WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:11.599 Thank you for listening to Pictures Media Radio. 2 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:24.800 Welcome to Policy and Rights. 3 00:00:26.320 --> 00:01:02.159 Show. Gosh, Welcome to Policy that Human Joys. Welcome back 4 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:04.359 to Policy and Write Here in Depictions Media Radio, I'm 5 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:09.359 your host, Michael Cloggs. Okay, So we have a bully 6 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:13.359 to the south of us. His name is Donald J. Trump, 7 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:16.920 and he has taken office in uh He is now 8 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:20.480 the new patas or for those of you aren't familiar 9 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:25.799 with that one president of the United States. He is 10 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:29.799 certaining a large number of terrorists around the world, and 11 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:35.760 his first target is Canada. He is attempting to wage 12 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:40.799 an economic war because he wants to economically take over 13 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:47.519 Canada so that, hey, he has his fifty first state. Well, 14 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:53.920 mister Trump, that's probably not going to happen. You may 15 00:01:53.959 --> 00:02:00.359 not even well, we're not gonna say that it isn't 16 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:05.000 gonna happen. There. There are very many people who especially 17 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:11.599 do not like American politics. They find it entertaining in Canada, 18 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:14.479 but they don't really like it, and in some cases 19 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:20.319 they don't really understand it because it is decentralized and 20 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:28.159 Canada has a centralized system with parliament that they're looking 21 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:34.159 for more unification and We're going to actually hear from 22 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:39.639 Ontario premiere Doug Ford as he talks about we need 23 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:47.599 more unification, more unification of products, more standardizations, things like that. 24 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:52.719 And that's okay because that's the type of republic that 25 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:57.520 Canada is. That's the type of type of of of 26 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:05.400 who Canada is as as a country. So we're gonna 27 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:09.919 hear a lot about the tariffs and how to combat 28 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:13.080 against the tariffs. And we have two premiers that are 29 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:18.360 sitting on opposite ends of the cycle. We have Doug 30 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:22.319 Ford that is, hey, we got we got a bully there. 31 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:25.560 We gotta we gotta match him, stand toe to toe 32 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:30.520 and match him blow for blow. And there is an 33 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:33.800 economic strength that you're gonna hear from David Ebe as 34 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:38.319 he talks from BC about some of the economic strength 35 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:43.759 as he stands at the Port of Vancouver and what 36 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:47.879 that port actually means and billions of dollars in commerce 37 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:56.199 from and through Canada. So maybe mister Ford has a 38 00:03:57.039 --> 00:04:01.439 legitimate thing to say. Then we're gonna we're also at 39 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.599 the same time, we're gonna be hearing from Danielle Smith. Well, 40 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:09.120 daniel Smith she has she has the tar sands sitting 41 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:15.759 in her province. It's like their major production. I'm not 42 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:18.560 going to call it energy, because calling it energy is 43 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:22.040 a lie. Energy itself is free and we don't have 44 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:27.720 to buy it. Energy comes straight from the sun directly 45 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.959 to us. We don't have to buy it. We are 46 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:34.560 going to talk about though, it's fuel and fossil fuels, 47 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:39.000 and she has a large steak in fossil fuels. And 48 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:44.680 we've heard right in the inauguration speech as mister Trump said, 49 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:50.120 drill baby, drill, that they are sitting on a shit 50 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:55.199 ton of oil to begin with, that they have their 51 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:57.639 own petroleum. They don't need to buy it from us, 52 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:04.560 which means that the long pipeline that runs from the 53 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:12.439 Alberta Tar Sans straight to Texas could be cut off. Well, 54 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:16.040 if that gets cut off, Danielle Smith has a point 55 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:23.639 that her her, her province cannot be supported on Canadian 56 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:29.519 dollars alone. They need that revenue to come back, and 57 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:32.160 if they're hit with a twenty five percent tariff, it's 58 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:36.079 going to hit that province hard. She has a legitimate 59 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:40.240 point and legitimate reasons for saying what she's saying, so 60 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:45.480 she wants a more diplomatic approach. There are many critics 61 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:47.759 out there that are saying that Danielle Smith just wants 62 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:52.000 to completely sell out to the United States. I don't 63 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:55.680 think that's exactly true. I think what it is is 64 00:05:55.720 --> 00:06:01.199 the situation that she's trying to protect Alberta's stake Albertist 65 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:10.639 citizens and residents from a loss of income. Well, think 66 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:14.439 about that, and anybody else who was in charge of 67 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:18.800 it will want to do the same thing. So there's 68 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:24.040 there's a lot of of of ground between the two sides, 69 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:28.399 and there are premiers that are going to sit along 70 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:34.839 that way. It isn't it isn't just all the all 71 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:38.519 but one premiere is sitting on the idea of fight 72 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:44.399 back with tariffs. They're saying, fight back with with terrors. 