WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:23.519 Thank you for listening to Depictions Media Radio. Welcome to 2 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:29.800 Policy and Rights show up gosh alcoa Policy Human Joys. 3 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:00.600 Welcome back to Policy and Rates Here Depictions Media Radio. 4 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:06.239 I'm your host, Michael Cloks. Okay, so let's talk about leadership. 5 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:12.400 If you are a true leader, you don't need to 6 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:16.480 boast about yourself, you don't need to put others down. 7 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:22.040 You start to lead people by way of the examples 8 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:29.640 of how you live and how you treat others. And 9 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:33.400 at this point you're like, why are we talking about 10 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:42.599 leadership right now? Well, okay, Donald Trump, he may or 11 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:45.599 may not be doing great things. According to how things 12 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:50.079 eventually get written in the history books. He may be 13 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:53.760 written down as the worst president that has ever existed, 14 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:56.959 or he could be written down as one of the 15 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.280 greatest presidents that ever existed with the slowest start ever. 16 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:06.280 We don't know. It's like, there could be more future 17 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:08.960 down the road for Donald Trump, that it turns things 18 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:12.240 around and that makes him a great leader, and that 19 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:17.039 he opens the world up to greatness. We don't know 20 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:23.120 that yet, giving him the benefit of the doubt. Okay, 21 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:27.919 but here's my problem with him as a leader. The 22 00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:32.039 reason why he is so far not a great leader 23 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:38.400 is because he has to brag about everything that he 24 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:43.400 does and tell and keep reminding us of the great 25 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:47.520 things that he has done, which, by the way, don't 26 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:51.960 pan out. He says that he has brought peace between 27 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.120 Pakistan and India, but there is still the huge issue 28 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:02.039 of Kashmir that those two countries are still struggling over 29 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:07.479 who owns that territory and the other territories that are 30 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:13.599 between the two of them that they're still fighting over 31 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:22.800 own ownership and who has their sovereignty of those territories. Okay, 32 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:31.039 there is the issue of versus Palestine. A great leader 33 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:37.240 would be trying to quell the violence and bring about 34 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:41.800 peace so that hostages can be freely returned. 35 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:44.120 And so that. 36 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:50.000 People who originally the indigenous people of the land can 37 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:57.520 live there peacefully in cohabitation with the new people who 38 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:01.759 are coming. Well, he hasn't even done that in the 39 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:06.919 United States. He's just he's tossing indigenous people, wrapping them 40 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:11.840 up and hauling them to Alligator Alcatraz. So he hasn't 41 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:13.680 done that in the United States. So why do we 42 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.879 expect to see that happen? When he's talking to net 43 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:24.360 Yahoo about Palestine. Okay, but he says that he has 44 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:28.279 a great pre peace deal for both of them. That 45 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:39.399 isn't panning out the Epstein files. Well, he calls them 46 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:46.000 basic happy bs. Well, if that is true, just simply 47 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:52.519 allow the files to be released and allow those who 48 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:57.639 are involved to face the justice system head on so 49 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:01.920 that we as the public can move past this issue. 50 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:04.680 But he's dangling out there, keeping it in the news 51 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:07.959 because it distracts us from looking at the fact that 52 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:14.600 he may not be such a great leader, that he 53 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:25.839 may actually have committed a pedophilia. Because one of the 54 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:27.879 reasons why he doesn't want it out there is because 55 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:31.199 his name is supposed to be on the list. Well, 56 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:36.759 if his name wasn't, unless he would release it. Okay, 57 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:45.639 moving on to one of the biggest things that points 58 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:50.439 to his question of his why I questioned him as 59 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:58.079 a leader. He is on a full on attack against Obama, 60 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:04.600 Yillery Clinton and other Democrats. He wants them brought on 61 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:15.560 charges for the what he calls the Russian hoax. Well, 62 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:22.120 this isn't the first attack. This is one of many attacks. 63 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:24.839 When he first took office, he had to say he 64 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:29.920 had to fix everything that crooked Biden had done that. 65 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:35.680 He had to tear apart what crookeet Biden had done 66 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:40.560 so that the people of America have a country. He 67 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:48.199 had to take apart diversity, equality and inclusion because that 68 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:57.959 was hurting the real people of America. If a real 69 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:03.720 leader wanted to change something, he changed it and take 70 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:10.439 credit for the change. Maybe not so overtly, but he 71 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:19.040 would just simply take take credit for that change. 