Our next panel we are very excited to get an International Perspective on infrastructure. Earlier i had a chance to meet with mexicos current chair of the governors the current chair is france just go and incoming as mendoza, swift got both representatives from mexico and canada appear on the stage we are really thrilled to have it with us a total of five premieres from our neighbors to the north, who we very much appreciate everybody making the tremendous effort to come down here and join us. They are joining us for this discussion on infrastructure from an International Perspective. I believe canada is doing some really interesting and Creative Things on infrastructure, silly want to thank each one of you for joining us. We have saskatchewan premier who is the chair of the council of the federation which is our equivalent, sort of like the nga of canada. Quebec khmer fans while ago, ontario premier doug ford, New Brunswick premier blaine higgs, and alberta premier jason, please give them a big nga welcome. Thank you so much for joining us. [applause] thank you very much. We have a Great Partnership between cough and nga and we thank you very much for being here with us. I would like to start the discussion by asking each of you what your priorities are as it relates to infrastructure and what our states can learn from the approaches and investments, and ill start with you mr. Chairman. Thank you very much larry and thank you to all the governors here. Thank you for the relationship we have had over the course of the last year between the nga, the council of federation or cough in canada. Its appreciated and i look forward to it as we move along. Weve done all kinds of different infrastructure in canada weve done the Public Investment obviously had worked with our private sector to ensure that there is a maximum opportunity for that private investment across what is a very integrated economy weathers across the u. S. , across canada, are even more so across north america and what we can do to enhance the opportunity for that stronger continental economy if you will. Before you invest in infrastructure you need to have the trade agreements and i would like to take the opportunity for the government of negotiation for a usmc aid to modernize of nafta that was in many ways led by the United States of america. Thank you for that, thank you for the ratification, and from canadas perspective, all 13 premieres have put forward by partisan support to be ratified and ratified very quickly without delay in our federal parliament of a think youll see as weeks go by that youll have that bipartisan support at our federal level. I think it is one more step for us building that continental infrastructure that we need to ensure we have a stronger economy and not just in our respective nations but across north america. And so i do want to take the opportunity on behalf of all of the premieres to say thank you to each and every one of you in this room and the u. S. Administration for the trade agreement we now have. Not to interrupt but we want to thank you because our two organizations in the governors and the premieres working together we want to thank you for your leadership as well. [applause] we are just gonna go down the line and let each of you. Hello my name is i am the premiere of her back which also includes montreal, as you can hear we speak french in quebec, i am a new premier, and i started a new party. Last year we won a majority government for the next four years. So now i have to deliver the goods. And maybe two subjects rapidly i would like to chat with you. First, transportation. Large cities in north america will invest a lot in trains, streetcars, subways, and the next few years. And there are four Major Companies in the world. You have a company, and china called c rrc, we have a company in germany called simmons, you have a company in france called. [inaudible] and you have a company in quebec called them barty. There is no u. S. Company making yost products. I think theres a great opportunity to Work Together to build a champion of these products in north america. But right now we have a challenge with by america and by american. The requirements of 70 doesnt permit us to integrate our companies together. Second subject, very rapidly, electricity. Quebec, has very large surpluses of electricity, we already have agreements with vermont, massachusetts, new york, and we are in negotiation with the blahs sheol in the city of new york to export more electricity, cheap and clean energy. Thank you. Thank you very much. So personnel thank you Governor Hogan for inviting us down here. And on april 21 or 203rd,. Make the plug. I have to make the plug here we want to invite all the governors its one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I invite the folks listening to us to come up as well. I just want to mention to all of our governors, the next summit of our infrastructure tour theyre going to be hosting us. We have we are experts when it comes to p3s publicprivate partnerships. We do over 300 billion a year with the United States. If we were standalone country, we would be the Third Largest trading country and have partnered to the u. S. We are the number one customer 1019 states, we are number two to nine other states. On we would love to have you come up, sit down talk about publicprivate partnerships. Our government is investing 144 billion im going to repeat that 144 billion into infrastructure, think thats one of the highest in north america. We are focusing right now on 32 projects with p threes totaling 64 billion. Areas like transit, we are building one of the largest subway systems in north america to add on to our great subway system of 208 halfbillion. I would like to invite you, your family, your friends to come up april 21 out of 203rd , maybe we will even get you to one of those raptor championship we have up in toronto. When i think that will be the playoff time, so we look forward to winning the championship one more time. Thank you everyone. Will make the playoffs. [laughter] i am premiere of New Brunswick and we have the largest refinery in canada. It would supply to 80 of the market. Through that forestry sector 40 of pulpwood goes