canadians are very nice.and then -- >> well, i have a limited time. >> yes. >> i think the answer is pretty clear. the canadians have seen the american system, they prefer their own. now, i want to say a word about access because -- and waiting lists. senator roberts raised that issue, and senator burr did. i want to focus on that picture over to there. i know it's hard to believe, and i mean this quite seriously, this is the united states of america. itthis is not a third world, developing country. this is a town called wise, virginia, and i don't mean to pick on virginia because i think the same story can be told all over america. so when we talk about access, what we're looking at here is that a number of times of year people, working class people wolf no health insurance at all, are given free health care, episodic care, volunteer doctors very kindly come and thousands of people line up because this is the health care they get. this takes place many a field in wise -- in a field in wise, virginia. i think

>> you celebrate canadian history, you celebrate canadian traditions, you celebrate canadian ingredientsatriot? is that what's going on here? is it national quebecois fervor? >> very much a patriot. >> i say all the time, this is one of the most important restaurants for me in north america, if not the world. >> it's an artist installation in a way, if you look at it. ♪ >> the meal begins -- begins with a tower of maple desserts. good lord! sponge maple toffee, maple doughnuts, beaver tails, maple cotton candy. but wait, there's more. almond croissants, whip-it biscuits, some nougat. there we go. i think that's a first for me. i've never seen that done. >> no? >> well, not with a hammer. let the madness begin. next, a whole lobe of foie gras with baked beans on a pancake cooked in duck fat, of course, cottage cheese and eggs cooked in maple syrup. wow, that's awesome. there's a healthy salad, sauteed duck hearts, gizzards, and pig's ear, topped with a heaping pile of pork rinds. good lord! oh, and a calf brain and maple bacon omelet, and these. how is this made? >> with love. >> panko-en

and canadian products.his is a different approach than what we saw 20 years back. >> has a manufacturing worker in canada had the same pressure on him and his business as one in michigan and ohio? >> yes, they've had a lot of the same pressures partly based on technology. partially based on outsourcing to countries like china, and it has created a lot of pressure. you heard from karla hills talking about a plant floor. if you go to a boeing plant in my old province of manitoba in winnipeg, the technology, the skills, the people that you need and the training that has to go into their jobs beforehand is quite different than it was it wa20years ago. there are obligations that we have in this trading environment. one, companies are worried about losing their intellectual property. we have to continue to work on a predictable property regime. number two, we have to train people for those skilled jobs and manufacturing even though there is less of them we can do a better job in north america, training people for

military engagement in canadian history. since two thousand but canada has deployed twenty times and still just see this ending and even in that country that approximately two to five listened to him so as i work with me. the people of afghanistan are better off today because of canada's investments. these are your accomplishments your glory and sadly also. your sacrifice. more than two thousand members of the canadian armed forces who did this on. anna hundred and fifty eight of our finest men and women. he yells no rights since then has come back to the patience and constancy the instant and take the chanel store. i don't sign it's not a lion's den and assisted in the training and dieting and doesn't update of the aforementioned security force is dead by teasing and sustaining the capacity of the eighty s after pro white safety and security teams like it. come to the end of this week's episode of conduct on the part i am not needed or not taking the lead in the back makes me crave more news and views from the undersigned g

also, there's the weaker canadian dollar. the president and chief executive officer of air canada joins us now from our toronto bureau. great to have you on "taking stock." outlined for us what the strategy is for air canada in order to deal with the severe winter storms and the effect it has had on the financials of the air carrier. >> thank you for that. we have had the dynamic in the past two or three months, which has been probably the most severe winter weather that we have seen in two decades. this is in terms of our network approach and has had an impact on our bottom line. we think, mercifully, it seems to be over. we have had some flight cancellations and when you cancel flights, you do save on fuel. theave tried to minimize haved boarding, and we announced a mitigation program and by the end of the year we do expect to have a $50 million impact to our december results, and perhaps a similar number in our first quarter. we think that is capable of being mitigated, but the second part of your question was around the c