72 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:17.079 Not. 73 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:26.079 Tear down or in public tear down what another person 74 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:30.839 had done. You just simply change it quietly and move on. 75 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:37.480 But he always has to point out how Barack Obama 76 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:43.959 did this, Crooked Biden did that, Hillary Clinton did this, 77 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:47.839 and her crim relax. He has to put those out 78 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:51.839 before he talks about what it is that he is doing. 79 00:07:54.800 --> 00:08:00.720 Not a hallmark of a greed leader. A greatly does 80 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:06.560 and lives is greatness. He does it with humility, and 81 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:12.000 he acts humbly and serves the people that he claims 82 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:16.560 to represent. Being a leader is a point of service, 83 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:26.800 not a point of control. Autocrats and tyrants are not leaders, 84 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:38.799 They are controls. A leader is somebody who mentors others 85 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:42.919 so that they find the greatness that is within them. 86 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:52.200 Also prime example throughout history. One throughout the twentieth century, 87 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:58.279 we got to look at Winston Churchill because he didn't 88 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:04.080 just rule with an iron fist. He led people to 89 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:09.000 He led his country through one of the worst and 90 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:16.879 most horrible times of Europe. One of my favorites throughout 91 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:18.879 history is General George S. 92 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:19.320 Patton. 93 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:25.120 He won battles not because he pointed in the direction 94 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:28.360 of where to fight, but he was at the forefront 95 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:32.759 in his take, leading people into the fight. He stayed 96 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:36.519 closer to the front lines, as close to the front 97 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:45.639 lines as we would like a general to be. There 98 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:52.399 are other examples throughout, especially American history, when we look 99 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:59.080 at people like Harriet Tugman. She led people to their 100 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:05.720 freedom at great risk to herself. She didn't go around ballusterring, 101 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:10.600 oh I'm doing such great things for people. She just 102 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:20.000 did them. Barack Obama just did for people. Joe Biden 103 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:26.360 just did for people. They took their service to the 104 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:31.679 United States and the United States Constitution very seriously and 105 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:33.360 they led to people on. 106 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:41.279 Oh well, while we're at it, since I sit in 107 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:47.240 currently in Canada, well let's look at jess turn Trudeau. 108 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:53.240 Versus Mark Karney. Mark Karney, since he has taken office, 109 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:56.279 he has said what he is going to do for people. 110 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:59.639 He has told us how he is going to serve people. 111 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:02.320 He has told us how he's going to try to 112 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:06.759 make life better for the Indigenous people, make life better 113 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:10.039 for Canada in general. He told us how he is 114 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:14.799 going to send people to go broken new deals in 115 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:23.279 commerce for the Canadian people, all Canadian people, not just 116 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:29.240 a select group of Canadian people, All Canadian people, including 117 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:36.159 those who are Indigenous. He went to northern territories and 118 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:39.840 along the Arctic and talk to the Inuit people and 119 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:43.440 their leadership about him what it is did you need 120 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:50.919 and hopefully is incorporating those into the government's policy in 121 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:58.200 Ottawa so that great things can actually happen for the 122 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:06.480 country called Canada or the Indigenous term for Turtle Island. 123 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:14.799 So we're actually gonna hear here as he visited Colonna, 124 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:20.919 BC and how Mark Carnie wants to help us off 125 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:28.080 with lumber industry, but he isn't promoting what he is 126 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:34.600 doing by saying that the Conservative government, the Conservative Party 127 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:39.960 would want to tear it up, as just from Trudeau 128 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:43.480 used to say, they want to tear it up and 129 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:47.600 put something else in his place. He's just presenting what 130 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:52.200 he believes to be the best work possible for the people. 131 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:57.320 That's what great leadership is about, presenting what you believe 132 00:12:57.559 --> 00:13:00.000 to be your best work possible. 133 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:00.320 Home. 134 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.120 In the words of John Horgan, he's his mother used 135 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:08.799 to tell him to always do his level best and 136 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:13.240 he would use that term all the time, saying he 137 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:17.200 was doing his level best to do what was great 138 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:23.600 for the people of BC. That's what leadership is about. 