00:00Americans hate tariffs. A tariff on Canada is a tax on Americans and that's
00:06why I've been working to leverage our single biggest asset in these talks and
00:12that is the goodwill of the American people. What a beautiful morning and in a
00:17few days we will have a budget. Job one for the budget is to save you money. Save
00:23you money by getting rid of all taxes on gas and diesel. Save you money by
00:27reducing the cost for truckers to bring you food to your grocery store, building
00:31supplies for your future home. Save money for young couples who want to buy a home,
00:36for single moms who want to buy groceries, for small businesses who are paying too
00:40much for supplies. Save you money, save you money, save you money. That's our mission
00:45as conservatives and it's our demand for the budget. After a year and a half of
00:49Mark Carney, everything's worse. You go to a grocery store, nothing costs less even
00:55though he promised he would be judged by the prices of those grocery stores.
00:59Home building is down, not doubled as he promised. Habitat for Humanity says that we are the country
01:06with the largest share of our population who believe they will never own a home. The largest
01:12share of 22 polled countries. Terrible reports this week, very sad. From the Salvation Army,
01:20which is a third of Canadians are skipping meals or cutting portions because they can't
01:25afford groceries after a year and a half of Carney. We have the Toronto Food Bank said
01:32that one in eight children are now depending on food bank use. Never has it been so bad.
01:40Mark Carney is out of touch, his spending is out of control, Canadians are out of money. He's a big
01:45talker,
01:46but where are the actual results? And then, you know, we look south of the border and the result
01:53yesterday demonstrates Americans hate tariffs. A tariff on Canada is a tax on Americans and that's
02:02why I've been working to leverage our single biggest asset in these talks and that is the
02:08goodwill of the American people. Every American I've met on my journeys there wants the tariffs gone
02:13so that we can lower, help lower the cost of gas, groceries, housing, vehicles and other things.
02:20So, we've been calling on the Prime Minister to use this leverage. He has not yet done so.
02:25And we're going to, I will be going back to the United States to continue the pressure to fight for
02:30tariff-free trade
02:32as part of the Team Canada approach because we will always put Canada first.
02:36We actually don't know where Mark Carney stands on any of this. A week ago, he said he can wait
02:41two and a half years
02:42to get a deal. Well, that's, of course he can wait. He's got 91% of his investments in the
02:48U.S.
02:48He profits off of all of that. But enough with the political theatre. He says he's going to wait two
02:56and a half years
02:57and then he waited two and a half days to call the President and put out a tweet. More headlines
03:04without deadlines.
03:05So, what he's got to do is take advantage of the immense leverage that Canada has had all along
03:13with the goodwill of the American people to get tariff-free trade with our biggest market in the world.
03:19And we as Conservatives will keep fighting for that, putting our country first.
03:24In conclusion, our priorities are to save your money, save your job, keep you safe from crime,
03:30get immigration under control, and put Canada first.
03:33Do you think the results you talk about leverage? Do you see the midterm results as a way to leverage
03:40a better deal for Canada?
03:42Or is it a risk that Trump lashes out and goes the other way?
03:45Nobody controls President Trump. I think it was really silly for Mark Carney to claim he could handle the President,
03:54and control what he does. Nobody knows exactly what he will do, but what the midterms did do is reconfirm
04:02what I said all along,
04:03which is we have massive leverage in the form of the goodwill of the American people.
04:08I mean, Americans hate these tariffs. Everywhere I went in the States, and it didn't matter if it was Texas
04:14or Detroit or New York,
04:16Democrat, Republican, worker or business, union or management, everybody hates the tariffs.
04:23We've got to use that goodwill to pressure for tariff-free trade.
04:30That's what I say. We're not China. We're not Mexico.
04:32The American people have grievances with those countries. They don't have grievances with us.
04:39We're probably the most popular country inside the U.S. with American people.
04:44I'm asking for the Prime Minister to leverage that, and I'm here to say to him, I will work with
04:48you to do that.
04:50Given that most of these tariffs are done at the executive level, I'm wondering how do you actually think that
04:57this new change in the makeup of their Congress will help?
05:04It depends how the President makes his political calculations, but one thing is for sure.
05:08Any president, first or second term, early or late mandate, needs as much goodwill from the population to get anything
05:17done.
05:18And we have that goodwill on Canada's side.
05:21So what I'm saying is let's leverage that goodwill to pressure the administration and Congress to remove all the tariffs,
05:28lower the cost of living for Americans, but also boost jobs and business for long-struggling Canadians.
