of old school moving
Speaker 5: went around to technology that's maximizing every piece of the lumber.
Speaker 6: That goes through there. It's pretty incredible.
Speaker 5: This mill is an economic driver for this region and
Speaker 5: it provides hundreds of good paying jobs for the people
Speaker 5: of this community. Today, the Prime Minister will announce tangible
Speaker 5: supports for the softwood lumber industry for British Columbia and
Speaker 5: Canada that really help us get through the trade situation
Speaker 5: we're going on.
Speaker 4: With the US.
Speaker 5: I think as important as the tangible things of Prime
Speaker 5: ministerable announce is the people that showed up here to
Speaker 5: do the announcement. The Prime Minister, the Minister of Energy
Speaker 5: and Natural Resources. We are paying attention to this because
Speaker 5: this really matters to us, the people who work here,
Speaker 5: and to Canada and Canadians. So with that to the
Speaker 5: heaving lifting, I want to bring to the podium the
Speaker 5: twenty fourth Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Mark Karney.
Speaker 7: Thank you, Steve, thank you, thank you, thank you very much, Steve.
Speaker 7: Good morning everyone. Thank you Minister Hodgson for joining us.
Speaker 7: And let me thank Nick and the team here at
Speaker 7: Gorman Brothers for showing us around this incredible facility, but
Speaker 7: more importantly giving us a window into the ecosystem that
Speaker 7: Gorman is part of, an ecosystem that spans this great
Speaker 7: province that reaches out to customers in Canada, the United States.
Speaker 6: Around the world.
Speaker 7: And provides tremendous value to those customers, and does so
Speaker 7: because it's built.
Speaker 6: On values of this company.
Speaker 7: So it couldn't be more thrilled to be here on
Speaker 7: this important day for this industry.
Speaker 6: Now, before we begin.
Speaker 7: And as the sun beats down on my bald head,
Speaker 7: I would I'm reminded of the challenges, in all seriousness,
Speaker 7: of the challenges that we're facing with the wildfires here
Speaker 7: in British Columbia and across Canada, and we've just seen
Speaker 7: recently fires down the road in the Okanagan, and I
Speaker 7: want to express our deep gratitude to the firefighters and
Speaker 7: the first responders who are on the front lines of
Speaker 7: combating these fires in the Okanagan, in British Columbia and
Speaker 7: across our great country. And I also want to thank
Speaker 7: the Canadian Armed Forces because in support of those efforts,
Speaker 7: hundreds thousands of Canadian Armed Forces personnel across Canada have
Speaker 7: been involved, including to evacuate thousands of people in danger.
Speaker 7: And we will continue to work closely with communities and provinces.
Speaker 7: The territory is to protect lives and homes and businesses.
Speaker 7: Now Steve's driven by here a couple hundred times. I've
Speaker 7: driven through here countless times. I can't count to two
Speaker 7: hundred like Steve, but countless time as a kid spending
Speaker 7: summer vacations in the Okanagan.
Speaker 6: This was always the highlight. But a lot has changed
Speaker 6: since then.
Speaker 7: There's a bit less fruit less farming, more grapes, more golf,
Speaker 7: a myriad of new businesses sprouting up from aerospace, artificial intelligence,
Speaker 7: and health sciences.
Speaker 6: But there are also a few constants, the.
Speaker 7: Good weather, the great people, and despite perils ranging from
Speaker 7: pine beetles to protectionism. The BC Interior remains home to
Speaker 7: a world leading softwood industry because of these people. Yeah
Speaker 7: and Gorman Brothers embodies the spirit of that industry and
Speaker 7: really the very best of Canada. Resilient, ambitious, dynamic. What
Speaker 7: began over seventy five years ago with two brothers adapting
Speaker 7: from challenges in the orchards building fruit boxes, has involved
Speaker 7: into this thriving company with hundreds of highly skilled employees
Speaker 7: and a company, as I said, a moment ago that
Speaker 7: supports an ecosystem that spans this province and builds the world.
Speaker 7: Canada was literally built with our forests and by workers
Speaker 7: such as those behind me. Indigenous peoples relied on our
Speaker 7: forests for their communities, for their transportation, for their artistic expression.
Speaker 7: Early settlers built our economy onlin lumber, literally built our
Speaker 7: economy on lumber, supplying the British Empire before shifting exports
Speaker 7: to a growing market in the United States. Each summer,
Speaker 7: thousands of university and college students helped pay their tuition
Speaker 7: by planning trees. The forest industry is a pillar of
Speaker 7: the Canadian economy. It supports two hundred thousand jobs across
Speaker 7: the country contributes more than twenty billion.
Speaker 6: Dollars directly to our GDP. It's the economic backbone.