in canadian history. since two thousand but canada has deployed twenty times and still just see this ending and even in that country. the proximity to the fact listen to him so as i work with me. the people of afghanistan are better off today because of canada's investments. these are your accomplishments your glory and sadly also. your sacrifice. more than two thousand members of the canadian armed forces who did this month. anna hundred and fifty eight of her finest men and women. katie ultimate price. since the end of the back of the patients and clients. the institute the chanel store. once i get snacks and ice again and assisted in the training and dieting and development of the aforementioned security force is dead by teasing and sustaining the capacity of the eighty s after two bites safety and security teams like it. come to the end of this week's episode of conduct on the part i am not needed or not taking the lead in the back makes me crave more news and views from the undersigned goodbye to the

north, it is not canadian north, in 1793. so alexander experienced fur traders on captain foreign's trip and they picked up an interpreter on the way to vancouver island, an interpreter of greatest harbor. it is up near to fino b.c. and the interpreter shows the actual set, says we don't want to go up there. they have bad memories of earlier traders or eastern amount of resentment, ignores demand goes in any way. throughout this book, and a number of places, right about different cultures and 9 won't go into any detail at this point, other than to say it was a real irony that all of the native american tribes, and john jacob astor's parties were up against one of the wealthiest ones, incredible herds of buffalo and the other being the northwest coastal indians with incredible salmon runs and the sea life, the seals and the whales and oysters and clams and on and on. they had an incredibly rich life materially and in many ways there way of life was materially better than many people in london and new york at the same time live

back in 2010, the canadian province of new brunswick granted a texas-based company, southwestern energy, licenses to explore for shale gas - in exchange for investment worth 47 million dollars. if shale gas extraction goes ahead, it will be a boon to new brunswick's struggling economy. the province anticipates it could generate over a thousand jobs and 1.5 billion dollars, staunching the exodus of workers west to alberta's oil sands. >> to have that kind of revenue inflow and that kind of potential, it would have a dramatic impact on the province. in fact, on the studies we looked at just a few weeks ago indicates that shale gas development could actually double the economic growth rates in the province. >> three years later these were the images from new brunswick flashing across canadian television screens. royal canadian mounted police guns trained on first nations people, police cars sent up in flames. >> we seized a number of firearms from the encampments at the protest site. we also found explosive devices, a large amount of ammunition, knives, and bear spray. several shots were f

including a canadian operator that transports oil sand.ut steyer promised to divest from his kinder martin holdings and pledged to donate money to the victims of wildfires. he looks to the oil industry for answers. >> how do you take the incident that happened in mayflower and what happened to peoples' lives there, how do you apply that to the work you're doing now against the keystone pipeline? >> let's step back for a moment which is this. i actually believe the solution for our energy problems is going to be corporate america and actually will be private enterprise america. when we get the policy framework right, the people in that sphere will come up with creative, imaginative, innovative solutions that will blow our mind. i mean, if you really look at what's happening in the fossil fuels arena, people are being really creative and innovative. some people hate fracking but fracking is a new technology somebody from the united states came up with as a way of engineering around an old problem. that's exactly what i expect american busine

including a canadian operator that transports oil sand. steyer promised to diversity from his kinder martin holdings and pledged to donate money to the victims of wildfires. he looks to the oil industry for answers. >> how do you take the incident that happened in mayflower and what happened to peoples' lives there, how do you apply that to the work you're doing now against the keystone pipeline? >> let's step back for a moment which is this. i actually believe the solution for our energy problems is going to be corporate america and actually will be private enterprise america. when we get the policy framework right, the people in that sphere will come up with creative, imaginative, innovative solutions that will blow our mind. if you really look at what's happening in the fossil fuels arena, people are being really creative and innovative. some people hate tracking but tracking is a new technology somebody from the united states came up with as a way of engineering around an old problem. that's exactly what i expect american business to d

the canadian credit to gdp relative to the u.s. has been equal for much of the history and since the 1980s candidates credit to gdp has actually outstripped the u.s. significantly. mainly because canada has not experienced what's called india's history the financial disintermediation period from the '70s going on. decoration of all those nonbanks that were so important in the u.s. as a reaction to high inflation regulation, a few other kinds of problems in the u.s. candidate hasn't had any of that. one of the interesting things that can do today is the banking system's balance sheet today doesn't look that different from what look like 100 ago, special in terms of the high reliance of banks on retail deposits. so canada versus the u.s. poses a real problem -- puzzle within democracy provides at some democracies are more successful than others? i've already hinted it has something to do with populism and constitutions that are different between u.s. and canada. and for the remainder of my about 10 minutes i'm going to talk about jus

