00:00The world, as I said earlier, is more dangerous and divided.
00:02The U.S. has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising its tariffs to levels last seen during the Great
00:08Depression.
00:09Many of our former strengths, based on our close ties to America, have become our weaknesses, weaknesses that we must
00:17correct.
00:17Workers in our industries most affected by U.S. tariffs in autos, in steel, in lumber, are under threat.
00:24Businesses are holding back investments, restrained by the pall of uncertainty that's hanging over all of us.
00:30The U.S. has changed, and we must respond.
00:33Canada Strong is our plan to build Canada by Canadians for Canadians.
00:39It will attract new investment, so we can build more for ourselves, striking new partnerships abroad, so we can sell
00:46into new markets.
00:48It's about taking back control of our security, our borders, and our future.
00:53There are some who say there's no need for a comprehensive plan.
00:57They believe we should wait it out in the hope that the United States will return to normal, that the
01:02good old days will come back.
01:04But hope isn't a plan, and nostalgia is not a strategy.
01:09And the days that young Canadians have known all their lives haven't been that good.
01:15Their lifetimes have been marked by a series of shocks and crises from abroad.
01:20The Iraq war, the global financial crisis, COVID, and now this.
01:24We have to take care of ourselves because we can't rely on one foreign partner.
01:28We can't control the disruption coming from our neighbours.
01:32We can't bet our future on the hope that it will suddenly stop.
01:37But we can control what happens here.
01:40We can build a stronger country that can withstand disruptions from abroad, that creates good jobs here at home, that's
01:47a leader in this new world with a vast network of reliable allies.
01:53That's the Canada Strong Plan we're putting into action.
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