Speaker 7: Of nearly three hundred rural, Indigenous and northern communities, many
Speaker 7: of them right here in British Columbia. Well Geldui Loo Canada,
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Speaker 7: last four decades, the United States has alternated between confrontation
Speaker 7: and collaboration, frequently applying unfounded countervailing and anti dumping duties
Speaker 7: against Canadian softwood, and then signing formal agreements that benefited businesses, workers,
Speaker 7: and homeowners on both sides of the border. Speak clear,
Speaker 7: Canada does not dump lumber into the United States, and
Speaker 7: we will continue to make the case that these current
Speaker 7: and proposed duties are unjustified. Canada is a vital supplier
Speaker 7: to our southern neighbor. We represent around a quarter of
Speaker 7: the US market and we help keep down costs of
Speaker 7: American homes while improving their quality. But we're in a
Speaker 7: situation now where the disputes around software lumber are part
Speaker 7: of a bigger picture. American trade pressures have intensified and broadened,
Speaker 7: and the US is in the process of fundamentally changing
Speaker 7: all of its trading relationships in a series of recent agreements.
Speaker 7: America is in effect charging for access to its economy
Speaker 7: through a combination of higher baseline tariffs, unilateral trade liberalization
Speaker 7: by its partners, and new commitments to invest in the
Speaker 7: United States. We understand that overall, Canada is in a
Speaker 7: strong position. Despite our size, Canada is already the second largest.
Speaker 6: Foreign investor in the United States.
Speaker 7: Many of our companies are essential to the complex supply
Speaker 7: chains that drive American competitiveness, and the commitment of the
Speaker 7: United States to the core of COSMA, reaffirmed again last week,
Speaker 7: means that the average US terriff right on Canadian goods
Speaker 7: remains one of its lowest, and over eighty five percent
Speaker 7: of Canada US trade continues.
Speaker 6: To be tra free in both directions.
Speaker 7: To be clear, Canada remains committed to COSMO for the
Speaker 7: stability and the prosperity it provides on both sides of
Speaker 7: the border, and will continue to engage in constructive trade
Speaker 7: negotiations with the United States in the pursuit of the
Speaker 7: best deal for both sides, and I'll be speaking more
Speaker 7: about how we can.
Speaker 6: Reinforce these commitments in short order.
Speaker 7: But despite our advantages, certain of our major Canadian industries
Speaker 7: are being severely impacted by US trade. These strategic sectors
Speaker 7: include auto steel, aluminum, copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and of course,
Speaker 7: softwood lumber. So while we'll continue to work with the
Speaker 7: United States on the many mutually beneficial opportunities that we
Speaker 7: share in trade and investment, it is clear that we
Speaker 7: cannot count or fully rely on what has been our
Speaker 7: most valued trading relationship for our prosperity, and that's why
Speaker 7: we're increasingly focused on building our strength at home and
Speaker 7: finding new opportunities for Canadian companies and workers abroad. Our
Speaker 7: government's new comprehensive Industrial strategy will help our companies retool
Speaker 7: and reinvest, to protect Canadian jobs, to build Canadian competitiveness,
Speaker 7: and to meet growing demands in Canada while developing international
Speaker 7: opportunities wherever, free trade is a commitment, not a condition.
Speaker 7: Two weeks ago, I announced the first of the elements
Speaker 7: of that new strategy, with a series of measures to
Speaker 7: support the transition in the Canadian steel industry. And of course,
Speaker 7: today here I'm going to focus on how we can
Speaker 7: help transform our softwood lumber industry to compete in this
Speaker 7: tough new environment. And it starts from recognizing the two
Speaker 7: thirds of Canadian lumber production and nearly ninety percent of
Speaker 7: Canadian lumber exports currently go to the United States, leaving
Speaker 7: US disproportionately.
Speaker 6: Exposed to their trade actions.
Speaker 7: This dependence creates costly uncertainty, It weakens our industry's ability
Speaker 7: to weather downturns, it makes lumber more expensive for builders
Speaker 7: here at home, and it foregoes enormous opportunities in fast
Speaker 7: growing markets around the world.
Speaker 6: So to turn.
Speaker 7: Challenge into opportunity, with Minister Hodgson, Secretary of State fear,
Speaker 7: today I'm announcing a series of new measures to help
Speaker 7: the software lumber industry pivot to a growing Canadian market
Speaker 7: and to the markets of reliable trading partners around the world.
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Speaker 7: The first pillar is to give our companies that need
Speaker 7: liquidity that liquidity in order to address immediate pressures to
Speaker 7: do so, will provide up to seven hundred million dollars
Speaker 7: in loan guarantees. This will ensure that forestry companies of
Speaker 7: all sizes have the competitive financing they need to maintain
Speaker 7: and restructure, if necessary, their operations during a period of
Speaker 7: profound transformation. Second, to make the software lumber industry more
Speaker 7: competitive for the long term, We will provide an additional
Speaker 7: five hundred million dollars, largely in grants and contributions, to
Speaker 7: supercharge new product development and new market diversification products such
Speaker 7: as reinforced timber and low carbon wood fiber based insulation
Speaker 7: materials that are used in prefabricated.
