00:00Well, I've been clear, personally I've been clear, the ministers behind me, I think to
00:29an individual when asked have been clear that we will never, ever in any way, shape or form
00:36be part of the United States. America is not Canada. Look at the ceremony we just had.
00:42You could not have had that ceremony. You would not have that ceremony in America. Look
00:46at the cabinet behind me. You would not have that cabinet in America. You do not have that
00:50cabinet in America. We are a very fundamentally different country.
00:57So irrespective, irrespective of any issues economically, fundamentally to our core, to
01:03our identity, c'est une des raisons, is one reason why we have a minister, and I will
01:09thank Mr. Guilbault to be our minister of Canadian identity and culture and bringing
01:15in all those aspects and reinforcing them.
01:18You've talked about Trump needing to show Canada respect.
01:21President Trump.
01:22President Trump, yes. President Trump needing to show Canada respect. You said that again
01:25just now. Are you not going to speak with President Trump until he cuts out this 51st
01:31state talk?
01:32No. I look forward to speaking with President Trump, just to be clear. We respect the United
01:38States. We respect President Trump. President Trump is, has put some very important issues
01:45at the top of his agenda. We understand his agenda. We understand the importance of addressing
01:50the scourge of fentanyl, which is a challenge here in Canada as well as the United States.
01:55I would say that the measures that have been put in place in recent weeks in Canada, and
02:01Mexico, also the United States, means that we are making tremendous progress. I'll speak
02:05specifically against fentanyl.
02:07We understand the importance President Trump places on American workers and American jobs.
02:15We want him and his administration to understand the importance we put on Canadian workers
02:20and Canadian jobs. And we will look for avenues to work together so that both objectives are
02:28met in terms of both our great economies, just as we are doing, and the people behind
02:33me have led this, just as we are doing with respect to the scourge of fentanyl.
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