I have no baggage in politics. I've never been a politician. I don't owe anybody anything.

You either make it illegal, in which case you support a huge underground economy or you tax it within the limits people can afford.

Life is hard, money doesn't care, your tears don’t add value

I see negotiations as an honest attempt to reach a deal that's great for everyone at the table. But sometimes, for whatever reason, that's impossible. You need to accept that possibility-don't make a deal for the sake of making a deal. If you do, chances are it will fall apart later anyway, with costs and headaches for everyone involved. And once you walk away, don't come back.

Imagine how foolish you'd look if, like one clever salesman who once pitched to me, you tried to license your product to a big industry player without knowing they just launched a competing product. With the right background research, he could have avoided that and other landmines - and so can you.

I'm not going to leave Canada, I'm going to fix it.

The definition of leadership is that you have to find great people and ask them to do extraordinary things. I've been doing that my whole life.