139 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:29.679 Made John Horgan rest in peace. As David Ebe surfaces 140 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:32.480 and we're going to hear from him today. Is he 141 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:39.279 talks about Alan g products and how they're selling that 142 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:46.600 this liquid natural gas to Asian countries to an Asian market, 143 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:53.279 to open Canada to new markets in a new continents. 144 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:59.679 Something right. It's like instead of trying to force speed 145 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:08.039 a old market things that it wants to care. So 146 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:10.919 why don't we get started. And we're going to hear 147 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:16.879 from Marcarniy David Ebe. We're also going to hear from 148 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:21.039 Anita Anon as they're trying to broker a deal with 149 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:25.919 Mexico to build a trade card or that would bypass 150 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:32.559 the United States. There's a new concept, so why don't 151 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:33.559 we get started. 152 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:51.559 Hello everybody, thank you, thank you for coming today. I 153 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:54.279 think it's important that we start by a land of acknowledgment. 154 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:56.080 So I'd like to acknowledge we're on the traditional and 155 00:14:56.159 --> 00:15:00.840 unseated territory of the Silks Okanagan people. I have driven 156 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:04.279 by this lumber mill I don't know one hundred two 157 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:07.480 hundred times, going to Vancouver, going to Penticton. 158 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:10.879 I've never been inside. It is unbelievable. 159 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:13.600 In there, you see a blend of old school moving 160 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:18.559 went around to technology that's maximizing every piece of the lumber. 161 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:20.360 That goes through there. It's pretty incredible. 162 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:24.279 This mill is an economic driver for this region and 163 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:27.279 it provides hundreds of good paying jobs for the people 164 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:32.240 of this community. Today, the Prime Minister will announce tangible 165 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:35.360 supports for the softwood lumber industry for British Columbia and 166 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:39.759 Canada that really help us get through the trade situation 167 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:40.399 we're going on. 168 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:40.960 With the US. 169 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:43.720 I think as important as the tangible things of Prime 170 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.000 ministerable announce is the people that showed up here to 171 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:49.080 do the announcement. The Prime Minister, the Minister of Energy 172 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:51.799 and Natural Resources. We are paying attention to this because 173 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:54.120 this really matters to us, the people who work here, 174 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:56.960 and to Canada and Canadians. So with that to the 175 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:59.080 heaving lifting, I want to bring to the podium the 176 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:02.919 twenty fourth Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Mark Karney. 177 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:10.759 Thank you, Steve, thank you, thank you, thank you very much, Steve. 178 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:15.039 Good morning everyone. Thank you Minister Hodgson for joining us. 179 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:21.440 And let me thank Nick and the team here at 180 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:26.240 Gorman Brothers for showing us around this incredible facility, but 181 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:33.519 more importantly giving us a window into the ecosystem that 182 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:37.840 Gorman is part of, an ecosystem that spans this great 183 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:43.720 province that reaches out to customers in Canada, the United States. 184 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:44.480 Around the world. 185 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:50.559 And provides tremendous value to those customers, and does so 186 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:51.960 because it's built. 187 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:54.480 On values of this company. 188 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:57.960 So it couldn't be more thrilled to be here on 189 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:01.080 this important day for this industry. 190 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.879 Now, before we begin. 191 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:08.160 And as the sun beats down on my bald head, 192 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:13.960 I would I'm reminded of the challenges, in all seriousness, 193 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:17.559 of the challenges that we're facing with the wildfires here 194 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:21.920 in British Columbia and across Canada, and we've just seen 195 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:27.559 recently fires down the road in the Okanagan, and I 196 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:31.880 want to express our deep gratitude to the firefighters and 197 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:34.920 the first responders who are on the front lines of 198 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.680 combating these fires in the Okanagan, in British Columbia and 199 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:41.599 across our great country. And I also want to thank 200 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:46.400 the Canadian Armed Forces because in support of those efforts, 201 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:50.960 hundreds thousands of Canadian Armed Forces personnel across Canada have 202 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:55.119 been involved, including to evacuate thousands of people in danger. 203 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:59.400 And we will continue to work closely with communities and provinces. 204 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:02.680 The territory is to protect lives and homes and businesses. 205 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:09.759 Now Steve's driven by here a couple hundred times. I've 206 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:14.039 driven through here countless times. I can't count to two 207 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:18.559 hundred like Steve, but countless time as a kid spending 208 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.359 summer vacations in the Okanagan. 