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"I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities."
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"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 strength of Canada is going to be coming from our resources in the Arctic."
"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."
"Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it."
"There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government."
"We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all government initiatives. I think what made us successful was the fact that it was a sustained approach. We did something new every year."
"It's my responsibility, and entirely my fault, Of course I regret it. It's the kind of locker-room conversation we all use, but as prime minister I shouldn't have used it."
"The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's right here."
"First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important to us and to me, and that we had to at least be in the process of looking at this seriously."
"The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others."
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