Brian Mulroney
Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ, is a Canadian politician who served as the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. His tenure as prime minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the Goods and Services Tax, and the rejection of constitutional reforms such as the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accord. Prior to his political career, he was a prominent lawyer...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 March 1939
CountryCanada
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to say nothing of the times he taped me on the telephone without my knowledge.
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.
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. My biggest mistake in life was pretending that I wasn't trying to avoid paying taxes on that money.
Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming.
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 community for many years to come.
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.
Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it.
The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others.
Once you articulate an agenda, you have to follow it.
You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.
There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government.
I am not denying anything I did not say.
You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you.
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 tax reform and GST, we are moving ahead on trade, but this will not be done at the cost of the environment.