into maine and feeds mills and sawmills. We have 17 Border Crossings between ourselves and the state of maine. So we are very integrated, will be talk about integrated economy we are not only integrated in economic terms, but we are integrated and family terms. As i said this morning, the borders have become at one time they were kind of an inconvenience, my dad was a border guard for 205 years. But now they become a barrier. And its of movement that we have backandforth. I would not trading opponents, we are partners. Were joined at the hip in that regard. In talking about the infrastructure that we watched in this video, what i find is the partisan politics very much the priorities dont get set up on the needed projects. We dont have flexibility taking from the federal to focus on the needs of a particular province, it went at building things we dont need. And we do it so we can cut a ribbon and take a photograph. Thats why ours date is in this way it is because we have not been able to focus on the Asset Management program we havent been able to focus on whats needed and priority and we certainly have not be able to keep it from one Government Election to the next. Im in a minority government with a third party, working together. So its hard to say whether i will be here next year or not. But any text we are going to focus on getting results of the things that are needed. And i think thats of that video saying. Jason kenney from alberta the rocky mount province in the west, and we are the single largest supplier of energy to the United States, 40 of your Energy Imports come from my province with the worlds thirdlargest accessible oil reserves and huge natural gas reserves which is a huge advantage to american and Continental Energy security. And independence, with that energy comes enormous infrastructure and increasingly we are seeking to about Green Infrastructure as we move into the period of energy transition, we want to learn from a lot of the states governors who have been very forward leaning on p threes and innovative ways to paying for the infrastructure that the taxpayers cannot afford directly. Ill give you a couple of examples, we have been major investors as a government, and Carbon Capture utilization and Storage Technology which we think is becoming increasingly commercially viable. We are running a carbon trunk line from some of our refineries that are capturing carbon and it will be injecting into our sedimentary conventional oil basin to allow for enhanced oil recovery with a net negative carbon score. So that kind of its a p3 project and we see a lot of opportunity for that in the future. Second is alberta based Companies Want to invest billions of dollars and modernizing and expanding Energy Infrastructures in your states. For example, and bridge, the largest pipeline country north america based in alberta, is seeking to spend 600 million to modernize the line five a project that is 60 years old under the straits of mackinac to make it safe and buried under the lake bed. To be a reliable supplier of energy to the upper midwest for years to come. Just met with the governor of minnesota for their effort as well to replace a 60yearold pipe through minnesota to wisconsin through line three to create modern and safe technology. A lot safer than moving energy by train, and finally the keystone xl project rtc energy is planning to spend billions of dollars through four u. S. States to expand and modernize Energy Infrastructure. So we are committed to becoming really a global leader, a green tech in the nonrenewable resource sector, also moving towards renewables but continuing to be the largest supplier of energy to the United States, hopefully through this modern infrastructure. Thank you very much, we touched on this a little but the crossborder infrastructure so vital between our two countries between our states and provinces how can they Work Together crossborder infrastructure . I would say if you stayed in providence level as well as our federal administration that are just too large to walk away from. For instance you could start with eric course vote road and Rail Infrastructure which we desperately need going across the border and our border ports which we have had some discussions on over the course of late last year with governor bolick and others. We need the road and Rail Infrastructure shipping bring in those big red tractors and green combines from illinois so we can grow our oats and canola and send it back down to be refined in the canola oil and oats. And create jobs in iowa and other places in the u. S. So that we can ship this agri food product then around the world that you can see how its beneficial for not only us in canada, before the agri Food Processing sector of the u. S. Well the same holds true and we would likely be the secondlargest Energy Energy producer in the nation about buying possibly newfoundland backandforth a little bit but the Energy Infrastructure that crosses our borders, or some within the nation as well, we are approved for the tmx pipeline going out to the west coast of canada, but the keystone xl pipeline for example i think we need to remember that same narrative adding value to a north American Energy products that in the gulf coast is shipping that to utilize but around the world. We need to member what that product is. It is one of the most sustainable products available compared to products that are coming from other areas around the world. For example jason im sorry premier kenny, mentioned they are using carbon capturing start we are using Carbon Capture and storage ethical fire plants as well taking the carbon out of the plants and north dakota and putting them and asked oil recovery. A bumping up our harvest and driving down her carbon. Barrel of oil. We have methane action plan with our thermal plants up in area and its driving our methane emissions down 40 to 45 . Thats the energy thats going in that pipe alongside other energy thats picked up in montana and north dakota along the way. And putting people to work with good careers in the gulf coast. Putting people in texas and louisiana to work in providing those jobs and providing the world with comparatively much more sustainable