00:00:00.000China's foreign affairs minister is in Ottawa.
00:00:02.720The trip comes at a pivotal moment for both Beijing and Ottawa.
00:00:06.300Both are pushing back against U.S. imposed tariffs.
00:00:09.520Our leaders set out a clear and ambitious vision for our recalibrated relationship.
00:00:16.300Canada, in conclusion, is committed to deepening engagement with China.
00:00:20.620We have momentum to continue this work together.
00:00:24.960Well, a deal that wasn't going to be good for us is the line, ultimately,
00:00:28.020because, you know, I'm playing it out and we're going to see.
00:00:30.400And that's what I do. I negotiate. They negotiate.
00:00:32.580They're very good negotiators. They're crafty.
00:00:35.520But in the end, we have all the cards.
00:00:38.580U.S. President Donald Trump is continuing to warn of a substantial response
00:00:42.680if the Canadian government signs a free trade deal with China.
00:00:46.760If they do a deal with China, yeah, well, there's something very substantial.
00:00:50.620We don't want China to take over Canada.
00:00:52.580And if they make the deal that he's looking to make, China will take over Canada.
00:00:58.800This whole thing with China didn't happen overnight.
00:01:02.040For months now, Carney has been quietly signaling a shift towards Beijing, talking about reengagement, stability, expanding cooperation, even as Canada's relations with Washington have been getting more and more hostile.
00:01:16.280You've seen it in the tone, you've seen it in the meetings, and you've seen it in how often Canada sides with Europe and other globalist organizations instead of the U.S., even on core security issues.
00:01:26.480But here's the part most people are missing, and this is critical.
00:01:30.340China doesn't separate trade, diplomacy, or security the way Western countries do, and that means that any deeper cooperation with them always comes with strings attached.
00:01:40.560So the real question isn't whether Canada is getting closer to China. It's what Ottawa has already given up to make that happen.
00:01:47.820As you're well aware, CSIS has said that the People's Republic of China is Canada's greatest espionage and foreign interference threat, and that its activities threaten Canada's national security and long-term economic prosperity.
00:01:59.400And your former colleague, Christopher Freeland, has also said that absolutely your government was considering banning Chinese-made software and electric vehicles to counter the security threat from China.
00:02:08.800And you cited similar rationale in your ban from a year and a half ago.
00:02:12.840So I guess my question is, really nothing has changed in terms of the security threat from the software.
00:02:18.940Last time you were here, you said you're working on a framework, but the import of these is now allowed.
00:02:23.280So is this framework considering banning the software from those vehicles?
00:02:27.040Are they going to come in as some sort of empty shells in that regard?
00:02:29.980So I think these are really good questions that should be asked to the Minister of Public Safety
00:02:34.040and also Minister of Transport as they're working on a new software approach when it comes to EVs.
00:03:22.180But Canada doesn't live because of the United States.
00:03:27.100Canada thrives because we are Canadian.
00:03:30.980Well, I guess it was only a matter of time. I mean, when you look at the way the Canadian government's been behaving towards the United States, you quickly begin to realize that things just aren't the same between the two countries.
00:03:42.360Don't forget, we basically protect Canada. But here's the problem with Canada. So many friends up there. I love the Canadian people. They're great. But we're spending hundreds of billions a year to protect it. We're spending hundreds of billions a year to take care of Canada. We lose in trade deficits. We're losing mass. We don't need their cars. You know, they make 20 percent of our cars. We don't need that. I'd rather make them in Detroit.
00:04:08.780the days the days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollars to the united states are over
00:04:16.380in the past you would have expected a canada that would have been
00:04:22.460much more aligned with the united states but that simply isn't the case anymore and here's
00:04:28.480the part that most people aren't paying attention to because this next move it's what's actually
00:04:33.340putting Washington on alert. What he's about to do with China on security could trigger a further
00:04:39.420response from Washington. Beijing, Canada's greatest security threat. That was during the
00:04:45.480election. Despite this, within a year, he signed a memorandum of understanding with communist China
00:04:50.920as it relates to security matters. I have been asking for that memorandum of understanding
00:04:56.600for over five months. The minister, the prime minister have refused to disclose it. When will
00:05:03.120they produce the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed with Communist China.
00:05:08.680You know, the United States has recognized that the CCP is infiltrating Canada,
00:05:12.480and that threat level has increased substantially. It's only been recently that the U.S. administration
00:05:17.600has taken steps to identify it and call Canada out. Should Canada take further steps with the
00:05:24.540CCP, we don't know where that could go. You know, from Chinese boots on the ground to munitions to
00:05:31.880that military type support. That's a bigger concern, I think, for the United States than
00:05:37.420the hybrid warfare pieces at this moment. It's been building for the last 30 years and say,
00:05:42.640you need to fix what's going on in your country because we're worried about you.
00:05:47.720And that's where the concern is. And now you're worried that it's accelerating,