We did not choose that trade conflict. We’re just responding to what has been imposed on Canada.
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We don’t want any escalation, but at the same time, we have been clear from the get-go we’re going to stand up for Canadian industry, Canadian workers and Canadian businesses.
It was always Ottawa’s plan A to diversify Canadian trade.
Critical minerals, energy, are going to be essential to the growth of India. And that’s what I think Canada can offer.
Canada can provide energy security and food security to India. And India can provide to Canada scale, talent, and technology.
My job is to fight for Canadian business, to fight for Canadian industry, to fight for Canadian fishers.
It doesn’t belong to President Donald Trump to rename on a whim.
We are aware of 866 Canadians who are in Nepal.
Nepal is facing a devastating humanitarian emergency with catastrophic damage.
If you’re dealing with a really large bully who’s beating you up, you really need to get out your keys, put them between your fingers, and go for soft, fleshy parts that are gonna hurt.
To call 9/11 anything other than a terrorist attack is an appalling distortion of history.
9/11 was a terrorist attack, plain and simple.
That legislation reflects Parliament’s own clear-eyed characterization of what happened that day: a deliberate, ideologically motivated terrorist attack on civilians.
Is and will always be Lake Ontario, and no executive order will change that.
I think there is [a world in which we can operate with less ITAR restrictions].
So working with others who want to work with us and add value to what we're doing, I think we're carefully considering that a lot more.
We're on the receiving end of this change, and it's our job to look for new opportunities and pivot as fast as we can to meet the moment, and never put ourselves back in this position again.