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of what you think the negotiations with the United States should look like.

Are you telling us that you believe the Canadian government should publicly state in front

of all of us and make public its strategy for these negotiations?

I'm just trying to understand what you keep saying, Mr. Carney hasn't done this, but you

have done this.

Is that an appropriate way to approach negotiations?

What I've said is he should at least tell us what his goals are.

We don't even know what his goal is.

Do you?

What is his goal?

He says he wants a rupture with the U.S.

Does that mean he wants an end to the KUSMA?

He says that trade with the U.S. is a weakness.

Does that mean he doesn't want to remove the tariffs to get our steel, aluminum autos

and lumber going to the U.S.?

We don't know.

Has he even set a goal to eliminate those tariffs altogether?

I don't know.

When was the last time he sat down with the President and said, I want the tariffs removed?

We don't know.

I don't think anybody has any clue what his goals are.

And in fact, what I'm pointing to is the staggering contradictions we see in the span of a week.

You know, where he, on one hand, says trade with the U.S. is a weakness, and then three

days later says that he's going to have a mutually beneficial partnership with them.

Where he says he wants a rupture with the United States, and then a few days later

says that we are stronger together.

Which is it?