James Moore

We have a prime minister who's sophisticated in those markets and understands where those choice opportunities are in the immediate term, medium term and long term.

All that is to the benefit of the country, for sure.

But the real benefit of this country is still the fact that the United States is our neighbor and we can do business with them.

And we have an agreement.

We have Kuzma.

Kuzma is not going anywhere.

No matter what Donald Trump says about the coming renegotiations or reevaluations of the agreement.

we still have a binding agreement that is deeply popular in the United States and in Canada and is massively accretive to our economy.

So let's not overstate the opportunity.

I do think that there is also, by the way, on this file, as is often the case, I think there is also an east-west divide about the benefits of Europe.

Quebecers understand it for a whole bunch of reasons that are nearer to the heart, but also to the wallet.

Ontarians, I think, do understand it.

Atlantic Canadians certainly do understand it for a bunch of reasons.

That's very articulated.

In the West, like in British Columbia, we're not shipping wood to Europe.

Like there's no sense that we're going to be doing that.

All the mining projects, all those benefits are all to the Asia Pacific and some to the United States.

Alberta, like all the conversation for now a generation has been about either, you know,

A pipeline to the north, a pipeline to the south, a pipeline to the west.

Energy East has been blockaded by Quebec.