Dominic LeBlanc: “The good news is that we haven’t yet had recourse to that legal instrument.”

We’re not negotiating detailed text as we were five, six weeks ago, but we remain in contact with them.

None of this in any way diminishes environmental assessments or obligations to Indigenous rights holders.

When the U.S. is ready to engage, our government will work in good faith and constructively towards a more secure mutually beneficial trading relationship that fully respects Canadian sovereignty.

I'm very, very confident that these decisions, if it's in a referendum or if it's in an election, are made by Canadians who go to polling stations and cast their ballots.