canadian banks came through the with a sterling reputation. to know, are as well-run and safe as americans have been led to believe? >> a good question. it is one i get asked quite often. as a bank, we are had -- entering our 183rd year. we pride ourselves in taking long-term and delivering all of our stakeholders consistent and predictable results. we have done a good job. >> let's talk about the system. is there anything about canadian banking that americans, and you know america is still in the process of rebuilding their financial system in an effort to make it more safe and in some cases more equitable. is there something about the system the u.s. should think about adopting? >> if you look at it, it is the core of our banks in canada. you will see we hold a lot of mortgages on our balance sheet. we know the customer. in the case of our bank, we have got 189 billion mortgages on our balance sheet. if you look at the uninsured part of those, it would be in the mid-50's. we like the risk profile. it is consistent and predictable product for

the canadian system is no damn good and ours is great. your thoughts? >> there is a television show i'm familiar with called "hardball" that was hardball right there. and he got knocked out of the park. look, the debate over health care has always been filled with canards and a lot of no-nothingism. and there is no doubt that a lot of republicans look at he has refused to acknowledge the fact that almost every industrialized country in the world, including canada, have better health care systems than ours and better by the measures that matter in terms of mortality rates, in terms of the cost per capita, in terms of life expectancy. all those things are true, and they've always been true. it's why there has always been an imperative one way or the other to have a better health care system. and the affordable care act may have flaws, but it's trying to move news the direction of where every other rich country in the world is. and canada is a scapegoat, but it is true by every metric a better health care system than ours. >> thank you, sir, as always. tha

the proposed keystone pipeline would stretch from the canadian border across the u.s. to the existing pipeline that carries oil to the refinery. he says the oil will be sent directly to the international market. >> it is not going to the united states. it is going to be more oil not from the middle east. that is true, but it just means there is more oil not from the middle east in the world market. >> we walked along the quiet street in mayflower that just a few months before had been cover in oil. exxon mobil is facing a $2.6 million fine for the spill and has spent $70 million to clean it up. three houses were so badly damaged, exxon knocked them down. most sat empty. even after an accident, this could be a long shot. if you look at the polls, two thirds of americans do support the keystone pipeline, and that number hasn't budged. it seems you are a minority. >> i think this is a topic in which people don't understand what it is, and it is always presented as we do this or we do nothing. that's absolutely not true. we are not going to run the society without energy.

why is the canadian side attracting more tourists than the canadian side. >> the canadian side made ae '70s to emphasize it as heavy industry declined. we think now we potentially have an advantage over them. in the type of tourism that they have invested in for the most part is a glitzy, neon based tourism. clifton hills. >> would you say tacky? >> i didn't say tacky. but i know that there are a number of people around the world who when they think of niagara falls aren't thinking about that type of experience. >> new york state is investing millions of dollars to improve the city and targeting the pricier end of the market. nature is a key selling point. they argue the view is better on their side, but the americans argue you can get much closer to the falls in their state parks. with such spectaculars fews on offers, niagara falls used to advertise itself as the honeymoon capital. they have seen the label consigned to history. even in harsh conditions construction is well under way on higher classed establishments the the secret weapon the americans have is their food. yes. if ther

on tuesday, we saw a canadian doctor showed how many republicans are not just against obamacare, but any health care system whatsoever. here is an exchange between republican senator richard burr from north carolina attacking a doctor from canada at tuesday's hearings in washington. this is getting a lot of attention today. senator burr tries to box the witness into a corner, but it doesn't work out that way. take a look. why, are doctors exiting the public system in canada. >> thank you for your question, senator. if i didn't express myself in a way to make myself understood, i apologize. there are no doctors exiting the public system in canada. and, in fact, we see a net influx of physicians from the united states into the canadian system over the last number of years. >> how many canadian patients on a waiting list die each year, do you know? >> i don't, sir. but i know there are 45,000 in america who die waiting because they don't have insurance at all. >> john, isn't there a rule in the courtroom never ask a question unless you know what the answer is going to be? this guy got c

