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00:00We're now going to hear from each of the three nominees and then we'll follow it up with
00:07my colleague, Senator Kaine referenced ways in which negotiation tactics have profoundly
00:12unsettled our relationship with Canada.
00:15Would you agree that Canada is a sovereign state and should not be even jokingly referred
00:20to as the 51st state?
00:25The Canada is a sovereign state.
00:27Yes.
00:28As far as the president and the relationship between the former prime minister and Canada,
00:35the characteristics and nature of that relationship, I don't know.
00:40Okay.
00:41I view it as a positive, sir, that we have a new...
00:42To meet you the other day, we discussed fentanyl overdoses in Pennsylvania.
00:48I find it very troubling that we are seeing this, our national anthem booed at ice hockey
00:56games, and that the country where we've got the longest undefended border in the world,
01:06where we have had such a positive relationship over the years is now viewing America in the
01:13way they are because of this president's statements.
01:18They find it particularly offensive that he's talking about Canada as the 51st state.
01:24And I don't blame him.
01:25I've got to be honest.
01:27So how do you...
01:30I appreciated your opening statement and your talking about the importance of Canada to
01:36the United States, but how do you see approaching turning around that negative relationship
01:44that has developed because of the president's statements, and how do you envision addressing
01:51tariff issues?
01:52That's a great question.
01:55Obviously, I've been spending a lot of time thinking about that myself, pending the confirmation
02:01by the Senate of having to go there and being kind of the tip of the spear on this.
02:08We have cooperated with Canada on so many things.
02:12In Michigan, it's the Great Lakes.
02:14That's important to us.
02:15It's trade.
02:16It's business.
02:17My experience on the Intel Committee, it is about NATO and those types of things.
02:22Canada's part of Five Eyes.
02:24So we have a great history of working together, and we know how to make this work.
02:28We now have to make and take that and say, we know how to make this work.
02:33Now let's do it and apply our experience to the priorities that the president has outlined.
02:41Freer, fairer trade, so that we can actually grow the business relationship between Canada
02:48and the U.S.