Pete Hoekstra: “Yes, my preference would have been to maintain the sanctions in place.”

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!

I’m trying to tell Canadians and give them an insight into exactly what the president of the United States thinks.

If (the referendum) is going to be influenced by governments, it’s going to be influenced by the government of Alberta and by the federal government, and maybe the other provinces, but not by the United States government.

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