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CANADA
CANADA DAY 2025 ... CARNEY SPEACH
CBC News: Carney speaks at Canada Day celebration in Ottawa
CANADA DAY 2025 ... CARNEY SPEACH
CBC News: Carney speaks at Canada Day celebration in Ottawa
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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
Transcript
- 0:00
- [Applause]
- Mju.
- Wow. Wow. That is a hard that is a hard
- act to follow. Thank you, Sonia. Thank
- you, Victor, for all the service uh to
- Canadian sport, to global sport. And may
- Jonathan David be the first Canadian to
- ever touch that trophy in a year's time.
- Son excellence the governor general son
- excellency the governor general of
- Canada Duke of Edinburgh
- his highness the minister of fun
- minister
- minister of fun the minister of Canadian
- culture and identity but he's also the
- minister of fun of course
- and thank you as well to all our guests
- and artists who are with us today but
- especially thank you to all of you a
- crowd what a capital what a country.
- Only two words.
- 1:01
- Only two words. Oh, Canada. Oh, Canada.
- I have,
- you know, there is no place I'd rather
- be right now than here. The true north,
- strong and free, celebrating Canada Day
- with all of you.
- I've I've spent I've had the privilege
- the last the last six months of
- crisscrossing our country. I've had to
- go visit some other countries for work
- and I have never been prouder to say I
- am Canadian.
- We are Canadian
- and I'm particularly proud that in a
- world that's fraught with division
- that we under the Maple Leaf have
- considered our options and we've decided
- not to pull apart and fight but to come
- together and to build because that's
- 2:03
- that's the Canadian way. That's what
- this country has done. Similar times
- when there's been these big inflection
- points in history, Canadians have chosen
- to come together and to step up
- at Vimemy Ridge during the First World
- War on the shores of Normandy in the
- Second World War
- in the homes of the people of Gander
- after the terrorist attacks of September
- 11th. We find ourselves in a situation
- where the world is being convulsed. We
- find ourselves in a situation where our
- economy is being attacked by a trade war
- that we didn't start. We find ourselves
- in a situation where our values are
- being tested by attacks on democracy and
- freedoms. Attacks that we must resist.
- And once again, as the world becomes
- 3:02
- more divided and dangerous, Canadians
- are uniting.
- We're united.
- We're uniting and we're putting our
- values into action
- to build to build a strong
- And that is what we are doing with Bill
- C5 that has just been passed by a wide
- majority of elected members of
- parliament. now is a new national
- building permit that allows us indeed it
- compels us to come together
- and to build baby build
- to build our nation to build our nation
- in full partnership with indigenous
- peoples to build
- 4:04
- and thank you Natan and Victoria for
- honoring us here today. There you are.
- Yes.
- Together, we will build one Canadian
- economy connected by major projects,
- powered by Canadian energy, transformed
- by Canadian technology, and crafted by
- Canadian workers.
- Together,
- together,
- together we will break down barriers so
- that you can buy Canadian anywhere and
- you can work in Canada everywhere.
- What
- together
- we will rebuild, rearm, and reinvest in
- our Canadian armed forces.
- That is absolutely critical. Canadian
- 5:00
- Canadian leadership is not only defined
- by the strength of our values but also
- by the value of our strength.
- We
- Yes. Together
- together we are taking control of our
- future. Together, we're writing our own
- story, not having it dictated to us by
- others.
- And Stephen,
- I like your idea. We have the fusion of
- Deadpool and Dune. We get Rain City Ryan
- into 007.
- This is Canada. Nothing could be better.
- Your Royal Highness, as you alluded to a
- few weeks ago in a historic throne
- speech, your brother King Charles told
- Canadians, and I quote, 'We must be
- cleareyed
- 6:01
- in a world, the world is a more
- dangerous and uncertain place than at
- any point since the Second World War.
- And Canada is facing challenges that are
- unprecedented in our lifetimes.
- The king went on to stress that at this
- hinge moment in history,
- there is, and I quote, an incredible
- opportunity for renewal, an opportunity
- to think big and act bigger.
- And that
- and that is how that is how Canada
- carved out the St. Lawrence Seaway in
- five short years
- organization and that is how we
- organized Expo 67 in only four and a
- half years. It's time. It's time once
- again to harness the same industrious
- 7:00
- spirit to do things we previously
- thought impossible at speeds not seen
- for generations. So, it's time that we
- build twice as many homes using Canadian
- technology, Canadian skilled workers,
- and Canadian lumber.
- It's time to build new trade and energy
- corridors with reliable partners.
- Partnership and in partnership with the
- provinces, the territories, and
- indigenous peoples.
- It is time to create hundreds of
- thousands of good careers in the trades.
- And it is time to make Canada an energy
- superpower in green and conventional
- energy.
- It's time to make our companies more
- competitive
- while we're fighting climate change.
- 8:02
- You know,
- not far from here, over a century ago,
- Thomas Darcy McGee eloquently put it
- that Canadians are at their best when we
- lift ourselves to the level of our
- destinies.
- Now, Canada is already the greatest
- country in the world,
- but our destiny,
- our destiny is to make it greater still.
- And greatness,
- greatness isn't defined by words. It's
- achieved by actions. Greatness isn't
- something we just say. It's what we do
- for ourselves, but particularly for
- others. So, while we work to build the
- strongest economy in the G7, we know
- 9:00
- that that isn't an end in itself. But
- it's the way, it's the means through
- which all Canadians can live in
- security, in dignity, and in harmony.
- And while we enjoy this Canada Day with
- our friends and family, and I have to
- say, Sandra, we are off to a great start
- here. While we enjoy this Canada Day
- with friends and family,
- we remember that too many Canadians are
- still struggling and suffering.
- As we enjoy our parks, our pools and our
- lakes, we must not forget the climate
- change that is burning our forest
- and destroy destroying biodiversity. And
- while we enjoy peace and security at
- home, we witness the wars and terrors
- abroad.
- 10:01
- After 158 years, Canadians have
- accomplished so much. so much in times
- of peace and war, in our laboratories
- and in our galleries, on the ice and in
- the swimming pool, on our land and in
- space, in our classrooms, our
- boardrooms, our community centers. We
- have so much to celebrate. And today we
- celebrate, but we also know that we have
- much more to accomplish.
- We
- We are a country that is great because
- in part we know we can be even better.
- We're a country that does things because
- they're right, not because they're easy.
- A people that see kindness as a virtue,
- not a weakness.
- 11:03
- And now
- and now's the time to build a Canada
- worthy of those values. A Canada worthy
- of its great people. A Canada for all
- and for all time. Merciu viv Canada.
- Thank you all. Long live Canada.
- [Music]