The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's right here.

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

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

When I appointed the Minister of the Environment to major cabinet status, the Planning and Priorities committee, the signals that that sent through Ottawa were major, because that's what the bureaucracy understands.

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

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

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.