you can see in canadian history that there is an agrarian populist movement. what happens is every time the movement tries to pull together a coalition to get a certain banking regulatory out, it fails one being the centralization of power so that the whole country had to decide, not the individual states. the other important factor was that the canadian cent was and still is appointed. used to be for life. by the queen of england. although known fact. and most of these populist measures run afoul in the senate, the canadian senate. that's where they don't get. and of course there was no merger wave to happen in canada in the 1990's because they started off as a nationwide branch banking system from the 18 teens. .. where the dominant group within the economy in fact the entire group in the battle of quÉbec and 59 but people who hate them, the french canadians who are very resentful of the british that had taken over the country. they are at absolutely crucial juncture from an economic standpoint the routes to the atlantic in the entire development of the inte

i'm ukrainian-canadian, and it's great to be with you. >> why do you say no matter what happens russia has lost. regardless of what happens right now russia has the reality on the ground that they've got parts of ukraine, which have pro russian populations. they've got military in crimea and no one else is putting military in there. so why do you say that? >> look, ali, when vladimir putin the return president started this year with two big goals. the first was to firmly clearly establish russia as a major respected player on the world stage and in the world community. and to do that he had the sochi olympics on which he spend an eye watering $50 billion. his second big goal was to persuade the ukrainians to come on board with this eurasian board he's building. but first supportin supportan s, who fled to russia, by taking crimea he totally shattered what he was building up in terms of respect and status. i agree, ukraine position in the peninsula is strong and worrying, but his country as a whole his actions persuaded people, people who may have been on the fence, about what russia wa

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president packer and visiting canadian prime minister stephen harper. when freeman on an fta the presidential office correspondence his time as our top story can be as comprehensive trade pact with its twenty fifth trading content goes beyond goods and services to include investment finance and intellectual property. when is she some how get a gamble penny black stamp it on his home. quit judging from the oven cool. the high duty and to the tips of the knitted item at least an anti missile you believe that that was happening. it will create jobs and opportunities for canadians today and just as importantly for the generations that follow well the next ten years each side of a lift tariffs on nearly ninety percent of the act. for a korean automakers his products make up almost half of the nation's ten billion us dollars annual exports to canada. the six percent tariff barrier will be removed in two years. this means coming in companies like and the atf which currently make up twelve percent of the canadian market will be able to make further inroads in t

german chancellor on the back along the canadian prime minister stephen harper say that countries are on the same page when it comes to russia and that the country come to outback and the g eight group until it changes courts permit with medical today and condemned russia's policy toward ukraine saying moscow has chosen to be a rival and not apart. after meeting the german and canadian leaders discussed the expulsion of russia from the g eight group of major industrialized states. german chancellor on the medical said moscow's annexation of crimea boy didn't wash his inclusion in the group. that is the intention of buying them and the beast environmental scientists and joint understanding of the international know and a nonsense and fridays. as long as this environment doesn't exist. then he doesn't yet in signing on to the summit and canadian prime minister stephen harper warned of tougher sanctions if moscow continued its aggression in ukraine he said the measures would hurt the russian economy instead present on the nipple team was responsible. notwithstanding all of our efforts to

all that time, lorinda had the canadian officials to guide her through the negotiations.reached a stalemate they shut down the operations center. >> and you're all by yourself now, no negotiators sitting next to you. just you on the phone. that's an unbelievable amount of pressure. >> you do what you have to do, and i had to do it. i didn't have a choice. >> are you healthy at that point? >> well, i wasn't eating. wasn't sleeping. i was just running on adrenaline. >> amanda and nigel's families realized they needed help and hired a private security company with expertise in getting hostages out. lorinda held secret fund-raisers to raise the ransom money. ananda and nigel's health deteriorated. she also saw how frustrated their captors were getting. >> they felt like if only my family could come up with this money they would have their lives back. and they took their growing frustration out on me. >> at home in the canadian rocky mountains, the private security company suggested that lorinda who remained the point of contact for the kidnappers be firmer. amanda's friend ke

