I do want to try to put things in perspective today relative to the U.S.-Canada relationship. I would like to start by talking about how important this relationship is to the people of the United States.

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We are also looking to Canada as we continue to integrate the North American energy...

We are also looking to Canada as we continue to integrate the North American energy...

We believe, as the President has indicated, that this combination of a rogue state that...

We believe, as the President has indicated, that this combination of a rogue state that...

This war in Iraq is part of a larger effort to remove this terrorist threat...

This war in Iraq is part of a larger effort to remove this terrorist threat...

We want to look at how we would respond because, as hard as we work...

We want to look at how we would respond because, as hard as we work...

There is $1.4 billion a day in trade that goes back and forth across the...

There is $1.4 billion a day in trade that goes back and forth across the...

We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations.

We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations.

But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are...

But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are...

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and CSIS have provided extraordinary co-operation, as I mentioned earlier.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and CSIS have provided extraordinary co-operation, as I mentioned earlier.

Canada and the United States are also working at the World Trade Organization and in...

Canada and the United States are also working at the World Trade Organization and in...

We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for...

We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for...

Let me close as I did in Gander on September 11, 2002 when I went...

Let me close as I did in Gander on September 11, 2002 when I went...

Then we can help these failed states turn around and give their people a better...

Then we can help these failed states turn around and give their people a better...

We know that if al Queda or one of these terrorist organizations were to get...

We know that if al Queda or one of these terrorist organizations were to get...

I want you to know that, despite what you might read at times in the...

I want you to know that, despite what you might read at times in the...

Yet there is disappointment in Washington and in the United States that Canada is not...

Yet there is disappointment in Washington and in the United States that Canada is not...

So we are disappointed that some of our closest allies, including Canada, have not agreed...

So we are disappointed that some of our closest allies, including Canada, have not agreed...

This ability to have reliable sources of energy and a reliable transmission of energy here...

This ability to have reliable sources of energy and a reliable transmission of energy here...

The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also...

The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also...

Like Canada, we very much wanted the United Nations to be a relevant and effective...

Like Canada, we very much wanted the United Nations to be a relevant and effective...

Another part of the global war on terrorism that Canada and the United States are...

Another part of the global war on terrorism that Canada and the United States are...