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

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

You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.

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.

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.

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

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