Pete Hoekstra: “There are a number of people who can move into that position, who can do a very good job. Condi would be at the top of…”

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.

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.

We're monitoring it, we're evaluating it and if some of it becomes election interference then America will respond to it.

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