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I'm still waiting for this. I'm not sure if I can get it. No, you're just a bit late. You're just a bit late. All right.
“All right. They're just like a fish with a fish.”
A lot of animals. They're just like a lion. Okay. That's great. More comfort. Craft and dynamic. All right. The passport.
All right. The passport is just a bit late. I'll try. Stay out there. A powerful speech was just delivered by former Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Gretje, in Newfoundland, in Gander. It was something that touched my heart.
I want to share it with you right now. Gretje is 92 years old. He's been around Canadian politics for a very long time as he says. Here's the message that he delivered. Let's play the clip.
But never mistake our generosity for weakness.
Now, if you indulge me,
“I think it's very important for you to watch the last five minutes of his speech.”
It is incredible. It is moving. It is elbows up. It is unifying. Let's play it.
So I would like to conclude with this personal message. The people here today, the people across Canada, they know me. I've been around a while. [laughter]
They know that I like to speak up my mind. Today, I'm not representing here any government. I am just a former Prime Minister, 92 years old, in a very broad Canadian. [applause]
“But I have seen a few things in my lifetime.”
And I know this country and the people from coast to coast to coast. I have a message for American friends. Yes, Canada is generous. Open country.
And Canadians are tolerant and kind.
But never mistake our generosity for weakness.
[cheers and applause] Never mistake our tolerance for lack of determination. And never, never mistake our kindness for softness. We know who we are.
And we are proud of it. Building a country like this with this climate and this geography is a sign of toughness, not of weakness. [cheers and applause]
While coming people from all over the world, caring for each other, including the weakest in society, is a sign of strength. [cheers and applause]
We embrace our friends, and we help them in their moment of need. But we bow to no one. [cheers and applause] And tomorrow we are insulted,
are threatened, and abuse, the more we will stand up for ourselves, and stand united. [cheers and applause] And I say that not in anger, but as one friend to another.
Friends need to be honest with each other.
Just as the people are in gander,
“and anywhere else in Newfoundland and Labrador,”
they will give you the shirt of their backs, like they did 25 years ago. [cheers and applause]
But we will always show you
the respect of telling you the truth. So, my friends, it is to truth, to respect, to friendship, and to God's neighbors. Vive les États-Unis,
a Vive la Canada. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause]
Now, I want to also share with you the speech of the current Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Carney, here are the lessons that he draws
“as he reflects on the darkness of September 11th,”
where we are today,
the relationship between Canada and the United States,
as the Trump regime continues to attack Canada, and invade Canadian sovereignty. Here, play this clip. [cheers and applause] The lesson I think of these events,
or it's suggest of these events, is that the response to darkness is to reach out, is to support, to stand in solidarity with, as Canadians did with our neighbors,
in this case, our American neighbors, to reach out to strangers that you don't know. More from Prime Minister Carney, right here, about how Canada's response on September 11th did not just end there,
when NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time in history,
Canada stood up in a very big way. Here, play this clip. I remember a few years ago, I visited Gander, and spent time with Bila Cooper,
who wanted to hear us. She wouldn't describe herself as a hero. Of that time, and she had cards from a school trip kids who'd visited, and one of them said,
"Your kindness makes me want to use my kindness." And that's how generosity spreads. Now, Canada's response did not end there. When NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time in its history, only time in its history.
And a tack on one is an attack on all of us. 40,000 Canadians served in Afghanistan. 158 members of our enforcers were killed there. We lost a diplomat, we lost aid workers, lost seven others.
And Canadians welcome them home or honored them rather on the highways of heroes. More from Prime Minister Carney here, talking about September 11th, and I just contrast this speech by Carney.
To a Donald Trump was doing, remember I showed you the clips earlier today of Trump and the Pentagon. Trump refused to go to Manhattan. And while he was in the Pentagon,
he was somehow saying that 9/11 is related to his catastrophic war in Iran,
“and that's why he needs victory in Iran.”
