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Speaker 1: your host, Michael Cloggs. Okay, So we have a bully
Speaker 1: to the south of us. His name is Donald J. Trump,
Speaker 1: and he has taken office in uh He is now
Speaker 1: the new patas or for those of you aren't familiar
Speaker 1: with that one president of the United States. He is
Speaker 1: certaining a large number of terrorists around the world, and
Speaker 1: his first target is Canada. He is attempting to wage
Speaker 1: an economic war because he wants to economically take over
Speaker 1: Canada so that, hey, he has his fifty first state. Well,
Speaker 1: mister Trump, that's probably not going to happen. You may
Speaker 1: not even well, we're not gonna say that it isn't
Speaker 1: gonna happen. There. There are very many people who especially
Speaker 1: do not like American politics. They find it entertaining in Canada,
Speaker 1: but they don't really like it, and in some cases
Speaker 1: they don't really understand it because it is decentralized and
Speaker 1: Canada has a centralized system with parliament that they're looking
Speaker 1: for more unification and We're going to actually hear from
Speaker 1: Ontario premiere Doug Ford as he talks about we need
Speaker 1: more unification, more unification of products, more standardizations, things like that.
Speaker 1: And that's okay because that's the type of republic that
Speaker 1: Canada is. That's the type of type of of of
Speaker 1: who Canada is as as a country. So we're gonna
Speaker 1: hear a lot about the tariffs and how to combat
Speaker 1: against the tariffs. And we have two premiers that are
Speaker 1: sitting on opposite ends of the cycle. We have Doug
Speaker 1: Ford that is, hey, we got we got a bully there.
Speaker 1: We gotta we gotta match him, stand toe to toe
Speaker 1: and match him blow for blow. And there is an
Speaker 1: economic strength that you're gonna hear from David Ebe as
Speaker 1: he talks from BC about some of the economic strength
Speaker 1: as he stands at the Port of Vancouver and what
Speaker 1: that port actually means and billions of dollars in commerce
Speaker 1: from and through Canada. So maybe mister Ford has a
Speaker 1: legitimate thing to say. Then we're gonna we're also at
Speaker 1: the same time, we're gonna be hearing from Danielle Smith. Well,
Speaker 1: daniel Smith she has she has the tar sands sitting
Speaker 1: in her province. It's like their major production. I'm not
Speaker 1: going to call it energy, because calling it energy is
Speaker 1: a lie. Energy itself is free and we don't have
Speaker 1: to buy it. Energy comes straight from the sun directly
Speaker 1: to us. We don't have to buy it. We are
Speaker 1: going to talk about though, it's fuel and fossil fuels,
Speaker 1: and she has a large steak in fossil fuels. And
Speaker 1: we've heard right in the inauguration speech as mister Trump said,
Speaker 1: drill baby, drill, that they are sitting on a shit
Speaker 1: ton of oil to begin with, that they have their
Speaker 1: own petroleum. They don't need to buy it from us,
Speaker 1: which means that the long pipeline that runs from the
Speaker 1: Alberta Tar Sans straight to Texas could be cut off. Well,
Speaker 1: if that gets cut off, Danielle Smith has a point
Speaker 1: that her her, her province cannot be supported on Canadian
Speaker 1: dollars alone. They need that revenue to come back, and
Speaker 1: if they're hit with a twenty five percent tariff, it's
Speaker 1: going to hit that province hard. She has a legitimate
Speaker 1: point and legitimate reasons for saying what she's saying, so
Speaker 1: she wants a more diplomatic approach. There are many critics
Speaker 1: out there that are saying that Danielle Smith just wants
Speaker 1: to completely sell out to the United States. I don't
Speaker 1: think that's exactly true. I think what it is is
Speaker 1: the situation that she's trying to protect Alberta's stake Albertist
Speaker 1: citizens and residents from a loss of income. Well, think
Speaker 1: about that, and anybody else who was in charge of
Speaker 1: it will want to do the same thing. So there's
Speaker 1: there's a lot of of of ground between the two sides,
Speaker 1: and there are premiers that are going to sit along
Speaker 1: that way. It isn't it isn't just all the all
Speaker 1: but one premiere is sitting on the idea of fight
Speaker 1: back with tariffs. They're saying, fight back with with terrors.
Speaker 1: But hey, exclude this product because this is our lifeblood.