Speaker 6: And modular housing.
Speaker 7: These investments will increase domestic processing and value added, particularly
Speaker 7: as technology changes the way we build. This new funding
Speaker 7: will include initiatives to support indigenous led forestry business development
Speaker 7: and diversification, something that Gorman has stood behind for decades. Third,
Speaker 7: we will be our own best customer by relying more
Speaker 7: on Canadian lumber.
Speaker 6: Canadian software for Canadian projects.
Speaker 7: Canada's new government has a strong mandate to get big
Speaker 7: things built faster. That means millions of more homes, major
Speaker 7: new ports, new trade corridors, new energy projects, and as
Speaker 7: we build bigger and faster, we will build Canadian, prioritizing
Speaker 7: Canadian lumber, Canadian steel, Canadian aluminum in Canadian construction. Canada's
Speaker 7: new government is working to double the pace of new
Speaker 7: home building to almost five hundred thousand new units a
Speaker 7: year over the course of the next decade. That alone,
Speaker 7: that alone could double the use of Canadian softwood lumber
Speaker 7: in new residential construction, an increase of almost two billion
Speaker 7: board feet, and double the demand for structural panners an
Speaker 7: increase of nearly one billion square feet. To help realize
Speaker 7: that potential, this fall, we will launch Build Canada Homes.
Speaker 7: Build Canada Homes will start by getting the government back
Speaker 7: in the business of building deeply affordable homes and in
Speaker 7: the process catalyze a new housing industry using Canadian technology,
Speaker 7: Canadian lumber, and Canadian workers.
Speaker 6: Core to Build.
Speaker 7: Canada's Homes mandate will be to provide up to twenty
Speaker 7: five billion dollars in financing to innovative private sector home
Speaker 7: builders in Canada for the deeply affordable homes that we
Speaker 7: finance and build. Build Canada Homes will catalyze bulk orders
Speaker 7: of off site construction of prefabricated and modular homes, specifying
Speaker 7: the use of Canadian technologies and resources. This combination will
Speaker 7: create enormous sustained demand for Canadian lumber products. And there's
Speaker 7: just one example of the possibilities just a few hours
Speaker 7: drive from here in Castleguar, Klsnikoff Mass Timber recently open
Speaker 7: their tenh sorry.
Speaker 6: There are one hundred thousand square.
Speaker 7: Foot mass timber prefabrication and modular facility, the first of
Speaker 7: its kind in North America. They're adding new products and
Speaker 7: services including prefabricated wall panels, mass timber modules and trusses
Speaker 7: designed and manufactured for construction efficiency. And of course, the
Speaker 7: impact of Build Canada Homes can be and is being
Speaker 7: reinforced by provincial initiatives, including the modernization of building code
Speaker 7: regulations by British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.
Speaker 6: This creates significant additional.
Speaker 7: Demand will going forward for Canadian softwood lumber as an
Speaker 7: example again here in BC the increase in the size
Speaker 7: of buildings that can be constructed using encapsulated mass timber
Speaker 7: from twelve to eighteen stories.
Speaker 4: You go the sound yep, okay, good hey, Good morning everyone.
Speaker 8: I'm Chris Cooper, LNG Canada's President and c on behalf
Speaker 8: of everybody in LG Canada. I want to thank you
Speaker 8: all for making the trip here today. We're very pleased
Speaker 8: and honored to welcome you to our beautiful facility, especially
Speaker 8: with weather like this. I want to extend a special
Speaker 8: thanks to Premier eb and to Minister Dix and members
Speaker 8: of their staff for also taking the time to visit
Speaker 8: with us. I will also express our deep gratitude to
Speaker 8: the Heusland nation in whose traditional territory were gathered and
Speaker 8: where LG Canada calls home. Also thanks to the Districtive
Speaker 8: Kittimap and to Mayor Phil Gamouth, who is also here
Speaker 8: with us today, for the enduring welcome, the support, the
Speaker 8: collaboration and the community have shown to LERG Canada and
Speaker 8: its workers in our time here. It's hard to believe
Speaker 8: that one month ago, on June the thirtieth, on Canada
Speaker 8: Day weekend, I stood here and LNG Canada reached a
Speaker 8: very important milestone. We loaded our first cargo of maid
Speaker 8: him Beasts LNG onto a carrier bound for export markets overseas.