209 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:25.119 This was always the highlight. But a lot has changed 210 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:26.680 since then. 211 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:32.920 There's a bit less fruit less farming, more grapes, more golf, 212 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:39.319 a myriad of new businesses sprouting up from aerospace, artificial intelligence, 213 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:40.160 and health sciences. 214 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:45.000 But there are also a few constants, the. 215 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:51.559 Good weather, the great people, and despite perils ranging from 216 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:57.400 pine beetles to protectionism. The BC Interior remains home to 217 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:05.200 a world leading softwood industry because of these people. Yeah 218 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:11.759 and Gorman Brothers embodies the spirit of that industry and 219 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:18.319 really the very best of Canada. Resilient, ambitious, dynamic. What 220 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:22.640 began over seventy five years ago with two brothers adapting 221 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:26.960 from challenges in the orchards building fruit boxes, has involved 222 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:31.559 into this thriving company with hundreds of highly skilled employees 223 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:34.000 and a company, as I said, a moment ago that 224 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:39.160 supports an ecosystem that spans this province and builds the world. 225 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:46.599 Canada was literally built with our forests and by workers 226 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:51.720 such as those behind me. Indigenous peoples relied on our 227 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:56.839 forests for their communities, for their transportation, for their artistic expression. 228 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:01.440 Early settlers built our economy onlin lumber, literally built our 229 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:05.559 economy on lumber, supplying the British Empire before shifting exports 230 00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:09.000 to a growing market in the United States. Each summer, 231 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:12.640 thousands of university and college students helped pay their tuition 232 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:16.920 by planning trees. The forest industry is a pillar of 233 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:22.119 the Canadian economy. It supports two hundred thousand jobs across 234 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:25.359 the country contributes more than twenty billion. 235 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:30.640 Dollars directly to our GDP. It's the economic backbone. 236 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:34.599 Of nearly three hundred rural, Indigenous and northern communities, many 237 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:39.960 of them right here in British Columbia. Well Geldui Loo Canada, 238 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:45.559 Eludusian product, Montel de bodev Newfoni, sint Catrevans sank Polson 239 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:51.720 de Sempoltacion american A represent en vierjent Uncau to Marche 240 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:58.559 american Isu, Margre de de Sini de Menesquemache, Provenance de 241 00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:03.960 lte cote de la frent. Over the course of the 242 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:08.240 last four decades, the United States has alternated between confrontation 243 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:16.079 and collaboration, frequently applying unfounded countervailing and anti dumping duties 244 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:21.799 against Canadian softwood, and then signing formal agreements that benefited businesses, workers, 245 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:25.160 and homeowners on both sides of the border. Speak clear, 246 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:30.680 Canada does not dump lumber into the United States, and 247 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:34.279 we will continue to make the case that these current 248 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:40.000 and proposed duties are unjustified. Canada is a vital supplier 249 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:44.039 to our southern neighbor. We represent around a quarter of 250 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:48.279 the US market and we help keep down costs of 251 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:53.400 American homes while improving their quality. But we're in a 252 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:58.839 situation now where the disputes around software lumber are part 253 00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:04.920 of a bigger picture. American trade pressures have intensified and broadened, 254 00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:08.519 and the US is in the process of fundamentally changing 255 00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:13.039 all of its trading relationships in a series of recent agreements. 256 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:17.039 America is in effect charging for access to its economy 257 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:21.920 through a combination of higher baseline tariffs, unilateral trade liberalization 258 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:25.799 by its partners, and new commitments to invest in the 259 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:32.000 United States. We understand that overall, Canada is in a 260 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:38.759 strong position. Despite our size, Canada is already the second largest. 261 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:40.039 Foreign investor in the United States. 262 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:44.640 Many of our companies are essential to the complex supply 263 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:50.599 chains that drive American competitiveness, and the commitment of the 264 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:54.960 United States to the core of COSMA, reaffirmed again last week, 265 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:58.079 means that the average US terriff right on Canadian goods 266 00:22:58.160 --> 00:23:01.599 remains one of its lowest, and over eighty five percent 267 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:04.400 of Canada US trade continues. 268 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:06.720 To be tra free in both directions. 