But since that offer, Heyman hasn’t heard from the Trump team directly.<\/p>\n
“It tells me they’re preoccupied and they’re doing other things and they’ve made decisions to proceed in another path, which is fine,” he said.<\/p>\n
Heyman said Canada and the United States are so “codependent,” the Trump administration will quickly realize how important the relationship is.<\/p>\n
“I don’t worry,” he said.\u00a0“Cream rises to the top. It’s going to be readily apparent to anyone \u2014\u00a0even the most casual observer \u2014 that this relationship is the most important relationship we can have.”<\/p>\n
He said recent work on information-sharing and\u00a0preclearance\u00a0will prevent a “backup” at the border.<\/p>\n
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Heyman\u00a0has served as the U.S. ambassador to Canada since April 2014. He was appointed by President\u00a0Barack\u00a0Obama\u00a0after a career at Goldman\u00a0Sachs\u00a0in Chicago and fundraising for the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n
He\u00a0will resign\u00a0on inauguration day, Jan. 20, following a blanket order from the Trump transition team for all politically appointed ambassadors to resign\u00a0by then.<\/p>\n
U.S. Ambassador to Canada on Donald Trump’s transition<\/strong>1:46<\/p>\n\n
Mansbridge spoke to Heyman on the same day Trump faced questions<\/a> about his reported connections to Russia<\/a> and his apparent adversarial relationship with the American intelligence community.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Heyman\u00a0said he has “extraordinary\u00a0confidence” in the intelligence community.<\/p>\n
\n“Based on everything I’ve experienced in my life, the quality and capabilities\u00a0of the people providing me this information are the highest I’ve ever seen in any role in my life,”\u00a0Heyman\u00a0said<\/p>\n
He was diplomatic about Trump’s criticism of intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n
“He hasn’t experienced what I’ve experienced yet,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It’s his perspective and he’s the president of the United States-elect and soon-to-be president of the United States and he has the right to his perspective and he will see things that I don’t see.”<\/p>\n
\nNew border rules\u00a0will prevent ‘backup’<\/h2>\n
\nHeyman said his work with the Trudeau government on climate change, national security, and the border is\u00a0a “guidepost” for what’s possible when the Canadian and American governments work closely together.<\/p>\n
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