François-Philippe Champagne: “Today will be remembered, chiefs, you will be remembered in the history of this country as those who had the vision to…”

We did not wake up one day and say, ‘What are we going to do?’ We had already a number of plans in place. Plan A has always been to build, to support, to protect our economy and our workers.

The new agency will bolster Canada’s capacity to combat serious and complex financial crime and improve enforcement outcomes.

We responded because at some stage you have to say 'enough is enough'. No one can infringe on our economic sovereignty... the world took notice.

We need to look at partnership in a different way and the great thing is that when you look at Canada - and I would say the United Kingdom - we share the same values.