![]() ![]() Today, I’d like to speak to a little bit about the future, if I may - a future that’s ours to seize. Nothing gives me greater confidence in the future than knowing Cana- Canada and the United States stand together still. It happens every five or six generations, but we’re at that point. ![]() To leave - leave our children and our grandchildren a future that’s better because of our efforts - the people in this room and a similar room in the United States.Īnd as we stand at this inflection point in history - I had a professor who once explained an inflection point as: You’re going down the highway at 60 miles an hour, and you rapidly turn in one direction five degrees you never get back on the same path again, but - but you’re on a different course - where the decisions we make in the coming years will determine the course of our world for decades to come. To relentlessly pursue the possibilities of tomorrow. To live in freedom, not just freedom but live in freedom with dignity - with dignity. The same fundamental aspirations reverberated across both our nations, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. I suspect every politician in this - in this room would - would do a hell of a lot to get those kind of numbers. Eighty-eight percent favorability rating among Americans - (applause) - up from eighty-seven the year before. It’s a data-driven fact.Įarlier this week, the Gallup poll did a new poll showing American opinions on different countries in the world. No two nations on Earth are bound by such close ties - friendship, family, commerce, and culture.Įvery day, hundreds of thousands of people cross the borders, going north and south, to work or just to visit, knowing they’ll find a warm welcome on the other side of the border.Īmericans love Canadians, and that’s not hyperbole. Americans and Canadians are two people, two countries, in my view, sharing one heart. This is a custom that speaks to the closeness of our relationship. Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty ImagesĪnd, ladies and gentlemen, I’m honored to have the opportunity to uphold a tradition carried out by so many of my predecessors in addressing the hallowed halls of the Canadian democracy. Jill Biden and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau visit the “Uninvited” exhibit, celebrating Canadian women artists, at the National Gallery in Ottawa. Jill and I are grateful for the hospitality that you and Sophie have shown us. ![]() I want to thank you for your partnership and for your personal friendship. We had to make a visit virtual, but since then, we’ve been all over the world, talking to some - taking on some of the toughest issues our nations have faced in a very long time. Prime Minister Trudeau, you were my first meeting with a foreign leader, just one month after my presidency during the hardest days of COVID-19. President Joe Biden walks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on March 24, 2023. Speaker of the House of Commons, Speaker of the Senate, members of the Parliament, thank you for the very kind welcome to my wife and I. (Laughs.) So, that’s as good as I can get right now.īut, seriously, thank you very, very much. (Laughter.) First time I attempted to make a speech in French, I was laughed at. I must tell you, I took four years of French in school. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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