Brian Mulroney

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

There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”