U.S. ambassador Pete Hoekstra talks about U.S.

Thank you. It’s great for Diane and I to join you today. Thank you to many of you who expressed a warm welcome. Diana and I have felt nothing but a warm welcome since we arrived in Canada five, I think, five weeks ago. Not that anybody is counting, but we have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. We thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity that you provided with me being the ambassador to go to Mackinac Island for three — for three days — last week. Those of you who have been to Mackinac Island, I think you can appreciate how beautiful that is, especially when the weather is nice. For those of you that haven’t been: Please go. It is an awesome place. But the great thing today is, for me, as an immigrant to America, is to make America’s case to you, to talk about what’s going on and why it is s