00:00:44.160Well, folks, this is it. Canada just picked a side.
00:00:48.020And to no one's surprise, it wasn't the people's.0.66
00:00:51.980It wasn't Canadians. And it definitely wasn't Albertans.
00:00:56.500It was communist China. Trump is saying it out loud at this point. China will eat Canada alive, devour its businesses, undermine its economy and use Canada as a tool against the United States to Canada's detriment, by the way.
00:01:16.060And whether you like Trump or not, this part is objectively true.0.96
00:01:46.620Despite this, within a year, he signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Communist China as it relates to security matters.
00:01:54.220I have been asking for that Memorandum of Understanding for over five months.
00:01:59.320The Minister, the Prime Minister have refused to disclose it.
00:02:02.920When will they produce the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed with Communist China?
00:02:07.520I cannot speak to the specifics of what is in the MOU based on, obviously, an agreement with our partner.
00:02:15.480In that particular case, Chinese law enforcement, that we would not disclose anything in the agreement without their permission.0.93
00:02:23.160China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric and general way of life.0.98
00:02:30.360We have had James Rajat as our representative in Washington for the last number of years.0.95
00:02:36.780and he has done just an amazing job in building relationships down there.
00:02:40.660We had a real opportunity in the last couple of years
00:02:42.780because the Democrats were very concerned about energy affordability
00:02:46.040and the Republicans were very concerned about energy security
00:02:49.040and we're able to offer a value proposition for both.
00:02:52.280It's very concerning that Mexico has been courting China
00:02:55.840as a way of doing investment in their nation
00:02:58.700to draw out manufacturing from both America and Canada.
00:03:03.120The fact that Lighthizer made a point of saying
00:03:33.700And I think we'll be able to make that case.0.82
00:03:35.200Well, I think it's more than obvious at this point that Alberta just chose Alberta first and America first as Canada continues to bow down to communist China.0.78
00:03:46.600And I know that sounds dramatic, but honestly, just look at what's happening.0.68
00:03:51.000I mean, on one side, you've got Alberta still working with the United States, still trying to make deals and still treating America like our most important ally, because it is.
00:04:01.760And on the other hand, you've got Ottawa. You've got Mark Carney and the liberals opening the door to China, importing tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles, basically no tariffs, while the United States is literally warning Canada not to become a backdoor for Chinese goods.
00:04:20.140Donald Trump didn't even sugarcoat it. He called Carney governor. He said Canada is turning into a drop-off port for China. And he straight up warned, if Canada sides with China, the United States could slap a 100% tariff on Canadian goods.
00:04:37.760Think about how insane that is. That is an economy ending amount in tariffs. The United States, our biggest trading partner, our biggest customer, our biggest security ally is basically saying, do not let China use you against us. And Ottawa's response is, well, yeah, but Chinese EVs, though. And, you know, we got to diversify. And, you know, it's a new world order and all of that.
00:05:06.700And most countries have, I know grudgingly, but they've said, we understand your policy,
00:05:15.060we understand so we're going to negotiate with you, we're going to remove some of these
00:06:47.780Do you align with the world's largest democratic economy, your neighbor, your oldest and biggest
00:06:54.000customer, your biggest security partner?
00:06:56.360or do you align with a communist regime that uses trade as a weapon and sees western countries as
00:07:03.860adversaries well alberta has made its choice alberta said america and alberta first energy
00:07:12.220first real trade first real alliances first well maybe the best way to describe it is for
00:07:20.020people to examine how scared and fearful they are that donald trump will crush their economy
00:07:26.480That's how scared and fearful Albertans are that the Liberals will continue to crush our economy.
00:07:30.940All of the damage that we have seen over the last 10 years,
00:07:34.040most of it has come from bad federal policy coming out of the alliance between the Liberals and the NDs
00:07:39.520to target our industry and to put in punitive policies that are designed to keep our oil and gas in the ground.
00:07:44.500Ottawa made a different choice, though.
00:07:46.560They said cheap Chinese goods, carnies own profits, and let's just hope and see what happens.
00:07:53.140And now the United States is basically saying, do not drag us into this because you don't want to see what happens next.
00:08:01.620So the real question is, is Canada actually moving away from the United States or is Ottawa just so desperate for global relevance that they're willing to play both sides and risk burning their most important ally?
00:08:16.820Because one province clearly gets it, and the rest of the country seems determined to learn this lesson the hard way.