00:00Morning, Prime Minister. Mike, Joe, CTV News. I just want to follow up on what Tom was asking.
00:04Are you offended by being called governor?
00:07I mean, I think in this role you get called a lot of things, a lot of time, and I, you know,
00:14I'm not going to comment on every tweet or truth or comment from whoever, so I can handle it.
00:24That's a follow-up.
00:24But I am, but I do think this point about our troops is fundamental and respecting our troops and the contributions that they've made.
00:34I want to follow up on what you were saying yesterday outside of cabinet or caucus.
00:38You said that Canada isn't pursuing a free trade agreement with China.
00:43What efforts are you or your ministers making with the Trump administration to communicate that to them so that those threats of tariffs stop?
00:50Well, I interpreted the president's comments exactly that way, which is looking forward to a deeper –
00:59were we pursuing a deeper free trade agreement?
01:02We've made it clear.
01:03My fellow members of cabinet ministers have made it clear to their counterparts that that's the case.
01:09We've made the public point.
01:10And it's obvious.
01:11Look, Canada, when we sign an agreement, we sign a trade agreement, in this case USMCA, as they call it, or CUSMA, as we call it,
01:20there is a clause in that agreement, Article 3210, I believe, which says that you will not have –
01:29you have to give notice, in effect, if you're pursuing a free trade agreement with a, quote, non-market economy.
01:35That's in the eye of the beholder, who defines it, but it's a definition of any of the other parties who see somebody as a non-market economy.
01:43China is one of 15 or 17 economies that the US views as non-market.
01:49I can understand why they say that.
01:51So we got an agreement.
01:53If we were even considering that, which we are not and never have, we would have given notice.
02:00And then there is a very open and transparent process.
02:06Bonjour, M. Carnier.
02:07Michel Sabat, La Presse canadienne.
02:09Avez-vous des excuses à présenter aux Québécois et aux francophones du Canada pour vos propos sur les plaines?
02:15Et êtes-vous confortable à être le chef du camp du non lors d'un éventuel référendum sur la souveraineté du Québec?
02:21En ce qui concerne mes commentaires, j'ai commencé par reconnaître la lutte des francophones pendant l'histoire du Canada.
02:37Et j'ai mentionné, même souligné, les efforts de certains dans notre histoire de poursuivre une politique d'assimilation.
02:52Par exemple, le report de Durham est un exemple.
02:58Il y a d'autres plus sévères que ça.
03:00Et c'est à cause, j'ai dit, c'est à cause de la résilience du peuple francophone qu'on crée le Canada, un Canada qui reconnaît deux peuples fondateurs.
03:17Et après un certain temps, trois peuples fondateurs, y compris les peuples en l'éventure.
03:23Alors, c'est un processus, un processus très difficile.
03:28Il y a la grande déportation, déplacement des acadiens.
