Good afternoon. Im jean harmon a president and ceo of the Wilson Center, someone who is fascinated by defense and Security Issues and its been a long time a while from here and a place thats getting a lot of attention. The United States congress. John kennedy use to say when he was president , that he accompanied his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy to paris. Well, i have accompanied laura dawson to canada and as a participant in the widely acclaimed hair fax form. Thats where i met minister san say singe. His police and military background makes him well equipped to understand threats across the world and those threatening his homeland. On his watch as a detective, sanjay took down drug gangs. He recognized early on the pattern of those networks. For example the breaking and entering episodes increased in neighborhoods after drug users rented houses there. And, by the way, my hold district in torrens california had a kind of similar thing. And people who were breaking and entering gas station
Good afternoon. Im jean harmon a president and ceo of the Wilson Center, someone who is fascinated by defense and Security Issues and its been a long time a while from here and a place thats getting a lot of attention. The United States congress. John kennedy use to say when he was president , that he accompanied his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy to paris. Well, i have accompanied laura dawson to canada and as a participant in the widely acclaimed hair fax form. Thats where i met minister san say singe. His police and military background makes him well equipped to understand threats across the world and those threatening his homeland. On his watch as a detective, sanjay took down drug gangs. He recognized early on the pattern of those networks. For example the breaking and entering episodes increased in neighborhoods after drug users rented houses there. And, by the way, my hold district in torrens california had a kind of similar thing. And people who were breaking and entering gas station
Mr. Speaker here is a question. Is canada an essential country at this time in the life of our planet . Most of us here would agree that it is but we are called to explain why and we are called to consider the consequences of what we must view as a consequence. International relationship seems immutable. For 17 years they are being called into question from europe to asia to our own north American Home longstanding pass that form the bedrock of our security and prosperity for generations are being tested. In a new shared human imperative the fight against Climate Change first among them called for resolve. Turning aside from our responsibility is not an option. Instead we must think carefully and deeply about whats happening and find a way forward by definition the path we choose must be one that serves the interests of all canadians and upholds r. Bradley held national values. It preserves and nurtures canadian prosperity and security and contributes to our collective goal of a better
Theyre only going to give me so much time here. [laughter] [applause] oh, come on. Get your for a few more minutes. I want to thank the Vice President. We give him one more great round of applause, thank you for addressing the governors. And understand the challenges that the governors have in dealing with all the issues and i appreciate the discussion of the opiate crisis which every governor sitting around this table understands and deals with on a daily basis. Its now my pleasure to introduce someone very special. Im honored, this is the first time in nga history weve had a head of state addressed the National Governors association and its only fitting that we have the canadian Prime Minister to address us today because in america, think of that relationship we have with canada. Not only the gigantic border that we share as governor. But also the friendship. I do not believe there is a better bilateral relationship than two countries in the entire globe. Has between canada and the U
The. Many of you have chosen to be here rather than at the beach maybbaby that is on the agenda r this weekend. Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. I have to tell you he is my favorite american poet. By day he worked in insurance of the road at Hartford Connecticut and the most thoughtful and the country indeed in the world has ever seen. As i get to know this beautiful historic corner of america a little bit better. Its the concept at home and what it means and how we define it. Of course home begins with family. It extends out from there. Schools and places of worship, workplace, community, cities, states and country. But there is an aspect of home that goes beyond National Borders at least beyond the candidate u. S. Border that is unlike any other for the common north american home. In the awardwinning broadway musical. They got hit with winds and the Canadian Armed forces personnel should send plain went immediately into rescue mode. That is what friends and neighb