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
Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.
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.
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.
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.
You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none.
his record as a prime minister is absolutely mediocre.
If they don't vote for her, I hope somebody will have the decency to tell them to go stuff it, ... If they won't support a young woman from British Columbia to be prime minister of Canada, I hope they stop talking about western alienation.
I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.
The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's right here.
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.
And look, I was a big, brassy guy who won and won big. I did what I wanted.
Nobody has achievements like this ... you cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none.
In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.