Speaker 8: We've since sent three more LNG cargoes on their way
Speaker 8: to markets abroad, and as you can see behind me,
Speaker 8: another carrier is now preparing to load our fifth cargo
Speaker 8: of LNG, with early operations underway. This is a special
Speaker 8: time for our company and our five joint venture partners,
Speaker 8: local communities, and for first Nations, and indeed for British
Speaker 8: Columbia and for Canada. It represents the launch of a
Speaker 8: new industry in this province, one that's already provided thousands
Speaker 8: of jobs for individuals, myriad training and employment opportunities for
Speaker 8: young workers, economic and social benefits for people, and of
Speaker 8: course new revenues for governments. It took many years of
Speaker 8: dedication and hard work by thousands of people to reach
Speaker 8: this point. In many respects, our timing couldn't be better.
Speaker 8: The world is hungry for reliable supplies of high quality,
Speaker 8: responsibly produced law carbon energy. Countries around the world want
Speaker 8: to decarbonize their economies, and they're looking to LNG and
Speaker 8: to Canada to help them. In that transition, BC's nascent
Speaker 8: LNG industry adds much needed diversity to Canada's export markets.
Speaker 8: We're also demonstrating again at a time when it's really needed,
Speaker 8: the British Columbians and Canadians are capable of building really
Speaker 8: big things, and we're capable of doing even more with
Speaker 8: other LNG projects in BC on the way, such as
Speaker 8: our neighbors over the road Cedar LNG, the first Indigenous
Speaker 8: led heis led project, and possibly with LNG Canada's Face
Speaker 8: two expansion that we're currently in serious considerational So finally,
Speaker 8: with this trajectory and in continued collaboration with our industry colleagues,
Speaker 8: Canadian workers, local communities, and of course First Nations and
Speaker 8: our provincial and federal governments, Canada has an exception strong
Speaker 8: opportunity to become a top five energy exploding nation and
Speaker 8: that will go a long way to help Canada achieve
Speaker 8: an even more ambitious but attainable goal to become a
Speaker 8: world energy Superpella i'd i'd like to handle proceedings to
Speaker 8: the Honorable David Ebie, Premier British Columbia.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Premier Chris, thanks so much.
Speaker 9: It's so good to be here on the Elergy Canada side,
Speaker 9: I want to thank Chris you and your team for
Speaker 9: making us welcome here.
Speaker 10: We've been visiting with construction.
Speaker 9: Workers who are working on Train two right now, with
Speaker 9: operations people who are running Train one helping to load
Speaker 9: this ship behind us, and the enthusiasm for this project,
Speaker 9: the skill and energy of the workers that made this
Speaker 9: possible is world class. We have the best construction teams,
Speaker 9: we have the best engineers, and we see as well
Speaker 9: these teams people that have experience from around the globe
Speaker 9: coming to British Columbia to share their talents here is
Speaker 9: something that's always made our province great and strong. I
Speaker 9: am so excited about this project and what it means
Speaker 9: for Canada, what it means for British Columbia at a
Speaker 9: time when we are under direct attack for the President
Speaker 9: of the United States with clear intention to cause harm
Speaker 9: to our economy, an approach that makes no sense to
Speaker 9: those of us who are Canadian and American and understand
Speaker 9: our close ties with our friends south of the border.
Speaker 9: The message, though we receive, is clear, Canada's got to
Speaker 9: stand on our own two feet. We've got to build
Speaker 9: for Canadians, and we've got to make sure that we're
Speaker 9: a country that can look after ourselves, and part of
Speaker 9: that means using our resources and getting the markets other
Speaker 9: than the United States. And there is no better example
Speaker 9: of a project at the scale that we need at
Speaker 9: the time that we need.
Speaker 10: Than this project right here.
Speaker 9: And the thing that I really like about the Lergy
Speaker 9: Canada project is not just that it gets us to
Speaker 9: diverse markets, is not just that it provides jobs and
Speaker 9: employment for British Columbians and for Canadians, but that we're
Speaker 9: doing it in a way that gets our resources to market,
Speaker 9: that is responsible and then answers some of the big
Speaker 9: challenges of our time. How do we balance and ensure
Speaker 9: that we're looking after the environment as well as creating employment.
Speaker 9: How do we make sure we're addressing climate change and
Speaker 9: also use our resources to build prosperity so we can
Speaker 9: deliver the services that people need.
Speaker 10: This project answers those questions.
Speaker 9: The energy that comes from this site is sixty percent
Speaker 9: lower carbon than the average energy plant in the world.
Speaker 9: It is forty percent better in terms of carbon content
Speaker 9: than the best plants in the world, which means that
Speaker 9: when we're shipping to Japan, to Korea, to Malaysia to China.
Speaker 9: It means that these countries are able to meaningfully reduce
Speaker 9: their carbon pollution and their carbon.