Speaker 1: A so so, And we're gonna hear some of that
Speaker 1: from from David eb as he talks about the products
Speaker 1: that actually leave British Columbia and head into Washington in
Speaker 1: the lines of of course softwood lumber that is used
Speaker 1: for construction and the forest industries as well as the
Speaker 1: port industries that imports. It's a major port in North
Speaker 1: America that a lot of products have to go through
Speaker 1: the Port of Vancouver before they can even travel into
Speaker 1: Washington because they don't have as big a port. There
Speaker 1: is no big port like the Port of Vancouver anywhere
Speaker 1: else on the Pacific until maybe you hit there's in
Speaker 1: San Diego. So there's a lot of ground that Canadian
Speaker 1: premiers can and fight back against Donald Trump and slap
Speaker 1: the bully down before he even gets started. So, and
Speaker 1: there's also talks about shoring up borders and things like
Speaker 1: that that the let's face it, after nine to eleven,
Speaker 1: when it was seen that there was a group of
Speaker 1: terrorists who made it through the Canadian US border to
Speaker 1: go to wage attacks, those borders have been shored up.
Speaker 1: It isn't. It isn't freeing easy. It isn't. There is
Speaker 1: no threat from the Canadian US border into the Nine States.
Speaker 1: He's mister Trump is making that up because hey, he's
Speaker 1: mister Trump. He can't make it up. That's what he does.
Speaker 1: He makes stories up and then sells them. That's how
Speaker 1: he got into office. He made a story up and
Speaker 1: he sold it and he got into office. Most of
Speaker 1: what he said wasn't even true. The story that he
Speaker 1: tells about the attack on the Capitol when mister Biden
Speaker 1: won the presidency four years ago is a story. It's
Speaker 1: made up. It was his supporters that attacked. We know that.
Speaker 1: We know that to be true. And we also know
Speaker 1: that because of his actions, because he's pardoned them, he's
Speaker 1: lifted them from their criminal behavior. He tells stories, he
Speaker 1: sells them and that's how he gained support. And on
Speaker 1: the topic of the new government in in Lebanon, we
Speaker 1: have a couple of statements from our partner in in
Speaker 1: Lebanon as he discusses some of what he thinks the
Speaker 1: main issues are with the new government that has taken
Speaker 1: taken office in in Lebanon, and it is of course
Speaker 1: being backed by different groups through the United Nations because
Speaker 1: they are boasting not to not to to go along
Speaker 1: with with the Hespitala. So from from Lebanon, our partners
Speaker 1: in leban On uh with Samra Bayon. Okay, the role
Speaker 1: of the president is is ceremonial in Lebanon best like
Speaker 1: that of a governor general, powerless, reserved for the Marna
Speaker 1: Knight Christians. The Prime minister position is reserved for the
Speaker 1: Sunni Muslims. And the new guy seems to be untainted
Speaker 1: and untainted entity, but one that is backed up by
Speaker 1: the United States and has irked the Hesbellah that is
Speaker 1: suffering greatly and it's loss to veto power due to
Speaker 1: the most recent war with Israel. The speaker of the
Speaker 1: parliament has to be U she Ashia, a Muslim, and
Speaker 1: the same guy has in that role has been in
Speaker 1: power for more than thirty years. In most recent parliamentary elections,
Speaker 1: in spite of them being usually rigged, got away with
Speaker 1: quite a scathe because of politically independent movement. There is
Speaker 1: rising in in Lebanon, but to be back to the point,
Speaker 1: Lebanon is very corrupt country and is ruled by ex
Speaker 1: warlords and criminals that cause the civil war between nineteen
Speaker 1: seventy five in nineteen ninety. They are part of a
Speaker 1: ulkadocracy that has grown rich and fat plunged us into
Speaker 1: an economic catastrophe that we are in justling for for
Speaker 1: power amongst themselves. Yes, we have new leadership, but no, no, uh.
Speaker 1: The the power of balance has shifted significantly, uh beyond
Speaker 1: the status quo. So a lot of of what he's
Speaker 1: saying is we need to actually sit tight and look
Speaker 1: and see what is happening in Lebanon and keep a
Speaker 1: close eye to see how human rights and things developed
Speaker 1: in that country and how it's being seen on the world,
Speaker 1: on the world spectrum, so that it it isn't seen
Speaker 1: as just a place where terrors grow up. So all right,
Speaker 1: so why don't we move forward starting here in Canada.