products. The benefits of us working together with these crossborder efforts is truly beneficial i would summarize it with this. The benefit of us and our Canadian Football League of importing American CollegeFootball Players has greatly enhanced the caliber of football inner football league. I would also say the benefit of canadian exports of hockey players to the u. S. [laughter] has greatly enhance the opportunity for the National Hockey league and the capitals one was not that long ago and the saskatchewan boys on the st. Louis blues. The benefits are huge and we should always be striving for those benefits for our economy and of course our professional sports organizations. Very good. Premier lego. I think when we talk about infrastructure and 2020, we also need to talk about environment. How can we reduce the Greenhouse Gases in north america . Do our share to save the planet. And i am very proud to say that if you take the 60 states and providence in north america, coal back is first. We have the lowest greenhouse gas. Capita in quebec. The reason for that is i draw electricity, we have surpluses that we are trying to exports, even if we have the lowest greenhouse gas. Capita, we want to do more. That is why if one of you, one of the governors has some project about electric cars, about electric trucks, about electric buses, and like i said, if somebody is interested to have a partnership with a Company Making trains, subways, streetcars, i would like to talk to your people and see what we can do together. Because we really need to reduce those drain out gas and i think the young people are asking for that. We have a responsibility. Thank you. Thank you premier lingo we also provide planes trains and automobiles. [laughter] we were number two to michigan we are just slowly behind michigan. We protas over 2 million automobiles a year, we have the big five up there but going back to the infrastructure, we are looking up Bilateral Agreements with states so we can work from province to states, governor dewine we are working together to put together a Great Program together to make things easier for the infrastructure folks from ohio to come up and invest in a hundred 44 billion, that is more of the largest Infrastructure Projects in north america that you can get involved in. That is a Great Organization in toronto and part of the Ontario Government called infrastructure ontario. They are experts. We are one of the best in the world. I will give a plug to our friends in australia, they are good, we have been doing it for years. We outsource that technology. So if you come up april 21 to 2d , we will set you up with the experts and infrastructure in ontario and show you folks how we can do Public Private partnerships. Take advantage of a hundred and 30 billion over 208 billiondollar subway project we are doing in a wide range of Infrastructure Projects ontario is an economic powerhouse in north america. He is quite the salesman. Thinking about the immigration with our borders im thinking of New Brunswick in northern maine, there is a new bridge and Structure Plan to connect. The interesting thing about that area, when i talk about the integration of our trade and activities, theres a pot mill on the New Brunswick side that has a paper mill on the main side. So the two are linked, we bring the lumber agreement and 20 tariffs that are currently on our producers or at least 50 of our producers. If you look at the whole supply chain, within maine and New Brunswick, we have a very integrated flow of chips, pulpwood, going backandforth to feed the industries on the other side of the border. The infrastructure we have that moves our materials around, is unique. I think in terms of integration. But it is strategic in order for us to maintain that business atmosphere to be viable. Speaking of maine, governor mills i dont have sheets here but we will have our summer meeting in maine and we are looking forward to toronto but also invite you to cross over the border right from where you are to come visit us for a lot of the governors will be at this summer meeting in maine. Soda that point i think it was bell island were roosevelt home was. We cant get to that without going through maine. We talk about access in such im sure you been to canada,. Premier kenny. I think your question was about crossborder infrastructure. I want to make one point to cuba we heard from the private panel and thats how critical regulatory certainty is in moving forward. In same kinds of issues, duncan talk to this on ontario. But i was in the federal government when we announced the detroit the new detroit windsor Border Crossing bridge i think in 2010 or 2011, it was a decade ago. It became a huge fight after years and years of delay. The opportunity cost, the structure cost go up, feeling people and make money on these deals of the lobbyist and the lawyers. We have the same thing going on with the keystone xl pipeline. It was a sevenyear process leading to a veto. Then to president ial permits, endless litigation, finally it looks like its ready to proceed. Investors, are not prepared to wait endlessly to risk their shareholders money in this type of projects, and neither should we had when approvals are given, especially in crossborder infrastructure. We have to seize the day and move forward. Very good thank you. Lets see if there any questions for governors . Anybody . Governor hogan ill take one. I am curious for their premieres as you are developing and implementing Infrastructure Projects, im curious what your processes are in terms of consultation with your First Nations and your partnerships with their First Nations as youre developing these projects . I can speak to that quickly and i know premier kenny will have some words as well as he has developed some very positive relations and processes with the indigenous communities. Our forestry sector is an example in the Northern Areas where i live up in saskatchewan at central saskatchewan, but everyone refers to it as the Northern Areas we have really integrated the indigenous communities and people into the forest factor. We have about 35 employment rate in the forestry sector, they owned businesses that are operating in that sector now. It