Speaker 10: Footprint, and that is very meaningful in these markets.
Speaker 9: I was on a trade mission to Japan, to Korea,
Speaker 9: to Malaysia, and as part of that mission, I met
Speaker 9: with major proponents of this project, with Cogas, with Mitsubishi,
Speaker 9: with Petronas, and in those conversations, each one of those
Speaker 9: proponents underlined how important it was them that this project
Speaker 9: was able to be reliable, that this project was able
Speaker 9: to provide the energy that they needed and that they
Speaker 9: were on world markets to find, but that it was
Speaker 9: able to do it in a way that helped these
Speaker 9: countries meet their own climate goals. By working together, by
Speaker 9: reaching out internationally, Canada can be part of the solution
Speaker 9: by bringing our resources to market. I also want to
Speaker 9: address an issue that a number of the workers here
Speaker 9: have raised with me. It could be contractors, it could
Speaker 9: be construction workers, it could be people working on the site.
Speaker 9: It's the question of Lergy Canada Phase two. We're really
Speaker 9: excited about the potential of Lergy Canada Phase two. We're
Speaker 9: in active conversations with LERG Canada project proponents as well
Speaker 9: as with the federal government about Lergy Canada Phase two,
Speaker 9: and we're hopeful to be able to get the company
Speaker 9: to a final investment decision. We think there's no better
Speaker 9: value proposition for the project proponents than what we offer here.
Speaker 9: It'll bring huge benefits for Canadians and for British Columbians
Speaker 9: in terms of employment and revenues to support things like
Speaker 9: healthcare and services the British Columbia.
Speaker 10: And we think that we are able.
Speaker 9: We know that we are able to compete with the
Speaker 9: rest of the world in terms of low carbon reliability
Speaker 9: and just overall quality of product. And so I'm very
Speaker 9: much looking forward to be able to come back here
Speaker 9: to make the announcement about Lergy Canada Phase two. And
Speaker 9: I want to thank all all of the workers who
Speaker 9: made it possible for us to even be having that conversation.
Speaker 9: I'm sure there were lots of long nights. I'm sure
Speaker 9: there were lots of long days. Many of you may
Speaker 9: be away from home. I know there are a lot
Speaker 9: of local folks here, but a lot of people away
Speaker 9: from home to help build this thing. And your sacrifice
Speaker 9: and your efforts mean increased prosperity for all Canadians at
Speaker 9: a time when we really need it. So thanks everybody
Speaker 9: for your work. It's a great honor to be here.
Speaker 9: I want to thank Mayor Phil for welcoming us to Kiddimat.
Speaker 9: Mayor Phil reminds me again and again that Kidmat represents
Speaker 9: the merger of two things. One is ensuring our resources
Speaker 9: get to market, jobs and the economy, but also the
Speaker 9: best the British Columbia has to offer in terms of
Speaker 9: wildlife nature.
Speaker 10: I can't see but behind the cameras, I'm looking at the.
Speaker 9: Aluminum smelter here in Kiinimat at the time the largest
Speaker 9: private sector investment in Canadian history. Now to be standing
Speaker 9: here the proud leader of a province, of a government
Speaker 9: that supported the workers in delivering the largest private sector
Speaker 9: investment in Canadian history again here in Kittamat.
Speaker 10: I want to congratulate your Mayor Phil.
Speaker 9: I want to congratulate all the workers and the company
Speaker 9: on this momentous occasion and everything that you've done and
Speaker 9: everything that we hope are we're going to be able
Speaker 9: to do together on Phase two.
Speaker 10: Thanks everybody.
Speaker 9: I mean, I can't imagine what I understand. There may
Speaker 9: be some questions I thought I covered everything quite comprehensively.
Speaker 11: We have a couple of questions here today, Thanks Premier.
Speaker 11: We're going to start with media in person and we
Speaker 11: have media on the phone line. All reporters will have
Speaker 11: one question and one follow up. For media on the
Speaker 11: phone line, please please press Star one to enter the queue.
Speaker 11: We're going to start here on the ground with Helen
Speaker 11: Assante from CFTK Terrace. Go ahead, Helen.
Speaker 6: Greetans do ever you want.
Speaker 4: My question is at a premiere.
Speaker 12: How does today's Energy Cannada Tour tie into your government's
Speaker 12: to a hundred million support for.
Speaker 2: Cedar LNG.
Speaker 1: Well.
Speaker 9: One of the remarkable things about this project was the
Speaker 9: work that was done by the project proponents by Lergy
Speaker 9: Canada to ensure that the local community.
Speaker 10: Benefited in different ways.
