Pete Hoekstra: “No, we’re not meeting with the separatists and strategizing this at all.”

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

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.

Compared to a provincial government and Canadian taxpayers running (political) ads in the United States of America? You’re equating those two? C’mon, that’s not even close!

This relationship is so critical.