DEAL REMAINS IN PLACE AND THAT
THE UNITED STATES IS SORT OF THE
ODD MAN LOOKING IN.
LET'S GET READ ON YOU WILL OF
THIS CAPITALIST PIG COFOUNDER
JONATHAN HOENIG AND POINT BRIDGE
FOUNDER HALLAM BERT.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF WHAT THE
PRIME MINISTER IS SAYING.
>> I'M HAPPY TO HAVE PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND HIS TEAM NEGOTIATING
ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES
VERSUS PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU ON
BEHALF OF CANADA.
LET BE CLEAR, PRIME MINISTER
TRUDEAU IS SOCIALIST, FAR, FAR
LEFT CANDIDATE IN CANADA.
HE IS THE BERNIE SANDERS OF
CANADA, AS A MATTER OF FACT.
WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE TAX RATES
IS NOT ONLY THING THAT WASN'T
TRUE WHAT HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT CANADA HAS A TRADE
DEFICIT WITH THE UNITED STATES.
THAT IS NOT ACCURATE.
CANADA HAS A TRADE SURPLUS WITH
THE UNITED STATES AND THERE ARE
SOME DETAILS AROUND THAT BUT
THAT IS THE REALITY.
AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR FAIR
AND FREE TRADE.
THAT IS WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
NEGOTIATING.
THAT IS WHAT HE WANTS.
CANADA, TAKE AN EXAMPLE, LOOK AT
LUMBER AND TIMBER INDUSTRY IN
CANADA, IT IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY
THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS OF
CANADA.
THEY SUBSIDIZE IT TO PROTECT
JOBS IN CANADA.
IT IS NOT FREE AND FAIR TRADE
SITUATION.
THAT IS ONE OF LARGEST EXPORTS.
THAT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE WHAT
THEY'RE DOING.
IF YOU LOOK ANOTHER EXAMPLE ON
IT, THEY HAVE A SUPPLY
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT FALSELY
CREATES HIGHER PRICES IN CANADA
FOR THINGS LIKE POULTRY, EGGS
AND MILK.
IT PUTS HIGH TARIFFS ON EXPORTS
COMING IN.
THERE IS A LOT OF AREAS WHERE
CANADA IS NOT PRACTICING FREE
TRADE.
THEY'RE PROTECTED BY NAFTA.
THEY WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL NEGOTIATE
US A MUCH BETTER
NEIL: WELL WE MIGHT BE WAITING
ON THAT FOR A WHILE, AS I SAID
THERE ARE SOME DETAILS LIKED TO
TO GET SOMETHING TOGETHER SO
THAT A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS COULD
PRESUMABLY STILL VOTE ON IT THAT
DOESN'T LOOK LIKELY BUT JONATHAN
HOENIG, ON THE IMMIGRATION FRONT
AND WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT
TAKING IN REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANT
S, SUSAN LI WAS
ACTUALLY QUITE CORRECT EVEN
THOUGH HE PUSHED BACK ON THE
NOTION THAT HIS POPULARITY HAS
DIPPED IN FACT PRETTY SEVERELY
ON HOW EVERYONE IN CANADA ARE
TAKING MORE IN IN THE CASE IN
THE YEARS PAST HAVE STRETCHED
THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET IN CANADA
LIKE ITS NEVER BEEN STRETCHED
BEFORE WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON
THAT?
>>  WELL FBN SUSAN LI DID A
TREMENDOUS JOB OF ILLICITTING
INTERESTING RESPONSES ESPECIALLY
AS HE POINTED OUT ON IMMIGRATION
WHEREAS THE SOCIAL AND SAFETY
NET AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM HE
GAVE AS A GIVEN PART OF THE
GOVERNMENT LAW BUT WHAT WAS
QUITE INTERESTING WAS HOW HE
IMMEDIATELY WENT ON TO SAY SO
MANY SEEKING ASYLUM SO MANY
IMMIGRANTS GO ON TO BECOME
PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF CANADIAN
SOCIETY WORKING PRODUCING BEING
PART OF THE CLUB IF YOU WILL SO
THAT'S ONE ELEMENT TO THINK OF
THE IMMIGRATION DISCUSSION, HERE
THAT'S NEVER REALLY MOVED
FORWARD IS THAT MANY OF THOSE
MICHAEL COHENS END UP BECOMING
SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS IN
CANADA AND ESPECIALLY IN THE
STATES AS WELL.