so he worked for the northwest company which was the british rival, the canadian arrival. they actually worked with him at the times and proposed a partnership to start the west coast colony, and of a more or less kind of appearance lee declined and he went ahead and started one anyway. as soon as they heard he was starting one they sent a message through the interior network of rivers and lakes in the voyager canoes to as far west as they could and they sent it to david thompson who was then exploring up in the northern rockies and he had been out there for several years and was just coming back east. he finally had a huge amount of exploration of mapping and they called him a stargazer because he was always mapping things. he was on his way back and he gets a message coming up by the voyager canoe is an canoes and t to the mountains of colombia and it isn't clear exactly what the details of the message were but immediately he tried to get to the mouth of columbia, crossed over the rocky mountains, have to winter up in a pass o in the rocky mountains with all of the snow,

the canadian government very pro-canadian business.on of the accords or protective of their companies. we could learn a lot from the canadian government how they treat businesses. >> walt mossburg will be on to talk about the new htc, in terms of the phone business as we get closer and closer to an iphone 6 in the fall or whatever, it's going to get even more cutthroat. >> yes. but the hand held is behind a lot of these rallies. this is all device related if you got -- if you're on the cell phone it's working, if you're on the desktop, it's not. >> meantime, i don't know if you saw morgan stanley yesterday had a list of 44 companies that they think will get at least one tender offer in the next 12 months. on the list jcpenney, american eagle, hain, jbill, i think brocade and celgene and wendy's. >> i read the list and said it would be manna from heaven. i'm very skeptical of this because one of the things that we haven't seen is a lot of takeovers. this presumes a wave and yet i think things are quite uncertain and a lot of people feel

the canadian government is also stepping up its efforts to get the pipeline approved. ambassador to the united states, who i think is a quality guy, a good guy, has been a great politician for the canadians for years and not known to lie, he wrote a letter to john kerry on friday urging the united states to support the pipeline. he said if the pipeline is approved, can that today will work to reduce carbon emissions. ambassador wrote canada is committed to additional actions to reduce carbon emissions further. on friday, he told me and president obama, he says if the president says no to the pipeline, he's going to be saying yes to greenhouse gases. >> what it if the president says no to this, what does this do to diplomatic relations with canada? >> first of all, if the president says no, he's saying yes to higher greenhouse gases because the oil is coming down whether anybody likes it or not on rail. >> so it will either come down on rail, on truck or it will be barged. okay? all right. meanwhile, trans canada ceo russ gerling is telling the president of the united s

here is more on this story from the canadian broadcasting company. check it out. >> pipeline operators like transcanada are supposed to hire their own inspectors during construction. it's to make sure that a contractor doesn't put pressure on the inspector to signed off on work that is not up to code. following the rules can mean slow construction and inflated buckets but they are designed to keep canadians safe. if those pipes rupture, it could lead to spills or even explosions. >> it's safety over the long term of the pipeline. >> reporter: meet evan vokes. he used to work at canada's head office in downtown calgary. now a whistle-blower and speaking only on camera to cbc news alleging transcanadian didn't always follow the rules around inspection. >> asking the company to do the right thing and to allow the energy to be the engineering. it absolutely matters because we don't know what the long-term risks are. we have to control the ones that we can during construction. >> reporter: now after examining the evidence he brought, the neb says transcan

we are very supportive of the action that is the canadian government has been taking towards ukraine and russia, which is strong. i heard from a lot of people in ukraine how much they supported that. i think it's wrong to think the world and the west has no - russian elites want to have their cake and eat it too. there's an expression that vladimir putin want to rule like stalin, a reference to the oligarch that owns the chelsea football club. they want to live like the west, but when it comes to putin, rule like an authoritarian. it's time for the west to say "you can't have it both ways. >> what do you do. is there anything that can be done to weaken their support of vladimir putin and have them change your his mind. >> not just the oligarchs, but vladimir putin and the people around him. we are seeing action around travel bans. it's worth thinking about and exploring action around asse assets -- asset freezes. we need to understand this is beyond being about ukraine. what russia has done - i want to be clear, this is not the russian people, but vladimir putin, an authoritarian lea

