00:04I'm wondering if you can talk a little bit about the negotiations over the tariffs with Canada and particularly what
00:11might you say to businesses and consumers that are worried about the impacts of those tariffs and how those negotiations
00:16are going.
00:17Well, first of all, I'd say we're very mindful of the fact that Maine is a border state with Canada.
00:22There's a lot of cross-border transaction between Maine and Canada. And what we're trying to do here is just
00:27make sure that Maine actually gets a fair deal. If you look at the amount of tariffs that have been
00:33applied, not just on Maine, but on a lot of our northern states that are doing cross-border trade with
00:38Canada, Canada and China have been the two worst countries when it comes to trade policy anywhere in the world.
00:45What a shame that is.
00:46China, you of course expect. They're our biggest economic competitor. I would expect that from China. I would not expect
00:53that from Canada. We have to remember, Canada is a state, sorry, Freudian slip. That was actually an accident.
01:04Canada is a country that has under-invested in its military that quite literally would get invaded by a foreign
01:12country were it not for the umbrella of protection provided by the United States of America.
01:16Canada. And so how does Canada actually respond to that? By treating the people of Maine fairly? No. They apply
01:27ridiculous tariffs and other non-tariff duties on Maine products coming into Canada, and they don't expect Maine or anybody
01:35else to fight back. We're sick of that. We're actually going to fight back against unfair trade practices, whether it's
01:41coming from China or Canada.
01:43Canada. Now.
01:45Canada.
01:47Canada.
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