00:00Diversifying trade is also fundamental to building a stronger, a more independent and
00:06a more resilient country.
00:07Over the last year, the last year alone, Canada has signed more than 20 trade and security
00:13deals across five continents.
00:16We completed our most recent trade deal with the United Arab Emirates in a record 47 days.
00:24Canada is now the best connected economy in the world.
00:37Canadian businesses now enjoy tariff-free access to 1.5 billion consumers.
00:42Over the next six months, we will double that number through new trade deals with ASEAN
00:47and India.
00:48This fall, we will begin intense discussions with the European Union, the world's second
00:55largest economy, to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership.
01:01Now we can build such unparalleled access because we're trusted, because we're reliable, and
01:09because we have what the world wants.
01:13But our connections depend on accessible, secure sea routes that carry our world-class
01:20products.
01:22The St. Lawrence, one of the world's great trade arteries.
01:28In 1959, determined to build our own future by connecting the St. Lawrence to the Great Lakes,
01:35Canada opened the St. Lawrence Seaway, seven locks, 300 kilometres built in just five years.
01:41The goal of our trade negotiations with the United States has always been to get the best
01:47deal for Canadians.
01:50The best deal is never a deal at any price or at any time frame.
01:55The best deal.
01:57The best accord for the workers and families of Quebec.
02:02While we made progress, and we did make some progress in recent weeks, in the end, that
02:07momentum reversed.
02:09And we could not accept what the U.S. had offered.
02:12Nor could we give what they asked.
02:15And by standing up for our values and focusing on what we can control, we will build un Quebec
02:22for, in Canada for both two.
02:31Now, that's not to say there won't be challenges in the road ahead, but we're ready to meet
02:36them because we have all we need right here.
02:40The workers, the engineers, the ambition, and the right plan, the right plan for a stronger
02:47Quebec and a stronger Canada.
02:49Building at home and diversifying our trade abroad, that's not plan B.
02:55It's been our plan A from the start.
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