François-Philippe Champagne: “I stand by our projections.”

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.

When there are (U.S.) actions that are taken, we always have to make sure that our response is proportionate. We don’t want to escalate, but we, at the same time, want to make sure we have a level playing field with American companies who…

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.