00:03:38.100because the Carney government has abandoned them to pick a petty fight with Trump.
00:03:42.880But we need the federal government to listen. That's why we're here today. Now the next steps are we need to sit down on one-on-one basis with those ministers who can help us so that they can actually go to work for us in Washington. Although I did tell you that we are hiring consultants, we are seriously looking at consultants. We're being asked to do that so that we can get representatives in Washington to start to fight on our behalf.
00:04:02.100Howard Lutnick said it best, the Canadian government has become so entitled and so self-destructive that they're willing to commit economic suicide just to feel morally superior.
00:04:14.260Former top Canadian trade negotiator said the other day that time is on...
00:04:18.480Who? Christophe Friedland is like the worst?
00:04:20.260No, no, a guy, I'm blanking on his name here, but time is on our side because the pressures on the U.S. are only going to increase over time.
00:04:27.280Basically, you guys are in political trouble. The longer they wait, the better a deal you're going to have to do.
00:04:32.100Good for them. That is like the worst strategy I've ever heard. They suck.
00:04:36.620Look, we are a $30 trillion economy, right? We are the consumer of the world, okay?0.99
00:04:43.720Carney has a problem with us. He gets on a plane and he goes to China.
00:04:49.000Does he think China's, the Chinese economy is going to buy his stuff?
00:04:53.740China is entirely an export-driven economy, right?
00:04:57.500So what did he do? He came back and said, oh, we'll take their electric cars.
00:05:03.760The Americans, they're not waiting for us.
00:05:06.520They're already moving forward with Mexico.
00:05:08.840Mr. Speaker, Reuters reports that Mexican President Scheinbaum is eyeing an early deal
00:05:14.780ahead of the completion of the review of Kuzma, an early deal on autos, aluminum, and steel.
00:05:22.020And people have pointed out to this, a lot of Democratic operatives working in the Carney
00:05:26.380administration, and they're very, they understand what the midterm elections are about.
00:05:30.620and when they are well i mean listen obviously canada hurts maine michigan and ohio yeah i mean
00:05:36.400canadian domestic politics certainly apply they certainly are making political decisions because
00:05:41.480it doesn't make economic sense you know whether they're focused on our midterms or not i don't
00:05:45.620know all i know is the midterms they don't change our trade policy we're using executive authorities
00:05:50.420and the president has had the same trade policy for about 40 years so it's not going to change
00:05:55.140regardless of what happens in the midterms and by the way we're confident in the midterms but here's
00:05:58.460the most disgusting part about all this? At a time when over 2 million Canadians are reportedly
00:06:04.000relying on food banks just to survive, when food insecurity is at an all-time high in this country,
00:06:09.840the Kearney government is purposely blocking the import of American produce.
00:06:14.320Let's hope we can resolve that. And one of the issues I'd like to discuss is the Canadian
00:06:19.140prohibition on bulk imports of fresh fruit and produce. My district is the 19th largest fruit
00:06:24.960producing district in the nation and the 21st largest vegetable producing district of the
00:06:29.060nation. Once again, as detailed in the NTE, Canada severely restricts imports of bulk fresh fruits
00:06:35.340and vegetables. Have you and your team raised this issue with our Canadian counterparts and
00:06:39.920where are they with this issue as well? We have. We thought this would be an easy one for them to
00:06:44.340fix. They've refused to fix it. It's in the national trade estimate. It has been for a long
00:06:47.780time. It's one of those crazy things when you hear that exists. People say, oh, well, Canada,
00:06:51.280They're our best friends. But then they do things like this, where you can't ship fruit if it's in a package above a certain size.
00:06:56.800It doesn't even make economic sense. So we've raised it with them. We'll continue to do it.
00:07:00.220Think about that. They're weaponizing your hunger, driving up prices and starving your family just to maintain a tough guy stance against the United States.
00:07:10.320This is the definition of a government that has declared war on its own citizens.
00:07:14.600They'd rather see you starve than admit that Trump's trade policies actually make sense for all of North America.
00:07:20.520What do you think rupture means? Rupture means that things are normal.
00:07:24.520Nostalgia is not a strike. Things have changed. Things have changed fundamentally.
00:07:27.520We get that. We understand that. That's why we get up in the morning.
00:07:32.520What do we think about when we get up in the morning?
00:07:34.520We think about affordability for Canadians, how we can make life more affordable,
00:07:38.520and how we can build this country strong, more independent, more prosperous, fairer for all.
00:07:43.520all that's what we get and our negotiations with the united states and how we diversify our
00:07:51.120partnerships elsewhere we don't get up first thing in the morning i do not get up first thing in the
00:07:54.640morning think about the united states okay i think about canadians that's the difference we have more
00:07:59.920than enough to do in this country we're building this place strong there there is a misimpression
00:08:07.200by some of the degree to which we are reliant on the united states
00:08:13.520Okay. Yes, it is our biggest trading partner by far. We are also their second biggest trading
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