Politicians Of All Stripes Are Always In

Obviously, I Would Have Been Happier If Canada Had Not Been Conquered In The Past By The English, If This Part Of North America Had Remained French, But You Can't Rewrite History.

Politicians Of All Stripes Are Always In Danger At Looking At Every Problem From An Abstract Point Of View Or Being Briefed By Officials, Academics, Or Economists Who Know Every Science But The Science Of Human Nature.

Ten Years Ago, In The Aftermath Of The Referendum In Quebec, The Very Existence Of Canada Was On The Line... I Had A Responsibility To Ensure That Canada Never Again Came Close To The Precipice.

Trudeau Valued Performance Above Image. He Knew He Could Give Me A Shovel If There Was A Mess To Clean Up, And He Kept Moving Me From One Mess To Another.

I Learned Early That Business Is Business And Politics Is Politics. The Proof Is How Few Important Businessmen Have Made Good Politicians. They May Think That They Are Very Smart About Everything Because They Made Millions Of Dollars By Digging A Hole In The Ground And Finding Oil, But The Talent And Luck Needed To Become Rich Are Not The Same Talent And Luck Needed To Succeed On Parliament Hill.