I can see now a vision emerging how Canada is going to profit in the future from our Arctic resources without destroying the environment on which it is all based.

You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you.

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

I am not denying anything I did not say.

Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming.

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and we sustained it with the money required to make it happen.