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Trump adviser to Canadian lobbyists 'Get the hell out of our country' · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: Tensions appear to be escalating yet again in the ongoing
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  Speaker 1: trade war. As one U.S. official says, Canadian lobbyists should, quote,
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  Speaker 1: get the hell out of our country. That is a quote.
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  Speaker 1: This comes as additional bans on Canadian products went into
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  Speaker 1: effect just after midnight. Speaking at a conference in Washington
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  Speaker 1: this afternoon, the economic advisor to Trump, Peter Navarro, zeroed
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  Speaker 1: in on Canadian negotiators.
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  Speaker 2: The problem politically now in Canada is this this tension
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  Speaker 2: between what's good for the Canadian people and what's good
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  Speaker 2: for Mark Carney and Doug Ford. OK, Mark Carney and
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  Speaker 2: Doug Ford just talk trash about Donald Trump. That's what
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  Speaker 2: they do. And then they go up in the polls
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  Speaker 2: and they think that's a winning strategy. And all that does,
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  Speaker 2: we look at that and go, oh, that's not smart. OK,
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  Speaker 2: do your thing. You got tariffs now.
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  Speaker 1: What are you going to do? Donald Trump said just
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  Speaker 1: yesterday he believes the deal can be struck in the
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  Speaker 1: coming weeks. Canadian officials say talks with the U.S. remain ongoing.
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  Speaker 1: Let's bring in CBC's J.P. Tasker, who is in Washington.
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  Speaker 1: And J.P., tell us more about these comments from Navarro today.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, as you heard there, one of the president's top
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  Speaker 3: trade advisors has some very tough words for Canada. Peter
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  Speaker 3: Navarro was speaking at an event here in Washington today,
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  Speaker 3: and he raised the possibility of Canada interfering in the
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  Speaker 3: upcoming midterm elections that are happening here in the U.S.
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  Speaker 3: They're only 35 days away, and he issued a threat.
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  Speaker 3: Have a listen to that piece of tape.
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  Speaker 2: Canada, economically, is like a robo.
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  Speaker 1: We're an.
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  Speaker 2: Aircraft carrier. How's that going to end? Any Canadians here, like, please,
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  Speaker 2: if you're on K Street, get the hell out of
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  Speaker 2: our country. The problem you have is you lobby this
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  Speaker 2: country and you've been successful in the past and you
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  Speaker 2: think you can keep doing that. Memo to Canada, you
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  Speaker 2: cannot do that. OK, that game is up. And if
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  Speaker 2: you interfere in our elections in Maine or Michigan, you
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  Speaker 2: will pay even more dearly.
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  Speaker 3: We're not sure exactly what he's referring to in terms
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  Speaker 3: of election interference. I mean, Canada isn't running an ad
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  Speaker 3: campaign down here right now. There's no repeat campaign. of
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  Speaker 3: Ontario's anti-tariff Ronald Reagan commercials, which of course raised the
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  Speaker 3: ire of Trump. But nonetheless, quite a threatening tone from Mr. Navarro,
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  Speaker 3: who is a frequent foe of Canada, and he has
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  Speaker 3: the president's ear on trade matters. And, you know, some
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  Speaker 3: sources I've spoken to in the past, Ian, have said
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  Speaker 3: that Mr. Navarro has whipped up a lot of the
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  Speaker 3: anti-Canada sentiment in this administration. I should add that Prime
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  Speaker 3: Minister Carney was asked about these remarks earlier today, and
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  Speaker 3: he says he has no response to Mr. Navarro. As
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  Speaker 3: you mentioned off the top, these comments come on the
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  Speaker 3: same day that Trump is inflicting even more economic pain
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  Speaker 3: on Canada. He's imposing hugely damaging import bans, outright blocking
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  Speaker 3: a list of Canadian-made products from crossing the 49th parallel,
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  Speaker 3: including Canadian alcohol. It's going to be a huge problem.
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  Speaker 3: We export about $ 1. 2 billion worth of beer, wine and
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  Speaker 3: spirits down here to the U.S. every year. So there's
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  Speaker 3: an economic earthquake coming for that industry and potentially more
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  Speaker 3: if we're to believe Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Navarro.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's not lost, I'm sure, on our viewers that
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  Speaker 1: right after we see the clip of Navarro complaining about
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  Speaker 1: the Prime Minister and the Ontario Premier talking trash, I
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  Speaker 1: think he said, then he makes the comments he does
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  Speaker 1: about Canada. I'm not sure how the American audience, if
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  Speaker 1: they pick that up as well. Listen, Canadian officials spoke
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  Speaker 1: about trade negotiations, though the tone of those comments, from
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  Speaker 1: what I hear, considerably different.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, there's really no talk of a resolution, though, frankly, Ian.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, there's no indication that anything is coming together
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  Speaker 3: anytime soon to avoid these import bans, to avoid these tariffs. Canada-U.S.
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  Speaker 3: Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the federal government is not
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  Speaker 3: desperate to make a deal with the Americans. The feds
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  Speaker 3: don't want to settle for what they call a bad deal,
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  Speaker 3: even if it means living with some of these trade
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  Speaker 3: actions for a little bit longer. Minister LeBlanc spoke this afternoon.
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  Speaker 3: Have a listen to what he had to say.
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  Speaker 4: We remain in contact with them, and if The Prime
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  Speaker 4: Minister concludes at some point that there's a deal possible
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  Speaker 4: that protects the sovereignty of our country, that would be
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  Speaker 4: in the economic interests of the country. Then we would
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  Speaker 4: obviously be in a position to have that conversation. But
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  Speaker 4: for the moment, we're focusing on what we can control
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  Speaker 4: in Canada, building big projects in every part of the country,
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  Speaker 4: diversifying our trading relationships around the world. That has always
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  Speaker 4: been plan A, and that's what the government's focused on.
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  Speaker 3: President Trump thinks that Canada will come looking for a
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  Speaker 3: deal in three or four weeks' time. That's what he
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  Speaker 3: told reporters at the White House. I have really not
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  Speaker 3: heard any of that sort of optimism from the Canadian side.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, the terms of the last supposed deal really
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  Speaker 3: did not work out for Canada. There were serious concerns
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  Speaker 3: about sovereignty. You know, some of the language in there
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  Speaker 3: was hugely problematic for the Canadians. And there's been no sign,
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  Speaker 3: especially given what we heard from Mr. Navarro today, that
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  Speaker 3: the Americans are willing to change much of anything, especially
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  Speaker 3: when it comes to tone. So it could be a
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  Speaker 3: while before the prime minister sees something that he can
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  Speaker 3: live with.
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  Speaker 1: Ian? Usually in Ottawa, the CBC's JP Tasker in Washington tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.