Speaker 1: We're going to hear from mister Ford and mister h
Speaker 1: and Daniel Smith, and we're here with what the federal
Speaker 1: cabinet has to say. We justin should know about the tariffs.
Speaker 2: He had a really productive meeting with all the premiers
Speaker 2: and the Prime Minister and a couple of federal ministers
Speaker 2: as well, making sure we have a solid plan. We
Speaker 2: know these these tariffs are coming on February. First, we
Speaker 2: need to match those tariffs dollar for dollar, tariff for tarriff,
Speaker 2: and make sure that it hurts the Americans as much
Speaker 2: as it hurts Canadians, because it's gonna hurt Canadians right
Speaker 2: across the board. But we have to come back strong.
Speaker 2: What we all prefer, We all prefer to build the
Speaker 2: ENCAM and cam Fortress and can Fortress. I apologize and
Speaker 2: ship the more energy, more critical minerals, but we also
Speaker 2: have to look internally. As I said, we should all
Speaker 2: be looking in the mirror and we need to look
Speaker 2: at internal trade that could pick up the GDP. I've
Speaker 2: heard numbers anywhere from fifty to one hundred billion dollars.
Speaker 2: We have to speed up approvals. We're hosting the world's
Speaker 2: largest mining show p DAC just in a little while
Speaker 2: and people from all over the world are going to
Speaker 2: come here. But it's unacceptable it's taking ten to fifteen
Speaker 2: years to get things moving. It's unacceptable that the Ring
Speaker 2: of Fire, the largest find and critical minerals in the world,
Speaker 2: that is taking years to get approvals. It's unacceptable that
Speaker 2: we don't have Energy East Pipeline coming out to Ontario
Speaker 2: and out to New Brunswick and again the Northern Gateway
Speaker 2: going out through BC until we can ship our crude
Speaker 2: oil around the world. We have to stop being so
Speaker 2: dependent on the US. You know, we saw this during
Speaker 2: the pandemic when President Trump cut us off and ninety
Speaker 2: five's and I said, never again. Well, Ontario have to
Speaker 2: rely on any country in the world, and we built
Speaker 2: a supply chain, built it up within a couple of months.
Speaker 2: So this is what we need to do, and we
Speaker 2: need to move forward as quickly as possible. But we're
Speaker 2: ready for these tariffs. On February first.
Speaker 3: Premmemer, were you and the other premiers and the Prime
Speaker 3: Minister able to get Premier Daniel Smith on side.
Speaker 2: Well, we had a good discussion with Premier Smith and
Speaker 2: she understands we need to be united, and I understand
Speaker 2: that she wants to protect, you know, her main commodity.
Speaker 2: But country comes first, you know, over anything. And you
Speaker 2: can't throw, you know, a tool away from the toolbox.
Speaker 2: You know, as I said to the premiers, you can't
Speaker 2: bring a knife to a gunfight. Usually the guy with
Speaker 2: a knife loses when in a gunfight. We have to
Speaker 2: make sure that we match these tariffs dollar for dollar.
Speaker 2: We need to target whereas going to impact Americans the most.
Speaker 2: We need to target the Republican held states and the
Speaker 2: Senate and the Congress and the governors. That's what we
Speaker 2: need to do because we don't want this. No one
Speaker 2: wants this, and including a lot of the Republicans and
Speaker 2: Democrats that I've talked to. A matter of fact, I
Speaker 2: have yet to find one citizen of the US, one
Speaker 2: elected official that says, yeah, I agree, we need to
Speaker 2: target Canada anything, but that and the rest of the
Speaker 2: world knows their next The.
Speaker 3: Premier Smith didn't. She didn't agree to you. You and
Speaker 3: the Prime Minister of in lockscept and have the other
Speaker 3: eleven of the age yes to love other premiers. She
Speaker 3: still doesn't agree with your dollar for dollar tariffs and
Speaker 3: the counter the counter attack.
Speaker 2: Basically, well not right at this point, but I think
Speaker 2: we're moving her along. I understand, you know, but make
Speaker 2: no mistake of it. We do have a united country.
Speaker 2: I'm hearing it out there. You folks are hearing it everywhere.
Speaker 2: It's Team Canada. Canada is not for sale and let's
Speaker 2: keep being united.