It was awful. But here is Prime Minister Carney, showing what true class looks like, what a true leader looks like, what the new leader of the free world looks like
over here here play this clip. I'd just like to take a few moments, say a few words, to commemorate what is a solemn anniversary. 25 years ago,
clear September morning. It was of us old enough, I think I'll remember where we were. Another wise ordinary day, became one of history's darkest.
Nearly 3,000 people, some 24 Canadians lost their lives, were killed in the worst terrorist attack
In American history.
Thousands more injured, countless more, forever affected by what happened. And Prime Minister Carney explains,
“Canada is about so much more than just being next to the United States,”
and if there has been any good that has come from this dark Trump regime era, it's that Canada has asserted itself with its love and compassion, with its diversity, with its inclusion,
with its trade, with its incredible culture in the international community, in ways that really hadn't taken place before. And Canada is leading the way amongst mid-powers, that share similar values and principles.
Here, play this clip right here. Canada is about so much more than being next to the United States, okay? We have what the world wants. We're an energy superpower,
and we're putting that into place. We have one of the largest resources,
undeveloped resources of critical metals and minerals.
We have the most educated, most educated population in the world. We are the most connected economy in the world, one and a half billion consumers. We're on track to double that.
“I think you see, by revealed preference,”
the individuals and the organizations that are coming to that investment summit, they are coming because of Canada. If they wanted to go to the United States, and of course, go to the United States as well. It's what we have,
and what they're going to see as well, when they come here and some of them are already here, but when they come here, is a country that is uniting, a country that is positive,
a country that is building and wants to move forward. And for an investor, wherever they're from, and a country that respects rule of law, and a country that is reliable. And that's exactly that combination.
It's pretty rare in the world, and it's an attractive combination. We'll see over time, and this is an engagement. There'll be a series of things that come from the summit
in the coming months and years. Now, on the other hand, the US ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, who is a very vial human being. He continues to attack Canada.
And now he's saying, "We need to take the tenor down. Let's just take this, let's relax a little bit." The gas lighting from these predators
is so damn out of control in the Trump regime. Y'all have been saying, "Fifty first date, you have launched massive attacks on Canada, and Canada is defending itself. And now you're like chill out, chill out, okay?
Here are playing this clip." It's time to take the tenor down. There have been things that have been said by Canadian politicians that, at least I've heard they regret
that they've ever said them. Let's talk about the issue here. Let's get resolved and let's move it forward. Would you say that same thing to the president that bring down the temperature?
We're here to talk about 9/11. I'm not going to get into the trade stuff here. One of my favorite premieres in Canada, Wobb Canoe, the premier of Manitoba.
Here's what he had to say, play this clip.
Tomorrow will be the 25th anniversary in 9/11. And this is an anniversary that is a milestone of an event that changed our society. For young people, it's difficult to explain how much things changed
on September 11, 2001. But as Canadians, we know that we were there in the immediate aftermath to keep people safe, Gander, Newfoundland comes to mind.
We know that our first responders helped to join the rescue efforts to make sure that they're safe, and that they're safe. As well as other locations.
And importantly, Canadians in uniform laid down their lives in huge numbers in Afghanistan as part of the global war on terror in response to 9/11. So given everything that's going on right now
between, you know, United States America and Canada on the trade front,
“I think this anniversary has a poignant timing”
for the people who are safe and safe. We have a couple of people,
and the stars and stripes will always be neighbors,
will always be allies, and while we may have our differences from time to time, those are probably more like the differences that you see between siblings than between folks. And so tomorrow,
let's gather together on 9/11 to honor what took place on that terrible tragedy. Let's honor the Canadian men and women and people in the aftermath to fight in the name of freedom, and to fight against terrorism.
But, you know,
while we may have those trade disputes revive
in the days following,
“let's just remember that the ties that bind”
are so much stronger than any force
that would try to divide.
Powerful indeed. Thank you so much for watching.
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with all the Canadian people,
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