Nobody has achievements like this ... you cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none.

And look, I was a big, brassy guy who won and won big. I did what I wanted.

I would go to them and I would explain this is the price of going forward. We're going to move ahead in all these other areas. We're moving ahead in tax reform and GST, we are moving ahead on trade, but this will not be done at the cost of the environment.

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.

Every argument that Margaret Thatcher ever made internationally didn't have a great deal to do with her contempt for Communism - she never really got into that. What she talked about was giving freedom to tens of millions of people in Central and Eastern Europe. She was an inspirational leader when it came to discussing her belief in freedom. More visceral and moral.

There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government.

This country is made up of small towns and big dreams.