Speaker 9: And one of the ways that the HIGHSLA identified that
Speaker 9: they wanted to participate was not through benefits agreement was
Speaker 9: not through just a stream of revenue. They actually wanted
Speaker 9: to participate as project proponents. They wanted their own LERG
Speaker 9: project that they could do in the way that was
Speaker 9: consistent with their values, and so that resulted in Lergy
Speaker 9: Canada working with them to deliver gas to the Cedar
Speaker 9: Lerg project. That is a project that is going to
Speaker 9: employ one hundred people at that Lerg site. It's just
Speaker 9: down down the water here. The Highsla are doing in
Speaker 9: a very unique way. It's through a floating platform. So
Speaker 9: when the project is complete, the platform will be able
Speaker 9: to be dragged away for recycling and in the meantime
Speaker 9: it'll create literally billions of dollars of benefit for the
Speaker 9: Heisler and for British Columbians. That project couldn't exist without
Speaker 9: the Lergy Canada project, and so they're very closely tied together,
Speaker 9: and it's one of the ways this project is benefiting
Speaker 9: the broader community.
Speaker 12: A jous tour montai everybody. We are here in Mexico
Speaker 12: City and we're advocating on behalf of Canadians, the Canadian
Speaker 12: economy and the bilateral relationship between Mexico and Canada writ large.
Speaker 12: As I have said from the very beginning, my mandate
Speaker 12: as Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister is to ensure that we're
Speaker 12: leveraging our diplomatic and strategic relationships for the benefit of Canada.
Speaker 12: And this goes beyond trade ties which are in and
Speaker 12: of themselves, but we also seek to deepen our international
Speaker 12: partnerships and certainly our bilateral relationship with Mexico when it
Speaker 12: comes to security, when it comes to strategic geopolitical relationships,
Speaker 12: and that's exactly what I am doing on this trip
Speaker 12: with my colleague Francois Philippe Champagne and in meetings with
Speaker 12: President Shinbaum this morning and with my counterpart, Secretary de
Speaker 12: la Fuente. We've met with other members of the cabinet.
Speaker 12: We will be meeting with legislators and business leaders, and
Speaker 12: the bottom line is that we are building the momentum
Speaker 12: in the Mexico Canada relationship and we're making sure that
Speaker 12: this relationship will stand the test of time and that
Speaker 12: it is a comprehensive strategic relationship on the axis of
Speaker 12: the economy and geopolitical issues, including security. And with that
Speaker 12: I will hand it over to Franz Wafili.
Speaker 13: Well, thank you very much, and sorry Fox for a
Speaker 13: bit late, I think responsibly for that. We're just finishing
Speaker 13: meeting with the Minister of Finance of Mexico. As Minister
Speaker 13: Annan said, this is a very successful trip. We both
Speaker 13: have been engaged in international relations for almost a decade now,
Speaker 13: and I would say it's quite extraordinary the depth and
Speaker 13: level of discussions we are today. For me, this was
Speaker 13: all about brand broadening and strengthening the great partnership that
Speaker 13: we enjoy with Mexico, you know, Mexico after a lot
Speaker 13: of opportunities, and we've been looking at how can we
Speaker 13: bring the relationship to its full potential, looking at investment facilitation,
Speaker 13: look at at how we can do more critical minerals,
Speaker 13: looking at energy security, and I think at the end,
Speaker 13: you know, based on the discussion we have the President
Speaker 13: with the Minister Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance, I see
Speaker 13: a lot of opportunities. I think that you know, we
Speaker 13: have been neighbors by geography, and I think we gain
Speaker 13: from knowing each other a little bit better. And I
Speaker 13: think it was very obvious in our discussions today that
Speaker 13: our Mexican friends really welcome uh this uh, this strategic
Speaker 13: partnership with Canada and the visit that we have organized
Speaker 13: to really uh, you know, look at the next steps
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Speaker 15: A thank you first question Ashley Bert, please go ahead,
Speaker 15: thanks for taking our questions.
Speaker 10: Ministers.
Speaker 9: What did the president tell you about how she got
Speaker 9: a nine day extension with Trump?
Speaker 12: The conversation with President Shambaum was well over an hour
Speaker 12: and we discuss many aspects of the bilateral relationship, and
Speaker 12: we also discussed the desire for a strong North American economy,
Speaker 12: and in particular, Canada will continue to seek strong relationships
Speaker 12: both with Mexico and the United States for the benefits
Speaker 12: of this very important trade negotiation and relationship. I want
Speaker 12: to stress that Canada's economic relationship with the United States
Speaker 12: differs significantly from Mexico's. We have over two billion dollars
Speaker 12: of trade passing through the Canada US border every single day,
Speaker 12: and we also have different economic profiles, different levels of integration,
Speaker 12: and a longstanding economic and defense and security relationship that
Speaker 12: is perhaps the most integrated in the world. Therefore, to
Speaker 12: parse out individual elements of one country's negotiations versus our
Speaker 12: own is somewhat superficial because the relationship is so very complex,
Speaker 12: and we really do need to understand that that complexity
Speaker 12: drives the entire negotiation, which of course is being led
Speaker 12: by dominic LeBlanc industry.
