Occupation: Former Prime Minister Of Canada Birth: March 20, 1939
The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others..
Like all of us, there were many facets to Margaret Thatcher's personality. In private she was kind, thoughtful, charming. Very attentive to her inter….
Margaret Thatcher inherited the sick man of Europe in 1979 and transformed it into a powerhouse. When she left office, it was Britain redefined. And ….
Once you articulate an agenda, you have to follow it..
You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country..
And look, I was a big, brassy guy who won and won big. I did what I wanted..
Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming..
For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. He's right. A hundred years from now, the ….
You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you..
The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's right here..
At summits Margaret Tatcher was the only woman. Always perfectly coiffed, splendidly dressed - beautiful maroon or dark blue suits. That lovely diamo….
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 ….
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….
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 ….
I commend Sri Chinmoy for his faith and serenity, and I hope he will continue to exert his calming and constructive influence on the international co….
When I appointed the Minister of the Environment to major cabinet status, the Planning and Priorities committee, the signals that that sent through O….
Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister..
If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing..
So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn'….
I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities..
My second biggest mistake in life, for which I have no one to blame but myself, is having accepted payments in cash from Karlheinz Schreiber for a ma….