NEIL: VERY GOOD POINT ONE THING
ALSO WE WERE REMINDED THIS
PRESIDENT HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF
GRIEF BY REQUIRING THE LANGUAGE
WOULD GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING
OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WOULD
GIVE YOU THE HIGHER POINT, YOU
KNOW, IN ITS SCALE THAT WOULD
JUDGE YOUR WORTHINESS TO BECOME
A UNITED STATES CITIZEN AS WELL
AS BASIC SKILLSET THAT WE JUST
WON'T TAKE ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY
, YET CANADA HAS A
SYSTEM VERY MUCH LIKE THAT IN
PLACE NOW >>  OH, EXACTLY IT'S
TOTALLY DISAGAIN USE US FOR THE
LEFT ABOUT BEING UPSET WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTING A
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT AND POINT
SYSTEM, LOOK TO COMPETE GLOBALLY
AND CERTAINLY TO COMPETE IN THE
UNITED STATES YOU NEED TO BE
ABLE TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.
WE'RE A HIGH-TECH SOCIETY MOVING
MORE IN THAT DIRECTION EVERY DAY
SO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE COME
INTO THE COUNTRY THAT CAN'T READ
OR WRITE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE
AND DOESN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE
HERE IT'S GOING TO MAKE FOR A
VERY DIFFICULT TIME BECOMING
SUCCESSFUL IN THE COUNTRY AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
NEIL: AND YET, HE'S A
RENAISSANCE MAN IN HIS COUNTRY
FOR HAVING THIS SYSTEM IN HIS
PLACE, DONALD TRUMP IS A NEANDER
THAL.
THAT'S NOT FAIR BALANCE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK JONATHAN?
>>  WELL THESE ARE TWO VERY
DIFFERENT LEADERS, NEIL.
CERTAINLY IMMIGRATION IS ONE
WHERE THEY HAVE VAST DIFFERENCES
TO ME THE MOST INTERESTING
EXCHANGE IS WHEN HE HAD TO
ALMOST DESCRIBE HOW HE EXPLAINS
TO PRESIDENT TRUMP HOW TRADE IS
WIN-WIN BOTH THE CANADIAN TIMBER
GUY BENEFITS FROM TRADING WITH
THE U.S. AND THE U.S.
MANUFACTURER BENEFITS FROM
BUYING THAT CANADIAN TIMBER SO
WE SEE AS THINGS SO DIFFERENT
THAN THE CANADIANS OR THE
MEXICANS FOR THAT OFTEN TIME,
NEIL BUT WE HAVE VERY SIMILAR
INTEREST IN TRADE IS REALLY AT
THE HEART OF THAT RELATIONSHIP.
NEIL: IT IS INTERESTING THAT
THEIR VIEWS ARE MORE IN SYNC AT
LEAST IN THE AGGREGATE THAN WE
GIVE CREDIT, YOU'RE RIGHT,
POINTING OUT SOME OF THE BIG
DIFFERENCES THE CULTURAL
DIFFERENCES BUT YET IT'S VERY
CLEAR TO ME I THOUGHT TRUDEAU
HAD A LOT OF CONNED ESENDING
SLAPS AT THE PRESIDENT, AND I
WONDER WHAT THOSE PHONE CALLS
ARE LIKE BECAUSE CERTAINLY, HE
DOES NOT SEEM TO BE IN SYNC WITH
THE PRESIDENT ON A PERSONAL
LEVEL, THE SCALE OF QUESTION
THAT SUSAN ASKED I KNOW IT WAS
KIND OF FUNNY BUT I KNEW HE
WASN'T GOING TO ANSWER AND IT
SPOKE OF A LEADER WHO JUST FINDS
THIS PARTICULAR AMERICAN
PRESIDENT A NOVELTY.
>>  I THINK THAT'S RIGHT, NEIL
AND I THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK AT
THE DIFFERENCES IN THE TWO THEIR
BACKGROUNDS SAY IT ALL.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU GREW UP IN A
POLITICAL FAMILY, HE GREW UP
BASICALLY A TRUST FUND KID.
DONALD TRUMP DID GROW UP WEALTHY
AS WELL BUT HE'S BEEN IN
BUSINESS HIS ENTIRE LIFE SO
BEING A BUSINESSMAN AND COMING
INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS IS A VERY
DIFFERENT THING SO WHY DOESN'T
CANADA CONSIDER PRIVATIZING
THEIR TIMBER INDUSTRY IF WE WANT
TO GET TO A FAIR TRADE DEAL
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT AS A
POTENTIAL NEGOTIATING POINT ON
THE TABLE.
NEIL: ALL RIGHT GUYS WE SHALL
SEE VERY GOOD GETTING YOUR TAKE
ON THIS VERY CURIOUS EVENT
TO GET A READ FROM A PRINCIPAL
PLAYER OUR BEST FRIEND WITH WHOM
WE DO THE MOST TRADING, CANADA
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