If Military Action In Iraq

Everybody Has The Right To Speak Up In A Democracy. We Would Be In Trouble As A Society If There Wasn't A Constant Pressure To Make Reforms And To Be Just. Sometimes As Prime Minister, When I Was Caught Up In A Really Loud Demonstration, I Used To Say To Myself That I Deserved It Because Of All The Demonstrations I Myself Had Organized As A Student Against Duplessis.

A Successful Politician Must Not Only Be Able To Read The Mood Of The Public, He Must Have The Skill To Get The Public On His Side. The Public Is Moved By Mood More Than Logic, By Instinct More Than Reason, And That Is Something That Every Politician Must Make Use Of Or Guard Against.

At One Point Trudeau Mentioned To Me That The National Gallery Wanted To Buy A Masterpiece By The Great Italian Painter Lotto, And It Needed A Million Dollars From The Treasury Board. "is That Lotto-quebec Or Lotto-canada?" I Joked, But I Got The Message, And The National Gallery Got The Painting.

If Military Action In Iraq Is Launched Without A New U.n. Resolution, Canada Will Not Participate.

Three Months Later, On September 5, 2001, At A Pro-am Event Preceding The Canadian Open At The Royal Montreal Golf Club, I Was Invited To Play A Round With Tiger Woods. Nothing In The Game Of Politics Had Ever Been As Nerve-racking As That Game Of Golf.