73 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:50.240 But hey, exclude this product because this is our lifeblood. 74 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:54.439 A so so, And we're gonna hear some of that 75 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:59.079 from from David eb as he talks about the products 76 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:06.160 that actually leave British Columbia and head into Washington in 77 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:10.560 the lines of of course softwood lumber that is used 78 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:19.319 for construction and the forest industries as well as the 79 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:24.920 port industries that imports. It's a major port in North 80 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:29.000 America that a lot of products have to go through 81 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:33.120 the Port of Vancouver before they can even travel into 82 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:38.800 Washington because they don't have as big a port. There 83 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:43.639 is no big port like the Port of Vancouver anywhere 84 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:51.800 else on the Pacific until maybe you hit there's in 85 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:58.920 San Diego. So there's a lot of ground that Canadian 86 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:02.959 premiers can and fight back against Donald Trump and slap 87 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:09.600 the bully down before he even gets started. So, and 88 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:13.959 there's also talks about shoring up borders and things like 89 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:22.399 that that the let's face it, after nine to eleven, 90 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:28.839 when it was seen that there was a group of 91 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:37.679 terrorists who made it through the Canadian US border to 92 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:43.799 go to wage attacks, those borders have been shored up. 93 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:54.200 It isn't. It isn't freeing easy. It isn't. There is 94 00:08:54.240 --> 00:09:00.600 no threat from the Canadian US border into the Nine States. 95 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:06.600 He's mister Trump is making that up because hey, he's 96 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:09.759 mister Trump. He can't make it up. That's what he does. 97 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:13.440 He makes stories up and then sells them. That's how 98 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:15.559 he got into office. He made a story up and 99 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:19.159 he sold it and he got into office. Most of 100 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:22.960 what he said wasn't even true. The story that he 101 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:28.559 tells about the attack on the Capitol when mister Biden 102 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:34.440 won the presidency four years ago is a story. It's 103 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:39.799 made up. It was his supporters that attacked. We know that. 104 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:43.360 We know that to be true. And we also know 105 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:48.960 that because of his actions, because he's pardoned them, he's 106 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:57.919 lifted them from their criminal behavior. He tells stories, he 107 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:03.399 sells them and that's how he gained support. And on 108 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:07.639 the topic of the new government in in Lebanon, we 109 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:14.000 have a couple of statements from our partner in in 110 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:21.240 Lebanon as he discusses some of what he thinks the 111 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:28.440 main issues are with the new government that has taken 112 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:34.039 taken office in in Lebanon, and it is of course 113 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:41.360 being backed by different groups through the United Nations because 114 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:50.440 they are boasting not to not to to go along 115 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:59.600 with with the Hespitala. So from from Lebanon, our partners 116 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:04.360 in leban On uh with Samra Bayon. Okay, the role 117 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:09.519 of the president is is ceremonial in Lebanon best like 118 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:19.399 that of a governor general, powerless, reserved for the Marna 119 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:25.840 Knight Christians. The Prime minister position is reserved for the 120 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:30.840 Sunni Muslims. And the new guy seems to be untainted 121 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:34.399 and untainted entity, but one that is backed up by 122 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:43.039 the United States and has irked the Hesbellah that is 123 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:48.000 suffering greatly and it's loss to veto power due to 124 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:53.559 the most recent war with Israel. The speaker of the 125 00:11:53.600 --> 00:12:03.440 parliament has to be U she Ashia, a Muslim, and 126 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:08.399 the same guy has in that role has been in 127 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:16.159 power for more than thirty years. In most recent parliamentary elections, 128 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:21.480 in spite of them being usually rigged, got away with 129 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:27.879 quite a scathe because of politically independent movement. There is 130 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:33.440 rising in in Lebanon, but to be back to the point, 131 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:39.720 Lebanon is very corrupt country and is ruled by ex 132 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:46.399 warlords and criminals that cause the civil war between nineteen 133 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:55.240 seventy five in nineteen ninety. They are part of a 134 00:12:55.480 --> 00:13:03.799 ulkadocracy that has grown rich and fat plunged us into 135 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:15.159 an economic catastrophe that we are in justling for for 136 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:22.399 power amongst themselves. Yes, we have new leadership, but no, no, uh. 137 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:30.080 The the power of balance has shifted significantly, uh beyond 138 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:35.480 the status quo. So a lot of of what he's 139 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:38.480 saying is we need to actually sit tight and look 140 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:43.279 and see what is happening in Lebanon and keep a 141 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:47.960 close eye to see how human rights and things developed 142 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:52.919 in that country and how it's being seen on the world, 143 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:57.440 on the world spectrum, so that it it isn't seen 144 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:02.919 as just a place where terrors grow up. So all right, 145 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:06.840 so why don't we move forward starting here in Canada. 