269 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:13.880 To be clear, Canada remains committed to COSMO for the 270 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:16.839 stability and the prosperity it provides on both sides of 271 00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:20.559 the border, and will continue to engage in constructive trade 272 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:23.480 negotiations with the United States in the pursuit of the 273 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:27.720 best deal for both sides, and I'll be speaking more 274 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:29.400 about how we can. 275 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:33.200 Reinforce these commitments in short order. 276 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:39.880 But despite our advantages, certain of our major Canadian industries 277 00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:45.119 are being severely impacted by US trade. These strategic sectors 278 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:51.440 include auto steel, aluminum, copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and of course, 279 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:55.319 softwood lumber. So while we'll continue to work with the 280 00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:59.440 United States on the many mutually beneficial opportunities that we 281 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:04.519 share in trade and investment, it is clear that we 282 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:09.880 cannot count or fully rely on what has been our 283 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:15.759 most valued trading relationship for our prosperity, and that's why 284 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:19.240 we're increasingly focused on building our strength at home and 285 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:25.400 finding new opportunities for Canadian companies and workers abroad. Our 286 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:30.359 government's new comprehensive Industrial strategy will help our companies retool 287 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:36.119 and reinvest, to protect Canadian jobs, to build Canadian competitiveness, 288 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:41.759 and to meet growing demands in Canada while developing international 289 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:46.640 opportunities wherever, free trade is a commitment, not a condition. 290 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:53.160 Two weeks ago, I announced the first of the elements 291 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:56.000 of that new strategy, with a series of measures to 292 00:24:56.079 --> 00:25:00.400 support the transition in the Canadian steel industry. And of course, 293 00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:03.079 today here I'm going to focus on how we can 294 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:07.880 help transform our softwood lumber industry to compete in this 295 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:13.960 tough new environment. And it starts from recognizing the two 296 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:18.000 thirds of Canadian lumber production and nearly ninety percent of 297 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:23.079 Canadian lumber exports currently go to the United States, leaving 298 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:26.000 US disproportionately. 299 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:27.319 Exposed to their trade actions. 300 00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:34.519 This dependence creates costly uncertainty, It weakens our industry's ability 301 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:38.240 to weather downturns, it makes lumber more expensive for builders 302 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:42.079 here at home, and it foregoes enormous opportunities in fast 303 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.799 growing markets around the world. 304 00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.960 So to turn. 305 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:51.400 Challenge into opportunity, with Minister Hodgson, Secretary of State fear, 306 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:55.119 today I'm announcing a series of new measures to help 307 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:59.079 the software lumber industry pivot to a growing Canadian market 308 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:03.680 and to the markets of reliable trading partners around the world. 309 00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:08.480 Gene sol Jaldui and Sergie de Nouvelle Messieurs pol de 310 00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:14.319 Londesti du Bois dev assertelne ven Marche Canadian Plain, Croissants 311 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:17.559 A de Nouveau, Patzenel Chemis, Chioux fiab. 312 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.000 A travel Lemont. 313 00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:24.680 The first pillar is to give our companies that need 314 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:29.920 liquidity that liquidity in order to address immediate pressures to 315 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:34.400 do so, will provide up to seven hundred million dollars 316 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:39.079 in loan guarantees. This will ensure that forestry companies of 317 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:43.319 all sizes have the competitive financing they need to maintain 318 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:47.440 and restructure, if necessary, their operations during a period of 319 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:54.039 profound transformation. Second, to make the software lumber industry more 320 00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:58.319 competitive for the long term, We will provide an additional 321 00:26:58.440 --> 00:27:02.880 five hundred million dollars, largely in grants and contributions, to 322 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:10.079 supercharge new product development and new market diversification products such 323 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:15.319 as reinforced timber and low carbon wood fiber based insulation 324 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:18.839 materials that are used in prefabricated. 325 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.119 And modular housing. 326 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:25.720 These investments will increase domestic processing and value added, particularly 327 00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:30.880 as technology changes the way we build. This new funding 328 00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:35.640 will include initiatives to support indigenous led forestry business development 329 00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:43.160 and diversification, something that Gorman has stood behind for decades. Third, 330 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:48.720 we will be our own best customer by relying more 331 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.440 on Canadian lumber. 332 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:53.480 Canadian software for Canadian projects. 