Speaker 13: I think the ministry said it perfectly, Ashley. I mean,
Speaker 13: first of all, great to be talking. I think what
Speaker 13: we were focusing Minister Ann and I here was certainly
Speaker 13: looking at what more we could do with our Mexican partner.
Speaker 13: You know, I did take the opportunity to put that
Speaker 13: in perspective. When you look at the GDP of Mexico
Speaker 13: in Canada, and if you were to look at the
Speaker 13: combined GDP, you're looking something close to four trillion, something
Speaker 13: close to the fifth largest economy in the world when
Speaker 13: you look at the combined numbers, and also half of
Speaker 13: the population in the United States. So I think, as
Speaker 13: Minister And said very eloquently, we both realized that the
Speaker 13: United States is a strategic partner to both Canada and Mexico.
Speaker 13: Geography has made us partners, and not only partners, but
Speaker 13: I would say trade partners. In our relationship we have
Speaker 13: deep relationship and on the security fund with respect to
Speaker 13: our supply chain, with respect to defense. But at the
Speaker 13: same time, I think, you know our mission here, I
Speaker 13: would say with Minister and and was really I feel
Speaker 13: with Mexico we have been neighbors, but we need to
Speaker 13: get to know each other a bit better. And I
Speaker 13: think it was obvious this morning about the things that
Speaker 13: we could do on the energy side, on the security side,
Speaker 13: with respect to some supplies and with respect also to
Speaker 13: the auto sector. So the focus was very much looking forward,
Speaker 13: how much more we can do together?
Speaker 12: Right, And I'll sorry, Ashley, I'll just add one more
Speaker 12: thing because frostwa Philippe was segueing into the bilateral relationship discussion,
Speaker 12: and indeed, what we have agreed is to build a
Speaker 12: work plan between Canada and Mexico which focuses on a
Speaker 12: number of factors, for example, resilient supply chains, port to port,
Speaker 12: lines of trade, artificial intelligence and the digital economy, energy security.
Speaker 12: And so this conversation not only with President Shanebaum, but
Speaker 12: also with our ministerial counterparts was very detailed, and in fact,
Speaker 12: we'll continue throughout the rest of this day and tomorrow,
Speaker 12: and we're also meeting with a number of members of
Speaker 12: the business community, because, as we discussed with our Mexican counterparts,
Speaker 12: it's very much an all hands on deck approach to
Speaker 12: ensure that we are kickstarting the Canada Mexican bilateral economic relationship.
Speaker 15: Probly followup question, Ashley, I hear you're saying about booth
Speaker 15: countries being different, but there are a lot of Canadians
Speaker 15: today wondering why Mexico got an extension and Canada. Was
Speaker 15: there anything you learned during your meeting with the President
Speaker 15: that can help our bidding answer to Canadians.
Speaker 12: We are continuing to share information of all sorts with Mexico,
Speaker 12: and I will say that our communications with our American counterparts,
Speaker 12: and that is the bilateral relationship that you're referring to
Speaker 12: in your question, continues to be constructive and will remain
Speaker 12: at the table in the interests of the Canadian economy,
Speaker 12: recognizing that the KUSMA is overall beneficial for the Canadian
Speaker 12: economy and that we will continue to advocate for Canadian business,
Speaker 12: Canadian workers and the Canadian economy overall.
Speaker 16: Thank you, Thank you Moderator, Your excellency President Mohamma, excellencis
Speaker 16: former President of Asanjo, my good friend, former President Zerlive,
Speaker 16: former President Amina, excellencies, their colleagues and friends, thank you
Speaker 16: for the opportunity to join you today, and my thanks
Speaker 16: to President Mohamma for his leadership in convening us to
Speaker 16: chart a new course for the health, financing and governor
Speaker 16: on our continent. The summit builds on the leadership of
Speaker 16: President Kagame and the work of the Africa Union to
Speaker 16: strengthen the reliance of African nations on their own resources
Speaker 16: to finance the health of their own people, and it
Speaker 16: goes a step further acknowledging that finance alone will not
Speaker 16: take us to the aspirations of the Lusaka Agenda for
Speaker 16: country owned, investment oriented sustainable health systems. Health AID is
Speaker 16: projected to decline by up to forty percent this year
Speaker 16: compared to just two years ago.
Speaker 2: This is not a gradual shift. It's a cliff age.
Speaker 16: Life saving medicines are sitting in warehouses, health workers are
Speaker 16: losing jobs, clinics are closing.
Speaker 2: And millions are missing care. We must all adjust to
Speaker 2: this new reality. But in this crisis lies.
