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

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.

The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others.

I am not denying anything I did not say.

For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. He's right. A hundred years from now, the strength of Canada is going to be coming from our resources in the Arctic.

Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it.