“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 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.”
“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,”
“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 parts we like and the parts we don't like.”
“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.”