333 00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:58.920 Canada's new government has a strong mandate to get big 334 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:03.759 things built faster. That means millions of more homes, major 335 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:08.279 new ports, new trade corridors, new energy projects, and as 336 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:14.240 we build bigger and faster, we will build Canadian, prioritizing 337 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:22.039 Canadian lumber, Canadian steel, Canadian aluminum in Canadian construction. Canada's 338 00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:24.359 new government is working to double the pace of new 339 00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:28.160 home building to almost five hundred thousand new units a 340 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:31.599 year over the course of the next decade. That alone, 341 00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:36.119 that alone could double the use of Canadian softwood lumber 342 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:40.400 in new residential construction, an increase of almost two billion 343 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:46.279 board feet, and double the demand for structural panners an 344 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:51.559 increase of nearly one billion square feet. To help realize 345 00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:56.200 that potential, this fall, we will launch Build Canada Homes. 346 00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:00.359 Build Canada Homes will start by getting the government back 347 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:05.160 in the business of building deeply affordable homes and in 348 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:09.400 the process catalyze a new housing industry using Canadian technology, 349 00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:12.279 Canadian lumber, and Canadian workers. 350 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.839 Core to Build. 351 00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:18.160 Canada's Homes mandate will be to provide up to twenty 352 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:23.279 five billion dollars in financing to innovative private sector home 353 00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:27.640 builders in Canada for the deeply affordable homes that we 354 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:31.559 finance and build. Build Canada Homes will catalyze bulk orders 355 00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:37.279 of off site construction of prefabricated and modular homes, specifying 356 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:42.119 the use of Canadian technologies and resources. This combination will 357 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:48.400 create enormous sustained demand for Canadian lumber products. And there's 358 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:51.960 just one example of the possibilities just a few hours 359 00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:57.079 drive from here in Castleguar, Klsnikoff Mass Timber recently open 360 00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.960 their tenh sorry. 361 00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:00.680 There are one hundred thousand square. 362 00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:04.359 Foot mass timber prefabrication and modular facility, the first of 363 00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:07.400 its kind in North America. They're adding new products and 364 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:12.079 services including prefabricated wall panels, mass timber modules and trusses 365 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:18.720 designed and manufactured for construction efficiency. And of course, the 366 00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:22.119 impact of Build Canada Homes can be and is being 367 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:27.759 reinforced by provincial initiatives, including the modernization of building code 368 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:30.480 regulations by British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. 369 00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:33.680 This creates significant additional. 370 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:37.599 Demand will going forward for Canadian softwood lumber as an 371 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:40.839 example again here in BC the increase in the size 372 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:44.599 of buildings that can be constructed using encapsulated mass timber 373 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:46.759 from twelve to eighteen stories. 374 00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:56.599 You go the sound yep, okay, good hey, Good morning everyone. 375 00:30:57.319 --> 00:31:01.599 I'm Chris Cooper, LNG Canada's President and c on behalf 376 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:04.240 of everybody in LG Canada. I want to thank you 377 00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:08.119 all for making the trip here today. We're very pleased 378 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:11.359 and honored to welcome you to our beautiful facility, especially 379 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:14.200 with weather like this. I want to extend a special 380 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:18.279 thanks to Premier eb and to Minister Dix and members 381 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:20.599 of their staff for also taking the time to visit 382 00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:24.599 with us. I will also express our deep gratitude to 383 00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:28.880 the Heusland nation in whose traditional territory were gathered and 384 00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:33.799 where LG Canada calls home. Also thanks to the Districtive 385 00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:37.240 Kittimap and to Mayor Phil Gamouth, who is also here 386 00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:41.160 with us today, for the enduring welcome, the support, the 387 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:44.960 collaboration and the community have shown to LERG Canada and 388 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:48.599 its workers in our time here. It's hard to believe 389 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:51.440 that one month ago, on June the thirtieth, on Canada 390 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:55.519 Day weekend, I stood here and LNG Canada reached a 391 00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:59.519 very important milestone. We loaded our first cargo of maid 392 00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:03.799 him Beasts LNG onto a carrier bound for export markets overseas. 393 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:07.440 We've since sent three more LNG cargoes on their way 394 00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:09.839 to markets abroad, and as you can see behind me, 395 00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:13.440 another carrier is now preparing to load our fifth cargo 396 00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:18.240 of LNG, with early operations underway. This is a special 397 00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:20.839 time for our company and our five joint venture partners, 398 00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:26.279 local communities, and for first Nations, and indeed for British 399 00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:30.160 Columbia and for Canada. It represents the launch of a 400 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:33.759 new industry in this province, one that's already provided thousands 401 00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:38.240