has been a successful partnership. It compares across the nation to about 4 saturation of indigenous employment in that particular sector. So it has been successful. It is been successful for communities to be integrated not only an employment area, but also to be owning businesses and operating businesses that are working in there and really to be part of the sector, if you will. So that integration it didnt come easily and it didnt come quickly. It came through long conversations and sometimes two steps forward, one step backward. But through most certainly it was worth it. We have a similar story to tell when it comes to the integration and our uranium Mining Industry in the Northern Area of saskatchewan as well as a clean fuel source where they are running about 46 i believe with northern and appointment in that industry. With the companies again that have worked very hard to achieve those numbers. It has been successful. But theres more work to do it i think premier kenny can talk about some of the work. In canada theres a constitutional principle thats developed tourist judas prudence that the crown, the state has an obligation to consult with Indigenous People of any infrastructure in their traditional territories. We are finally getting clarity on what that means. It has created some investor uncertainty. At the same time, it has helped to bend the curve for the private sector is now much more willing to be proactive to engage, to approach First Nations communities with benefit agreements, and one of the challenges we find no, is many of the first agents want to be partners in prosperity, want to move there people off the remote areas of poverty to opportunity through infrastructure jobs, construction jobs but they dont have the financial depth to do that. They dont have the financial expertise or experience. So my government has recently created a crown corporation, state enterprise called the indigenous opportunity corporation, backstopped by billion dollars of our credit to support aboriginal coownership for financial participation in, major resource projects. Theres great excitement about this, i brought together all 48 of our indigenous chiefs, shortly after being elected, there is mutual unanimity about being partners in that type of approach. Thank you, governor herbert . Thank you we are honored to have you all here as premieres and welcome. Weve had to time before and we hope you keep coming back. Premier talked about great athletes in canada and i am proud to be the fatherinlaw of one of the greatest receivers in nfl history. You are correct he was one of the greatest. He is in the hall of fame. We have fond memories of those days and we appreciate our friends to the north. My question for you is you mentioned the premier kenny about the delays that occurred prayed we have enough political fights in the states but sometimes we dont go in to the legal courts. And litigation after litigation after litigation. Long many years delayed. What are you doing in canada that doesnt seemed like you have as much litigation there is we have here. I would not be so sure about that we are in the courts. How long i heard in calgary and the Energy Things there which once youve made a decision made then doesnt come to the end where theres no more litigation lawsuits . I think we all wish that was true but thatll think that is been our experience. Part of that has been because of the recent jurisprudence of the obligation to consult Indigenous People in traditional territories buried because quite frankly the courts were entirely clear what that meant. We had a very important legal decision earlier this week, it was on tuesday. Where the federal Appeals Court said as long as there is a goodfaith effort to consult with Indigenous People, i decision once a decision is made if its being in the Public Interest you must proceed. Ill give you one example of got this trans mountain pipeline going to the west coast. 1291st nations were consulted, a hundred 20, according to the court or in favor or not opposed. Only five were opposed. Anacortes finally said the five do not do to stop progress for the other hundred 20. So there is no legal i was a legal clarity for the first time in a long time in canada at least on that dimension of the law. I think in fairness of that the process has provided that example of how we all need to do better on consultation and integrating all along the routes into the opportunity for ownership and participation. And in these resource projects ive spoke with the force industry they truly do want to participate in a meaningful way. They are long and drawn out conversations from time to time that do end up in the court from time to time. But we are doing better i think as we take steps forward in the nation. I would like to comment in the relation to that, part of the consultation process is trying to define what that consultation process really is. And what parameters have to be covered. Previous government for us, they tried to expand an lng operation because we are natural gas operation, which has six sniffing at resources. But it wasnt successful we are taking a new approach or to work with the First Nations. To help move that forward. Because what we are learning, its time to learn this, is that we need their help. We need their help to move big projects forward. And avoid some of this litigation in these efforts. Because its a new day. I think weve seen it promised to expand on that natural resource, and to move in an lng export way into the future. So we learned along the way, and sad part is sometimes the left is taken and moved forward its just repeated. Governor bergen. Thank you, i just want to say thanks to all the premieres are here today. As a state who has 330mile long border with canada, i especially want to say hello to our neighbor to the north. We have really been operating as neighbors, because theres a number of the premieres have said, this isnt just about the built environment its also about families, people that grew up in north dakota the nearest hospital is across the border. That is where they are born. Weve got people who are farming on both sides of the border that might be holly lagrange the nearest Grain Elevator