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Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it.
You accumulate political capital to spend it on noble causes for Canada. If you're afraid to spend your capital, you shouldn't be there.
The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others.
And, of course, the fact that Maurice Strong, a Canadian, was in charge made it important for us to pull up our socks and become leaders in this field. Now, here is a field we should be a leader in!
I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.
I commend Sri Chinmoy for his faith and serenity, and I hope he will continue to exert his calming and constructive influence on the international community for many years to come.
If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing.
Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming.
First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important to us and to me, and that we had to at least be in the process of looking at this seriously.
If everything is very important, then nothing is important.
Once you articulate an agenda, you have to follow it.
So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington.
You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none.
We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all government initiatives. I think what made us successful was the fact that it was a sustained approach. We did something new every year.
There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government.
You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.
You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you.
The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's right here.
