This is a positive announcement, … We are pleased the two countries will work together to build an advanced filtration system that will be based on the results of scientific testing that is now underway.

Lets get rid of the ad hoc, ‘Lets Make a Deal’ kind of federalism.

If common sense prevails, … common sense can get an agreement.

We’ve pursued and analyzed all legal options and at some point we’ll be able to share that with the public,

take the politics out of trade.

you have to make the most intelligent decisions with the assets you have.

This relationship is not going to grow by drifting, … It’s only going to grow by being very energetic on the deals that are there for business and people.

We believe all gas taxes should go back to the users directly or indirectly through highway investments or infrastructure investments,

We came close in 1997, but close meant people were protected, … To try to argue it could get worse in the future and we need greater protection was an uphill battle.

We have a system now where it takes too long. Initial trade decisions are made on an economic basis, and we have to take the politics on both sides of the border out of NAFTA.

The chief electoral officer a year ago raised issues of bundling. We said that that will not be allowed. I’m bringing in legislation in the next couple of weeks to disallow that,

We have a situation where tariffs are imposed politically and we need to have an independent, non-political body that rules in favour of Canada or against Canada in a very expedient manner,

One of the reasons we established the panel is 13 of us couldn’t agree to begin with. So we established an expert panel and I believe we should accept the recommendations and not cherry-pick the...

skill and knowledge economy.

We feel that some of the protections that we have obtained with the negotiated agreement between Canada and the United States is better than rolling the dice in court.

This is not just a debate about the federal government resourcing, it’s a question of what Canada has to do to be competitive in the future,

We’ve already completed the tests on mercury and fish and . . . so far there’s nothing to alarm us,

What is a concern is the plant-like material that needed culture testing. That hasn’t been completed yet. It takes two more weeks.