00:00President Trump, in meeting settings, of course, we want to know his perspective.
00:06One always wants to know the perspective of the President of the United States.
00:09But in meetings, these are real exchanges.
00:12That was the case in Kananaskis.
00:14It's been the case in APEC and ASEAN and other meetings I've been with him.
00:20And he listens as well as speaks.
00:23And so these are real exchanges.
00:25And certainly the G7 is taking place at a critical time for the world, geopolitically, geo-strategically, given the wars
00:33that are ongoing, plus economically and a host of issues, present and future, including the future of AI.
00:42Hi there, Prime Minister.
00:43I'm Diane Campbell with CBC News.
00:45Yes.
00:45I do have a couple questions about the bridge, if you don't mind.
00:49So my question to you is that state Republicans in Michigan are saying that they want to get half the
00:56tolls as soon as the bridge opens.
00:58Is that on the table?
01:01Look, Canada paid for the bridge.
01:07We ensured that half of the construction work and the activity associated with it was shared with Michigan.
01:18And the benefits, of course, of the bridge will be shared by all.
01:22And a yes or no question.
01:25Do you believe that...
01:27There are no questions.
01:28Sorry.
01:28Do you believe that the situation with the bridge is a way for Trump to pressure Canada in negotiations?
01:37No.
01:37Look, the issues that have been raised have been raised by the U.S. administration as a whole and are
01:46being addressed.
01:47We have not had a direct conversation, President and I, about this issue.
01:52So I wouldn't, as I said, I said a moment ago and I said yesterday, this is not a big
01:59drama.
02:00We're working through, you take time to get things right.
02:03It's a major bi-national project and we want to launch it in the right way, in a collaborative way.
02:11And those are the discussions we're having.
02:13There are separate discussions, a previous question, related to Kuzma and our trade side, which are ongoing.
02:24We made some progress last week in Washington, Minister LeBlanc did, on some technical issues.
02:30There's a meeting next week at the G7, him and his counterpart, Ambassador Greer, with our chief negotiator, Janice Charette.
02:39And we look to continue to move forward on those fronts.
02:42But I would, I would distinguish, I would distinguish the two.
02:46You know, the Canadian-American relationship, there are always countless issues between us.
02:52From the security side to specific infrastructure to the trade side.
02:56And it's a NATO ally, number one.
03:00Secondly, regionally, and I'm going to use that term with a capital R,
03:04because it is a very large region from, you know, from the Balkans through to the Middle East,
03:10to the Caucasus and beyond, is one of the most important strategic partners or powers in that region.
03:22And so we have been deepening the relationship.
03:27It's early days in deepening that relationship.
03:31And I will be in Turkey, as you know, next month for the NATO summit and possibly again, or likely
03:39again, later in the year.
03:41And so we're in a process of scoping out the deepening of that relationship, yes.
03:48And following up on your approach to Turkey, actually, because we have time, a question for that.
03:54Tomorrow is the response deadline for the parliamentary petition presented by a liberal MP, Sima Akan,
04:00which calls for extending work permits for over 7,000 Turkish earthquake survivors here in Canada.
04:06Will your government commit to extending these temporary measures to provide these taxpaying, grocery shopping families
04:14with clarity and fairness before their permit expires?
04:21I will look at it. I have 24 hours to make a decision on it.
04:25It's not something that was immediately on my radar.
04:28But thank you for the question and bringing it to my attention. Thank you.
04:31Thank you. That concludes today's press conference.
04:32That concludes the conference.
04:33All right. There you go. Thank you.
04:36Thank you all. Thanks for coming.
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