Speaker 4: Pretty much notified that everyone's agreed to dollar for dollar tariffs,
Speaker 4: not this sort of staged approach that had been floated to.
Speaker 2: Pre Well, you know, everyone wants to take the first
Speaker 2: everyone wants to take the positive approach. And I've as
Speaker 2: they have seen on our hits on those commercials and
Speaker 2: social media. My COMMNS people told me we've had five
Speaker 2: hundred million hits and those are pretty staggering. And I
Speaker 2: just encouraged all the premiers get your ads down there,
Speaker 2: and the federal government get your ads down there, because
Speaker 2: if people play such a huge part of this. If
Speaker 2: they're calling their congress person or calling their senator and
Speaker 2: the phone's ringing off the hook with their governor too,
Speaker 2: Believe me, that works. That gets in the year of
Speaker 2: the President.
Speaker 4: And what barriers are you prepared to drop into provincial
Speaker 4: trade bearers?
Speaker 3: The Ontario maintains to achieve this goal.
Speaker 2: Of well, we put this committee together and uh, you know,
Speaker 2: folks said this, this has been going on forever and
Speaker 2: enough's enough. Let's let's sit down and come up with
Speaker 2: the list. Because everyone wants to protect something, no matter
Speaker 2: if it's the you know, the dairy cow in Newfoundland,
Speaker 2: or the wine and BC or ourselves. Everyone's guilty. So
Speaker 2: we need to sit down and we need to move
Speaker 2: this forward. It's really going to help the economy. And
Speaker 2: we we were gonna put a list together. I've asked
Speaker 2: one of the premiers to put a list together and
Speaker 2: start moving moving forward.
Speaker 5: That list was supposed to come together though a few
Speaker 5: meetings ago, and.
Speaker 2: Just a few a few years ago, a few years ago.
Speaker 2: Because everyone wants to protect their their stakes and in
Speaker 2: the ground and saying okay, I'm all for internal free trade,
Speaker 2: but you can't use this. You can't do that, so
Speaker 2: they're they're you know, we're gonna move forward. We made
Speaker 2: a little headway.
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 2: I think a couple of years ago. As someone that
Speaker 2: sounds ridiculous and that is ridiculous, but first Aid kits
Speaker 2: across the country, they were all different tires going on trucks.
Speaker 2: If you went from one province to the other, you'd
Speaker 2: have to change the tires. Just you know, those are
Speaker 2: silly things. But we have to look at larger commodities,
Speaker 2: larger sectors that we have to focus on. But I
Speaker 2: encourage everyone when you're walking down the aisle, you have
Speaker 2: an impact. When you look at made in Canada or
Speaker 2: made in Ontario products, buy them. Make sure that we
Speaker 2: send a message to the big retailers that have revenues
Speaker 2: of one hundred and forty seven billion and that's Costco, Soby's, Walmart,
Speaker 2: Metro and lab Laws. Send the message buy Canadian products
Speaker 2: on shore. Canadian products are.
Speaker 6: There for re election next week. Thanks everyone for being
Speaker 6: here today. Just with the executive order signed yesterday, administration,
Speaker 6: we were pleased to see that Canada got a day one
Speaker 6: reprieve from tariffs. If you look at the there's a
Speaker 6: review going on that is due back on April the first.
Speaker 6: We have a short window, I think, to be able
Speaker 6: to demonstrate the very positive relationship that Canada and the
Speaker 6: US have from a tarif free point of view, and
Speaker 6: why it shouldn't remain TIF free. We think that we are.
Speaker 6: Our best approach now would be to focus on a
Speaker 6: diplomasting and refrain from talk of any kind of threat
Speaker 6: of retaliatory tariffs. We think that we have a very
Speaker 6: positive story, very positive story to tell in Canada. We
Speaker 6: think that we should be talking about addressing the trade
Speaker 6: deficit by how we might be able to have more
Speaker 6: cross border trade in goods and services. The point I've
Speaker 6: been making is that if you take energy out of
Speaker 6: the mix, Canada actually buys more US goods and services
Speaker 6: then the Americans buy from US about fifty eight billion
Speaker 6: dollars according to a National Bank survey. We can always
Speaker 6: look at ways we could buy more, whether it's military equipment,
Speaker 6: whether it is the infrastructure for more electricity gas turbines, transformers,
Speaker 6: or whether it's AI data center technology and other products.
