Pete Hoekstra: “Mr. Chairman, no, that does not follow. The measure that we had, you and I sat in a conference room; we went through the…”

I thought the Ontario ad campaign was outrageous, calling it the first time in the U.S.’s 250-year history that a foreign government has tried to influence the outcome of upcoming elections.

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.

The vote that’s going to happen in October is a decision for the people of Alberta.

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