146 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:11.679 We're going to hear from mister Ford and mister h 147 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:19.080 and Daniel Smith, and we're here with what the federal 148 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:22.559 cabinet has to say. We justin should know about the tariffs. 149 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:34.080 He had a really productive meeting with all the premiers 150 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:36.480 and the Prime Minister and a couple of federal ministers 151 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:40.600 as well, making sure we have a solid plan. We 152 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:45.120 know these these tariffs are coming on February. First, we 153 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:48.919 need to match those tariffs dollar for dollar, tariff for tarriff, 154 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:53.759 and make sure that it hurts the Americans as much 155 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:56.200 as it hurts Canadians, because it's gonna hurt Canadians right 156 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.919 across the board. But we have to come back strong. 157 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:03.080 What we all prefer, We all prefer to build the 158 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:08.480 ENCAM and cam Fortress and can Fortress. I apologize and 159 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:11.759 ship the more energy, more critical minerals, but we also 160 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:15.279 have to look internally. As I said, we should all 161 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:17.200 be looking in the mirror and we need to look 162 00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:20.559 at internal trade that could pick up the GDP. I've 163 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:23.120 heard numbers anywhere from fifty to one hundred billion dollars. 164 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:28.240 We have to speed up approvals. We're hosting the world's 165 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:32.919 largest mining show p DAC just in a little while 166 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.720 and people from all over the world are going to 167 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:38.039 come here. But it's unacceptable it's taking ten to fifteen 168 00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:42.840 years to get things moving. It's unacceptable that the Ring 169 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:47.879 of Fire, the largest find and critical minerals in the world, 170 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:51.960 that is taking years to get approvals. It's unacceptable that 171 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:55.600 we don't have Energy East Pipeline coming out to Ontario 172 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:59.559 and out to New Brunswick and again the Northern Gateway 173 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:03.519 going out through BC until we can ship our crude 174 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:06.120 oil around the world. We have to stop being so 175 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:09.840 dependent on the US. You know, we saw this during 176 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:13.639 the pandemic when President Trump cut us off and ninety 177 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:16.559 five's and I said, never again. Well, Ontario have to 178 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:20.120 rely on any country in the world, and we built 179 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:23.320 a supply chain, built it up within a couple of months. 180 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:25.480 So this is what we need to do, and we 181 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:28.279 need to move forward as quickly as possible. But we're 182 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:30.600 ready for these tariffs. On February first. 183 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:32.320 Premmemer, were you and the other premiers and the Prime 184 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:35.080 Minister able to get Premier Daniel Smith on side. 185 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:38.720 Well, we had a good discussion with Premier Smith and 186 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:42.919 she understands we need to be united, and I understand 187 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:46.879 that she wants to protect, you know, her main commodity. 188 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:52.320 But country comes first, you know, over anything. And you 189 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:56.200 can't throw, you know, a tool away from the toolbox. 190 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:00.320 You know, as I said to the premiers, you can't 191 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:02.679 bring a knife to a gunfight. Usually the guy with 192 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:05.000 a knife loses when in a gunfight. We have to 193 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:08.319 make sure that we match these tariffs dollar for dollar. 194 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:12.599 We need to target whereas going to impact Americans the most. 195 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:16.240 We need to target the Republican held states and the 196 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:19.119 Senate and the Congress and the governors. That's what we 197 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:22.400 need to do because we don't want this. No one 198 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:26.160 wants this, and including a lot of the Republicans and 199 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:28.359 Democrats that I've talked to. A matter of fact, I 200 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:31.960 have yet to find one citizen of the US, one 201 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.680 elected official that says, yeah, I agree, we need to 202 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:38.359 target Canada anything, but that and the rest of the 203 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:40.279 world knows their next The. 204 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:43.200 Premier Smith didn't. She didn't agree to you. You and 205 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:45.799 the Prime Minister of in lockscept and have the other 206 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:48.599 eleven of the age yes to love other premiers. She 207 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:51.240 still doesn't agree with your dollar for dollar tariffs and 208 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:53.119 the counter the counter attack. 