on the other side of the border. And this is been going on for hundreds of years. In addition to the built environment weve also got rivers, there are two the sirs river and the red river to the north both of which one starts in canada, comes down and goes back to canada the other one that forms the border of note the corda minnesota goes north. We have over 3 billion in flood protection projects going on on those two rivers in north dakota. But again, the ability for us to have nationwide collaboration on those projects has been a fantastic because we might be two countries, but we are one. The water doesnt know which country it is and it would got to Work Together across those things. The very last think you want to say less people may not know, courses is one of the longest borders in the world that has for centuries for between two countries were neither has invaded each other. I guess with exclusion of the Football Players in the hockey players going back and forth, there is been no invasion. But in north dakota we have dedicated along with manitoba and in other cantors the National Peace garden expands the border. You can enter the guard and its an extensive multi milelong place and you can pass and forth really between the two countries its a unique thing in the world. This last year our legislature dedicated 5 million for Infrastructure Improvements in their with the idea that it would be a match from canada. We are understanding its moving forward with the Legislature May hope to have that happen. We talk about the First Nations and the Indigenous People, when it was traded in 1930s, there is a beautiful piece chapel built on the border celebrating this amazing relationship between our two countries. But it had quotes from 60 leaders around the world around peace. But none of the native nations were represented and that, so we are also going to the process of reestablishing the flag ceremonies to get all the nations in that. So we appreciate on a number of fronts the Great Partnership with our neighbors to the north, blessing and say we have a booming economy in north dakota, we have 30,000 jobs all my governors around the table say we dont have to worry about any of our people moving all the way up north to go to work. I told premier alister and the mayor of winnipeg we are only looking for 30,000 people to move south. To cover all those jobs. So thou be the solution to our workforce. Thank you. [laughter] i just have to correct the governor one point up a small point in history there was an invasion there were three invasions of the irish in new york state. You guys got loaded up and they set up north in 1867. But that only lasted for 48 hours. [laughter] and governor, you are exactly right the integration of families across the borders in particular in the close we have a shared border between north dakota and saskatchewan is closer than even we may know. There may be one individual on the stage that has a daughter that for the last four years has been attending msu and up in north dakota and is now looking very much of the un dn fan grand forks i think eyeing up one of those 30,000 jobs down there may be. Im hoping she comes back to see her father every now and again. I guess i let the kat out of the bag on who that is. I you are right when it comes to Water Infrastructure thats direct Public Investment for the most part. That is concurring on the north end in the south of the border on that particular river system that it impacts saskatchewan, north dakota as well as manitoba. We have significant size dam just north of the border were we have a joint operating in agreement on that dam. We are always talking with respect to when the gates are open, how are the opening, and that investment is happening north of the border. Doing its best to protect people south of the border and then coming back is the water flows back into manitoba, and i know there has been a tremendous amounts of infrastructure more recently investing in north dakota on that very same river system. It is really a joint investment coming out of from both sides of that 49th parallel thats for the benefits of so many. First of all, governor, you are one 100 correct, we have the largest self protected border the entire world. There are no two countries that are more intertwined like this thing canada and the United States. I know i can speak for all of us, we are so grateful to have the greatest neighbor in the entire world, the United States. One thing, governor, we need 250,000 people up in ontario to fill jobs. So after you get your 30,000 ten the 250,000 up to ontario. If they came from north dakota to ontario theyd be going down not up. [laughter] i have talked about the whole state bring them up. I love them. We maybe have time for one last question of anyone has one. Let me just quickly we are just about out of time. We talked about the usmc a, anybody want to weigh in on what this might mean or touch on where you are in the process, longest intakes get done . What is it ketamine for you and us . On the process, several of us met with represented lighthizer yesterday with her deputy Prime Minister and we have been doing every thing we can to accelerate this through parliament. It has just been sent to committee. There was a federal election somewhere little bit behind the curve in getting this done. But all 13 premieres have committed to try to get this accelerated and i hope within a matter of days. Wonderful. 13 premieres from all different political stripes are firmly behind this agreement, representing every square inch of cannon representing collectively every single canadian. So this is an important agreement that all canadians are behind. We look forward to having at least an initiative in the next few days, and then it will flow through our parliament process which does take a little bit of time. But ultimately it is going to be ratified here in short order. Fantastic. So were gonna take about a 15 minute break before our keynote address by secretary of state mike pompeo. Join me in giving a big thank you to our premieres for joining us for this panel. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you very much. 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