the company claims keystone xl is the safest and most environmentally sound way to transport canadianrefineries. transcanada's arguments were released tuesday and filed with hundreds of thousands of other comments during the government public comment period, which, of course, ended on friday. the canadian national energy board has been looking into transcanada's safety record after a former employee raised concerns back in late 2012. evan vokes was the third whistle-blower on transcanada. he alleges they were using substandard welding practices and not inspecting the pipelines. he was a pipeline engineer. it was his job to make sure the company complied with court orders. at a hearing on the keystone xl pipeline back in april, he spoke candidly. >> transcanada operated a culture of intimidation and coercion to meet its construction objectives when weld acceptance impacted construction schedule. >> the "toronto star" reports the canadian national energy board found transcanada noncompliant in four areas. the report says transcanada has taken action to correct these issues. we reached o

. >> i told you about van's family's campaign, they with trying to raise about 45,000 canadian dollarsquipped van to help transport van. >> i like to go fast. >> and you also might recall that van gave some internet fame last summer with this video. ♪ you belong to me my sweetheart ♪ >> he was singing ho hey by the lumineers along with his music therapy teacher tom curry, people absolutely fell in love with van and people are so in love with van that look at this, the campaign -- >> wow -- >> to help raise money they surpassed their goal and, in fact, have already raised nearly 50,000 canadian dollars. >> how can you not just give a few bucks? >> there are also a few more surprises but i'm going to let the family tell you all about them. in fact, via skype "right this minute" from canada we have dad colin, mom julie, sister caris and, of course, little adorable van. congratulations on surpassing your financial goal. i also understand that there's some other great news about the lumineers, right? >> there is a lot of news going around our house at the moment. and thank you very much for

neil: i talked too many canadians and they say what is the deal with you in the united states?his can benefit you, really put a stake in this relationship here. and it hurt our ties. has it? >> the question looms, canada and the u.s. the greatest trading relationships in the world if not the greatest trading relationship in the world, it is a large part of that in the 30 years i have spent in this business that has not been a border in place moving gas and oil back and forth. the question obviously as it comes to our mind is does this change that perspective, no longer a supplier of energy to the united states. neil: this idea this administration, this procedure we're getting energy would be all energy, if you want oil, get oil come if you want natural gas, gets natural gas, wind, solar. that sounded very good because the more we tap any of these area initiatives, the less we are reliant on vladimir putin of the world. it seemed like that wasn't what it claimed to be. this was alternatives to your kind of stuff, is that right? >> we understand that transition less carbon initia

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waiting times for those in the canadian health care system are a problem that people criticize.ked up on that point. >> how many canadian patients on a waiting list die each year, do you know? >> i don't, sir. i know there are 45,000 in america who die waiting because they don't have insurance at all. >> i think it's fair to say dr. martin came prepared for that kind of question from senator burr and numbers are backed up by a study from the american journal of public health. so lesson learned, maybe. if you're going to be talking to a doctor about her health care system. it pays to come prepared. dr. martin didn't simply counterpunch in that hearing on the fact checking. she also -- this was really interesting. she left the subcommittee with a final thought on those wait times in lines, a big issue and the allocation of resources. >> you know, i waited more than 30 minutes at the security line to get into this building today. when i arrived in the lobby, i noticed across the hall there was a second entry point with no lineup whatsoever. sometimes it's not actually about the amo

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joining me now, ellis, thanks so much for being with us. >> where is the canadian beer?e is it when you need it, right? let's look at the president's schedule as it relates to the unrest in ukraine. let's talk about the weekend. he went golfing in key largo, yesterday he welcomed nba champions to the white house. so with all these goings ones, what is happening when it comes to solving the crisis in ukraine? >> first of all, the president isn't doing all of the details of that. i don't mind a president being rested and ready. listen, this is a political hit that dems do on lazy republican presidents and republicans do on lazy democrat being presidents. frankly, it's kind of meaningless. >> he was speaking with other leaders, too, when it comes to this. >> you get every sense that he's engaged. >> let's talk about this. senate democrats on the floor with an eight hour of the 15 hour all nighter trying to make climate change and global warming a politically urgent issue here. if anything, what happens after the senators are all talked out? >> i'm just glad we're not the on