Pete Hoekstra: “Both the U.S. and Canadian governments look forward to getting the bridge open, but have recognized that there are some…”

Probably the region that can make the most compelling case for supplying more oil to the United States would be Saskatchewan and Alberta.

I think that’s my job.

We're monitoring it, we're evaluating it and if some of it becomes election interference then America will respond to it.

You get calls and request to meet with folks and… if they’re people that are working on issues that may have an impact on U.S. relations, there’s a good chance we’ll meet with them, just to get some kind of perspective.