209 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:55.319 Basically, well not right at this point, but I think 210 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:59.319 we're moving her along. I understand, you know, but make 211 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:02.119 no mistake of it. We do have a united country. 212 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:05.160 I'm hearing it out there. You folks are hearing it everywhere. 213 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:09.119 It's Team Canada. Canada is not for sale and let's 214 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:10.039 keep being united. 215 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:14.480 Pretty much notified that everyone's agreed to dollar for dollar tariffs, 216 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:17.599 not this sort of staged approach that had been floated to. 217 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:20.200 Pre Well, you know, everyone wants to take the first 218 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:24.720 everyone wants to take the positive approach. And I've as 219 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:27.880 they have seen on our hits on those commercials and 220 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:31.799 social media. My COMMNS people told me we've had five 221 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:35.680 hundred million hits and those are pretty staggering. And I 222 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:38.640 just encouraged all the premiers get your ads down there, 223 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:41.240 and the federal government get your ads down there, because 224 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:43.599 if people play such a huge part of this. If 225 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:47.039 they're calling their congress person or calling their senator and 226 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:49.279 the phone's ringing off the hook with their governor too, 227 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:52.079 Believe me, that works. That gets in the year of 228 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:53.000 the President. 229 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.039 And what barriers are you prepared to drop into provincial 230 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.519 trade bearers? 231 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:59.880 The Ontario maintains to achieve this goal. 232 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:03.880 Of well, we put this committee together and uh, you know, 233 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:06.680 folks said this, this has been going on forever and 234 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:10.200 enough's enough. Let's let's sit down and come up with 235 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:14.200 the list. Because everyone wants to protect something, no matter 236 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:17.160 if it's the you know, the dairy cow in Newfoundland, 237 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:21.960 or the wine and BC or ourselves. Everyone's guilty. So 238 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:23.720 we need to sit down and we need to move 239 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:26.480 this forward. It's really going to help the economy. And 240 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:29.559 we we were gonna put a list together. I've asked 241 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:32.440 one of the premiers to put a list together and 242 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:34.640 start moving moving forward. 243 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:37.640 That list was supposed to come together though a few 244 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.519 meetings ago, and. 245 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:41.319 Just a few a few years ago, a few years ago. 246 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:45.720 Because everyone wants to protect their their stakes and in 247 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:49.240 the ground and saying okay, I'm all for internal free trade, 248 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:52.440 but you can't use this. You can't do that, so 249 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:55.359 they're they're you know, we're gonna move forward. We made 250 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:56.440 a little headway. 251 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:56.839 Uh. 252 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:59.640 I think a couple of years ago. As someone that 253 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:02.720 sounds ridiculous and that is ridiculous, but first Aid kits 254 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:06.640 across the country, they were all different tires going on trucks. 255 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:08.799 If you went from one province to the other, you'd 256 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:11.480 have to change the tires. Just you know, those are 257 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:14.640 silly things. But we have to look at larger commodities, 258 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:18.119 larger sectors that we have to focus on. But I 259 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:21.680 encourage everyone when you're walking down the aisle, you have 260 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:24.920 an impact. When you look at made in Canada or 261 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:28.720 made in Ontario products, buy them. Make sure that we 262 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:31.839 send a message to the big retailers that have revenues 263 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:37.039 of one hundred and forty seven billion and that's Costco, Soby's, Walmart, 264 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:42.160 Metro and lab Laws. Send the message buy Canadian products 265 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:45.160 on shore. Canadian products are. 266 00:20:45.319 --> 00:21:01.319 There for re election next week. Thanks everyone for being 267 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:06.799 here today. Just with the executive order signed yesterday, administration, 268 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:09.759 we were pleased to see that Canada got a day one 269 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:15.079 reprieve from tariffs. If you look at the there's a 270 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:19.160 review going on that is due back on April the first. 