Pete Hoekstra: “We want a strong Canada. We think a strong Canada across the board is good for the United States, it's good for North…”

When Canada decides it wants to partner with the United States in those areas … we’re here to work on deals that will be good for Canada and America.

Hopefully on a number of these issues we reach resolution sooner rather than later, but it's already taken 14 months and we haven't seen significant progress.

That’s the president’s call.

The bridge will actually be paid for by the folks who are using the bridge.