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Summary
Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech in Fort McMurray, Alberta celebrating the 20th anniversary of Canadian oil giant Canadian Oil Refining and Refining Company, Cenex, on the eve of its 25th anniversary.
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There's not a man, woman, or child in this room who doesn't know what I'm about to say.
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People do not need to be informed as often as they need to be reminded.
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Whatever it is, whatever it is about this industry,
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upon which the defense of the Canadian economy during the worst recession we have ever seen, was structured.
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This industry was the shield during that particular maelstrom.
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Two, where is confederation being renewed in any practical sense in Canada today?
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The mixture of people from every province working together, man and woman.
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People have left places they have never left in generations.
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The real interaction, the real rebinding of the national idea is taking place in real time without politics
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at one of the great work sites in the history of the entire country.
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You are renewing confederation, whether you know it or not.
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Thirdly, for all the people and all the success, this is the 20th anniversary of a great company.
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And I'm glad to see, by the way, that there are elements of pride in the way that you are...
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When people achieve something, they usually stand up and beam.
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They showed me where they had reclaimed dirty water.
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They showed me where they had put lawn and grass back on piles of dirt that you could never believe.
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And then we went somewhere else and they showed me more trees.
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Most of the afternoon, I was looking at grass, reclaimed water, and trees.
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And in most other jurisdictions, this would still be cramped with doubt and misery.
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This is one of the only jurisdictions in North America where a calamity re-energizes the community.
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Well, then, let us bring it back to the industry.
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I know too many laborers, too many taxi drivers,
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I also know the captains of some of the industries.
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They keep talking about the 19th century railroad,
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But there's nothing going on in Alberta that is murder on the trees.
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You're at the very edge of technological achievement.
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You're at the very edge of scientific investigation.
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You're doing things with resources that even 60 years ago would be attributed to demonic powers.
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This is something to be truly lauded, celebrated.
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When was the last time that Elizabeth May said,
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that those poor unemployed folks down in Newfoundland
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and have the taste of self-reliance in their mouth.
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and even the people that are responsible for this achievement.
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is any more villainous than any other industry.
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Dentists are no worse than oil workers or journalists.
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The standards of living that are truly unimaginable.
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And the individual happiness of families and family members.
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that is providing the most fundamental substance