Speaker 16: An opportunity, an opportunity to shake off the yoke of
Speaker 16: AID dependency and embrace a new era of sovereignty, self
Speaker 16: reliance and solidarity. Many African leaders have told me they're
Speaker 16: ready to make that transition, as President Muhammad is demonstrating.
Speaker 16: And that's the critical first step political commitment from the
Speaker 16: highest levels. The responsibility for financing strong resilient systems rests
Speaker 16: with governments. The most efficient and equitable source of health
Speaker 16: financing is the national budget. Ghana is leading by example.
Speaker 16: Earlier this year the parliament past reforms to increase financing
Speaker 16: for the National Health Insurance Scheme, filling the gap left
Speaker 16: by donor withdrawal and delivering on the President's President Muhamma's
Speaker 16: bold commitment to free primary health care for all. That's
Speaker 16: what sovereignty looks like. And thank you, mister President. Of course,
Speaker 16: private capital and philanthropic capital are both very important, but
Speaker 16: they can only complement public financing and they cannot replace it.
Speaker 16: And more money alone is not enough. What's important is
Speaker 16: how effectively that money is used. Who's work with countries
Speaker 16: has shown that up to thirteen percent of health budgets
Speaker 16: in law and middle income countries go and spent due
Speaker 16: to weak public financial system. That is money lost, but
Speaker 16: more importantly, it means lives lost. Who is now working
Speaker 16: with governments and partners here in Africa and elsewhere to
Speaker 16: strength and value for money in several ways, by developing
Speaker 16: essential health benefit packages and cost effective policies. By supporting
Speaker 16: countries to introduce or increase health taxes on tobacco, alcohol
Speaker 16: and sugary drinks through pull procurement and investment in domestic manufacturing.
Speaker 16: By integrating donor funded vertical programs into government led systems
Speaker 16: based on primary healthcare and through public health insurance and
Speaker 16: through better jet execution using digital public health financial management system.
Speaker 16: We must also confront the structural constraints. Debt service burdens
Speaker 16: are crowding out social investments and donor funding often bypasses
Speaker 16: national systems, making long term planning almost impossible. We cannot
Speaker 16: ignore the broader Econoke context. In twenty twenty three, Africa
Speaker 16: received seventy four billion US dollars in eight.
Speaker 2: But lost ninety billion dollars to illicit.
Speaker 16: Financial flaws and fifty five billion dollars to corporate tax exemptions.
Speaker 2: So Africa lost.
Speaker 16: Much more than it gained from aid, and this is unacceptable.
Speaker 16: One practical solution is health taxes.
Speaker 2: A fifty percent.
Speaker 16: Price increase on harmful products like tobacco, alcohol, and sugary
Speaker 16: drinks could generate an additional three point seven trillion dollars
Speaker 16: globally within five years and save millions of lives. Beyond
Speaker 16: domestic reforms, global change is essential w choice using its
Speaker 16: presence on global flora, from the G twenty to the
Speaker 16: European Commission, the SEBA Financing for Development, to the UN
Speaker 16: and the Bricks Group to call for a more democratic,
Speaker 16: fair and accountable global health architecture. In May, the World
Speaker 16: Health Assembly adapted a landmark resolution led by Nigeria or
Speaker 16: my brother here Mohammed Pate and corresponsored by over twenty
Speaker 16: five countries including Ghana, South Africa, Senegal and Zambia, calling
Speaker 16: for more domestic investment and deeper governance reform. It reflects
Speaker 16: the LUSACA Agenda and the principles of one Plan, One Budget,
Speaker 16: One Report. W chious mandate is to support governments in
Speaker 16: building strong Brazilians inclusive health systems, guided by evidence and
Speaker 16: grounded in equity. Let me be clear, Africa does not
Speaker 16: need charity. Africa needs fair terms. As President and Cruma
Speaker 16: said over sixty years ago, I could we are not
Speaker 16: interested in handouts. We seek a new international order in
Speaker 16: which health and development are global rights, not privileges for
Speaker 16: the few. This is not a dream, it is a choice.
Speaker 16: The difference between crisis and opportunity.
Speaker 6: Is leadership.
Speaker 16: We need leadership from governments to invest in their people
Speaker 16: and their health. We need leadership from creditors to offer
Speaker 16: concessional lending at fair terms. We need leadership from donors
Speaker 16: to strengths and national health systems, not create parallel ones. Ultimately,
Speaker 16: health is not a cost to be contained. It's an
Speaker 16: investment to be nurtured in people in stability and in prosperity.
Speaker 16: And the leadership by President Muhammadau to address these issues
Speaker 16: is very timely. Thank you, your excellency, and let's seize
Speaker 16: this moment not to repair but to transform.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Medassie.
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