The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also signed in December.

These are Canadian and United States intelligence and law enforcement offices who are working in teams and who are using good intelligence and good law enforcement to really stop the criminals and terrorists before they ever get to the border.

There is $1.4 billion a day in trade that goes back and forth across the border. That means millions of jobs and livelihoods for families here in Canada and for families in the United States.

We already get more energy from Canada than from any other foreign country.

Yet there is disappointment in Washington and in the United States that Canada is not supporting us fully.

We are also looking to Canada as we continue to integrate the North American energy market.

This ability to have reliable sources of energy and a reliable transmission of energy here in North America is critical for both of us and for Mexico as we want to keep our economies growing.