Speaker 6: Number Three, I think we do need to double down
Speaker 6: on border security. It's quite clear from the executive order
Speaker 6: around the southern border that the issue of illegal fentanyl
Speaker 6: and gangs and migrants is top of mind for this presidency,
Speaker 6: and we want to make sure that Canada seem to
Speaker 6: be a partner in border security. I think there's been
Speaker 6: some good measures that have taken that have been announced,
Speaker 6: and we have to execute on those. We also have
Speaker 6: to have a major acceleration of Canada's two percent of
Speaker 6: GDP NATO commitment. As you've begun to see, the incoming
Speaker 6: administration is now talking about a much higher level of
Speaker 6: NATO spending, and so the fact that Canada isn't even
Speaker 6: at two percent is something that is going to continue
Speaker 6: to be a trade irritant. If we want to demonstrate
Speaker 6: to the Americans that we are a reliable partner in
Speaker 6: energy security, having an accelerated plan to get to at
Speaker 6: least the two percent is going to be vital. We
Speaker 6: also have to crack down on all the immigration streams
Speaker 6: and loopholes that permit individuals who are hostile to Canada
Speaker 6: and the United States from entering the country. Anytime there
Speaker 6: are issues of a Canadian causing trouble in America, that
Speaker 6: is notice noted by the administration, and so we have
Speaker 6: to make sure once again that we're not exacerbating, and
Speaker 6: if we want to have a genuine partnership on national
Speaker 6: security and energy security, the federal government has to repeal
Speaker 6: all of the hostile to energy policies, the clean electricity regulations,
Speaker 6: the emissions cap, which we know as a production cap,
Speaker 6: net zero vehicle mandate, which is set to take place
Speaker 6: in January of twenty twenty six, and to work in
Speaker 6: genuine partnership to reach the North America to reach the
Speaker 6: US goal of energy dominance. I believe that the Americans
Speaker 6: can't get there without Canada. The Americans consume twenty one
Speaker 6: million barrels a day of oil, they produce thirteen million
Speaker 6: barrels a day, and they have to get the balance
Speaker 6: from somewhere. Our particular brand of heavy oil is perfect
Speaker 6: for their refineries, and there are very many great places
Speaker 6: to get it from Venezuela, Iran, Iraq. We think we've
Speaker 6: got a very strong case to make for more pipeline
Speaker 6: access to the United States. And I guess finally, I'd say,
Speaker 6: if we want to stop being so reliant on a
Speaker 6: single trading partner, we've got to take down internal trade
Speaker 6: barriers between Canadian provinces, start looking at how we can
Speaker 6: do major nation building projects to our east and west coast,
Speaker 6: whether it's Northern Gateway getting restarted in British Columbia or
Speaker 6: Energy East Conversations getting started off the East coast. That's
Speaker 6: really the way that through those kinds of major infrastructure
Speaker 6: projects that we can start diversifying our customer base around
Speaker 6: the world. And so we've got to have a bit
Speaker 6: of our own discussion internally about how we're going to
Speaker 6: address that in the long term.
Speaker 5: Up with Hi, everybody, Nice to see you, Thanks for
Speaker 5: joining us behind me. You can see the Port of Vancouver.
Speaker 5: Three hundred billion dollars in trade flows through that port,
Speaker 5: trade with one hundred and seventy different countries, supporting more
Speaker 5: than one hundred thousand trade dependent jobs right across the country,
Speaker 5: and it's an example of the importance of trade to
Speaker 5: British Columbia to Canada. Obviously, right now, the situation we
Speaker 5: find ourselves in is one where there is no new
Speaker 5: normal in terms of our trade relationship with the United States.
Speaker 5: We have a president that is threatening catastrophic tariffs for
Speaker 5: both American families and Canadian families against Canadian goods, and
Speaker 5: the consequences for that. For British Columbia would be quite
Speaker 5: significant and for many people, catastrophic. For many American families
Speaker 5: as well, they'll see higher prices for goods things like housing, electricity,
Speaker 5: and gas of the pump. For our province, the tariffs
Speaker 5: mean potentially the loss of tens of billions of dollars
Speaker 5: more than one hundred thousand jobs. It is a big
Speaker 5: deal for British Columbia. And despite it being a big
Speaker 5: deal for our province, our province is one of the
Speaker 5: less affected provinces across the country. We're putting on our
Speaker 5: team Canada Jerseys right now to stand with Canadians right
Speaker 5: across this country, from coast to coast to coast, to
Speaker 5: stand up to these tariff threats. It's moments like these
Speaker 5: where you have a choice. You can surrender and give up,
Speaker 5: or you can stand up. And for British Columbia, we're
Speaker 5: going to stand up. We're going to respond to tariffs.
