Pete Hoekstra: “We're going to have a deal that's articulated.”

This relationship is so critical.

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

As long as the president of the United States think I’m doing a good job, I’ll be here.

The bridge is obviously going to open," Hoekstra told CBC News and the New York Times at the July 4 party. "We all want it open. There are some things that we're working through and we'll get those resolved I think relatively quickly.