thank you for our candid conversation. we always appreciate that. we appreciate all work that has been done on this. i did mention bob hamilton, simon kept working on our side but do i want to thank the officials on both sides who have been working over very many months to do what is a very important initiative. and of course, i do want to thank you for your friendship. not just personally, but i know the friendship you feel for the entire nation of canada. and we all do appreciate it. today we are pleased to announce -- >> that's the prime minister of canada, stephen harper, transitioning beautifully from english to french. i'll bring back kristen welk here is at the white house. they've produced two new initiatives. one to bring our economies and the security together, talking about improving the time it takes to cross the border, and then the president talking about