Speaker 5: And keep in mind, this is not a fight that
Speaker 5: we wanted, it's not a fight that we picked, and
Speaker 5: in fact, we think this is going to hurt Americans
Speaker 5: as badly as it does Canadians. But we're going to
Speaker 5: stand up. We're going to support federal efforts to respond
Speaker 5: with targeted tariffs, to make sure that the Americans understand
Speaker 5: that we will not surrender. We will stand up for jobs,
Speaker 5: we will stand up for families, we will stand up
Speaker 5: for people in British Columbia, but right across Canada. To
Speaker 5: make sure the Americans are very clear that Canada is
Speaker 5: not for sale. Now we will respond in kind and
Speaker 5: they will feel it. I think it's important to underline
Speaker 5: for British Columbians who are feeling anxious right now, particularly
Speaker 5: those that are in trade exposed industries, to know that
Speaker 5: your government is working hard for you. We have a
Speaker 5: three part plan to respond to this tariff threat. First
Speaker 5: of all, just that respond. We're supporting the federal government
Speaker 5: in direct responses targeted tariffs at Republican districts. To make
Speaker 5: sure that the party that is bringing these tariffs to
Speaker 5: us understands why trade increases prosperity in both of our countries.
Speaker 5: To make sure that we're standing strong with Canadians right
Speaker 5: across the country. In addition, we're strengthening our economy. Today
Speaker 5: I was at the First Nation's Leadership Gathering talking with
Speaker 5: indigenous leaders about the importance of growing our economy, how
Speaker 5: we're all working together to make sure our province grows
Speaker 5: and prosperous. And it's the same with industry we're establishing.
Speaker 5: And I want to thank those members of the business community,
Speaker 5: the indigenous community, the labor community that are joining us
Speaker 5: in a task force on Trade and Economic Security for
Speaker 5: the Province of British Columbia that will be co shared
Speaker 5: by Tamrav Wormen from YVR, Jonathan Price from Tech and
Speaker 5: Bridget Anderson from the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade to
Speaker 5: make sure that we're coordinating at a provincial level with companies,
Speaker 5: with labor, with indigenous leadership. So we're responding as a
Speaker 5: province united against these tariffs to strengthen our economy, to
Speaker 5: expand our economic growth even in this time of threat,
Speaker 5: and to make sure that we don't stay in this
Speaker 5: position of being so dependent on the United States. As
Speaker 5: I said, what President Trump has done has let us
Speaker 5: know that a partner that we've had for many, many years,
Speaker 5: that we trust, that we rely on, that's like family
Speaker 5: for us, can no longer be relied on. And I
Speaker 5: for one, will not allow British Columbia to stay in
Speaker 5: a position of being dependent on a partner that we
Speaker 5: can't count on, which leads me to our third part
Speaker 5: of our response, which is diversification. We're going to be
Speaker 5: working with the federal government as well as on our
Speaker 5: own account to ensure that we're deepening and expanding our
Speaker 5: trade relationships with other countries around the world, countries that
Speaker 5: are also facing tariff threats and other threats from the
Speaker 5: United States. It gives us all the more reason to
Speaker 5: work together to deepen our relationships and to diversify away
Speaker 5: from the United States. I know this is a scary
Speaker 5: time for a lot of people. If you work in
Speaker 5: an industry where we sell stuff to the United States,
Speaker 5: where we buy things from the United States, you're feeling
Speaker 5: anxious right now. But I can tell you that everybody
Speaker 5: in this province, that Canadians from coast to coast to coast,
Speaker 5: are standing with you, and we're all going to work
Speaker 5: together to protect you and your families and your jobs,
Speaker 5: to ensure that there is growth and prosperity, and that
Speaker 5: we don't allow these tariffs to threaten what's precious to you.