271 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:22.319 We have a short window, I think, to be able 272 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:26.079 to demonstrate the very positive relationship that Canada and the 273 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:29.039 US have from a tarif free point of view, and 274 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:33.119 why it shouldn't remain TIF free. We think that we are. 275 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:35.839 Our best approach now would be to focus on a 276 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:40.079 diplomasting and refrain from talk of any kind of threat 277 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:44.559 of retaliatory tariffs. We think that we have a very 278 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:48.160 positive story, very positive story to tell in Canada. We 279 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:51.160 think that we should be talking about addressing the trade 280 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:53.680 deficit by how we might be able to have more 281 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:56.880 cross border trade in goods and services. The point I've 282 00:21:56.920 --> 00:22:00.000 been making is that if you take energy out of 283 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:03.440 the mix, Canada actually buys more US goods and services 284 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:06.599 then the Americans buy from US about fifty eight billion 285 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:09.960 dollars according to a National Bank survey. We can always 286 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:12.640 look at ways we could buy more, whether it's military equipment, 287 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:18.680 whether it is the infrastructure for more electricity gas turbines, transformers, 288 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:22.799 or whether it's AI data center technology and other products. 289 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:26.799 Number Three, I think we do need to double down 290 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:30.559 on border security. It's quite clear from the executive order 291 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:34.359 around the southern border that the issue of illegal fentanyl 292 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:39.200 and gangs and migrants is top of mind for this presidency, 293 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:41.200 and we want to make sure that Canada seem to 294 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:43.200 be a partner in border security. I think there's been 295 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:46.079 some good measures that have taken that have been announced, 296 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:48.680 and we have to execute on those. We also have 297 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:53.480 to have a major acceleration of Canada's two percent of 298 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:57.400 GDP NATO commitment. As you've begun to see, the incoming 299 00:22:57.400 --> 00:23:00.799 administration is now talking about a much higher level of 300 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:03.519 NATO spending, and so the fact that Canada isn't even 301 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:06.279 at two percent is something that is going to continue 302 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:08.279 to be a trade irritant. If we want to demonstrate 303 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:11.200 to the Americans that we are a reliable partner in 304 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:15.160 energy security, having an accelerated plan to get to at 305 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:17.720 least the two percent is going to be vital. We 306 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:20.160 also have to crack down on all the immigration streams 307 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:24.440 and loopholes that permit individuals who are hostile to Canada 308 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:27.920 and the United States from entering the country. Anytime there 309 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:32.559 are issues of a Canadian causing trouble in America, that 310 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:36.880 is notice noted by the administration, and so we have 311 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:40.599 to make sure once again that we're not exacerbating, and 312 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:43.279 if we want to have a genuine partnership on national 313 00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:47.119 security and energy security, the federal government has to repeal 314 00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:52.559 all of the hostile to energy policies, the clean electricity regulations, 315 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:56.039 the emissions cap, which we know as a production cap, 316 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:59.720 net zero vehicle mandate, which is set to take place 317 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:04.119 in January of twenty twenty six, and to work in 318 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:08.160 genuine partnership to reach the North America to reach the 319 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:13.079 US goal of energy dominance. I believe that the Americans 320 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:16.640 can't get there without Canada. The Americans consume twenty one 321 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:20.359 million barrels a day of oil, they produce thirteen million 322 00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:23.720 barrels a day, and they have to get the balance 323 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:28.519 from somewhere. Our particular brand of heavy oil is perfect 324 00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:30.680 for their refineries, and there are very many great places 325 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:33.720 to get it from Venezuela, Iran, Iraq. We think we've 326 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:36.240 got a very strong case to make for more pipeline 327 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:38.759 access to the United States. And I guess finally, I'd say, 328 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:41.480 if we want to stop being so reliant on a 329 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:44.839 single trading partner, we've got to take down internal trade 330 00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:48.599 barriers between Canadian provinces, start looking at how we can 331 00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:52.759 do major nation building projects to our east and west coast, 332 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:55.759 whether it's Northern Gateway getting restarted in British Columbia or 333 00:24:55.880 --> 00:25:00.279 Energy East Conversations getting started off the East coast. That's 334 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:03.599 really the way that through those kinds of major infrastructure 335 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:07.559 projects that we can start diversifying our customer base around 336 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:09.799 the world. And so we've got to have a bit 337 00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:12.480 of our own discussion internally about how we're going to 338 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.599 address that in the long term. 339 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:17.920 Up with Hi, everybody, Nice to see you, Thanks for 340 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:21.759 joining us behind me. You can see the Port of Vancouver. 