I think a book is your calling card, your business card.

Know everything about the companies and people you are going to be negotiating with. Insist on getting the names of everyone participating in the negotiations. Leave no stone unturned; find out as much as you can.

Canada has always been ready for the truth. I think they actually appreciate a politician or anybody as a leader who tells the truth.

I don't think spending time in Ottawa is a good use of my time as the leader.

If a man could give birth it would be to a book - it's an 18-month gestation period.

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.

Don't cry about money, it never cries for you.