Speaker 4: Monon good morning. As Donald Trump was officially inaugurated yesterday
Speaker 4: as President of the United States, my Cabinet and I
Speaker 4: have gathered here with a singular focus upholding our long
Speaker 4: standing friendship with the United States and protecting Canada against
Speaker 4: potential tariffs. As I've stated on numerous occasions, the Canada
Speaker 4: U s trade relationship is one of the most successful
Speaker 4: in the world. Relation Canadas DC need collaboration is permide
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Speaker 4: We heard the President's comments yesterday and the directive he
Speaker 4: is issued to examine the trade relationship between Canada and
Speaker 4: the United States while exploring the possibility of tariffs, but
Speaker 4: we remain confident in the facts. Canadian energy powers American
Speaker 4: manufacturing businesses and homes. Of America's top five trading partners,
Speaker 4: Canada is the only one with whom the United States
Speaker 4: runs a trade surplus in manufacturing, and Canada buys more
Speaker 4: goods made by Americans than China, Japan, and Germany combined.
Speaker 4: On top of that, President Trump said that he wants
Speaker 4: to usher in a golden age for the United States
Speaker 4: that will require more steel and aluminum, more critical minerals,
Speaker 4: more reliable and affordable energy, more of everything to run
Speaker 4: the US economy full steam ahead. Canada has all those
Speaker 4: resources and we stand at the ready to work with
Speaker 4: the United States to create a booming and secure North
Speaker 4: American economy. The alternative for them would be more resources
Speaker 4: from Russia, China or Venezuela. Canada is a safe, secure
Speaker 4: and reliable partner in an uncertain world Si Ganga Gangnaire.
Speaker 4: President Trump also repeated his concerns about the border. While
Speaker 4: less than one percent of fentanyl and illegal immigrants that
Speaker 4: enter the United States come from Canada, our government has
Speaker 4: already acted to address the concerns raised by the President
Speaker 4: about border security with an over one billion dollar comprehensive
Speaker 4: border plan. We are already working collaboratively to keep our
Speaker 4: citizens safe on both sides of the border. Of course,
Speaker 4: if the President does choose to proceed with tariffs on Canada,
Speaker 4: Canada will respond and everything is on the table. Working
Speaker 4: in unison with Team Canadas as Team Canada, with business leaders,
Speaker 4: organized labor, civil society, indigenous leaders and premiers from coast
Speaker 4: to coast to coast, we are prepared for every possible scenario.
Speaker 4: In fact, just last night I spoke to Premier Ford
Speaker 4: in his capacity as Chair of the Council of the Federation,
Speaker 4: and he reiterated his unwavering commitment on behalf of Canadian
Speaker 4: premiers to working all together. This is an important and
Speaker 4: challenging moment for Canada and for Canadians, and we know
Speaker 4: there will be many such moments through all of it.
Speaker 4: I want to be clear that we have Canadians backs.
Speaker 4: Candentrepriz no triconemi in natresuvrenti. We will protect our national
Speaker 4: interest while we protect the most successful economic and security
Speaker 4: relationship the world has ever seen. I am my cabinet
Speaker 4: will continue to work with leaders across the country who've
Speaker 4: stepped up to unite in defense of Canadian workers, Canadian businesses,
Speaker 4: Canadian sovereignty, and that is precisely what we will continue
Speaker 4: to focus on today during this cabinet retreat. Thank you,
Speaker 4: Merci de Risi. With that, I'm looking forward to your questions.
Speaker 6: All right, will take twenty minutes of questions, one question,
Speaker 6: one follow up a minute.
Speaker 7: Good morning, Prime Minister Laura Osmond, with the logic, how
Speaker 7: do you interpret the contenting timelines that the Trump administration
Speaker 7: provided yesterday, targeting a study by April first, but talking
Speaker 7: about opposing tariffs by February.
Speaker 4: Donald Trump is as always a skilled negotiator and will
Speaker 4: do what he can to keep his negotiating partners a
Speaker 4: little bit off balance. We are confident in the facts
Speaker 4: on the ground. We know that if the United States
Speaker 4: is going to see an increase in jobs and manufacturing
Speaker 4: and economic growth, they're going to require more energy, more inputs,
Speaker 4: everything from lumber and concrete, steel and aluminum to critical
Speaker 4: minerals that are the essential ingredients in the economy of
Speaker 4: the future. And Canada has all that in an extraordinarily
Speaker 4: reliable and close partner. We have lots we can do together.
Speaker 4: We will be there to emphasize that we should be
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Speaker 4: respond and defend Canadian interest, but we will continue to
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