341 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:26.200 Three hundred billion dollars in trade flows through that port, 342 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:30.359 trade with one hundred and seventy different countries, supporting more 343 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:34.720 than one hundred thousand trade dependent jobs right across the country, 344 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:38.599 and it's an example of the importance of trade to 345 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:44.680 British Columbia to Canada. Obviously, right now, the situation we 346 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:48.200 find ourselves in is one where there is no new 347 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:51.319 normal in terms of our trade relationship with the United States. 348 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:56.119 We have a president that is threatening catastrophic tariffs for 349 00:25:56.240 --> 00:26:02.960 both American families and Canadian families against Canadian goods, and 350 00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:07.720 the consequences for that. For British Columbia would be quite 351 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:12.920 significant and for many people, catastrophic. For many American families 352 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:17.759 as well, they'll see higher prices for goods things like housing, electricity, 353 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:22.640 and gas of the pump. For our province, the tariffs 354 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:25.559 mean potentially the loss of tens of billions of dollars 355 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:28.599 more than one hundred thousand jobs. It is a big 356 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:32.920 deal for British Columbia. And despite it being a big 357 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:34.720 deal for our province, our province is one of the 358 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:39.200 less affected provinces across the country. We're putting on our 359 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:42.319 team Canada Jerseys right now to stand with Canadians right 360 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:45.279 across this country, from coast to coast to coast, to 361 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:50.720 stand up to these tariff threats. It's moments like these 362 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:55.759 where you have a choice. You can surrender and give up, 363 00:26:56.960 --> 00:27:00.759 or you can stand up. And for British Columbia, we're 364 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:04.799 going to stand up. We're going to respond to tariffs. 365 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:06.759 And keep in mind, this is not a fight that 366 00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:09.880 we wanted, it's not a fight that we picked, and 367 00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:11.720 in fact, we think this is going to hurt Americans 368 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:14.599 as badly as it does Canadians. But we're going to 369 00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:17.880 stand up. We're going to support federal efforts to respond 370 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:21.480 with targeted tariffs, to make sure that the Americans understand 371 00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:25.079 that we will not surrender. We will stand up for jobs, 372 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:28.200 we will stand up for families, we will stand up 373 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:31.720 for people in British Columbia, but right across Canada. To 374 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:36.319 make sure the Americans are very clear that Canada is 375 00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:40.559 not for sale. Now we will respond in kind and 376 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:47.880 they will feel it. I think it's important to underline 377 00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:51.759 for British Columbians who are feeling anxious right now, particularly 378 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:55.000 those that are in trade exposed industries, to know that 379 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:59.160 your government is working hard for you. We have a 380 00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:03.319 three part plan to respond to this tariff threat. First 381 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:06.160 of all, just that respond. We're supporting the federal government 382 00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:11.279 in direct responses targeted tariffs at Republican districts. To make 383 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:13.799 sure that the party that is bringing these tariffs to 384 00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:19.880 us understands why trade increases prosperity in both of our countries. 385 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:22.599 To make sure that we're standing strong with Canadians right 386 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:28.920 across the country. In addition, we're strengthening our economy. Today 387 00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:31.279 I was at the First Nation's Leadership Gathering talking with 388 00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:34.000 indigenous leaders about the importance of growing our economy, how 389 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:37.119 we're all working together to make sure our province grows 390 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:41.720 and prosperous. And it's the same with industry we're establishing. 391 00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:45.240 And I want to thank those members of the business community, 392 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:48.559 the indigenous community, the labor community that are joining us 393 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:54.880 in a task force on Trade and Economic Security for 394 00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:58.000 the Province of British Columbia that will be co shared 395 00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:04.200 by Tamrav Wormen from YVR, Jonathan Price from Tech and 396 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:07.960 Bridget Anderson from the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade to 397 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:13.079 make sure that we're coordinating at a provincial level with companies, 398 00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:17.559 with labor, with indigenous leadership. So we're responding as a 399 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:22.880 province united against these tariffs to strengthen our economy, to 400 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:26.680 expand our economic growth even in this time of threat, 401 00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:30.480