Over The Years, I Have

Most Canadians Don't Understand The House Of Commons. They Turn On Their Televisions, See Us Yelling At One Another, And Dismiss Us As A Bunch Of Fools.

Economics Has Been Called The Dismal Science. Once You Get To Understand It, You May Not Find It So Dismal, But You Don't Find It Much Of A Science Either.

When You're A Mayor And You Have A Problem You Blame The Provincial Government. If You Are Provincial Government And You Have A Problem You Blame The Federal Government. We Don't Blame The Queen Any More, So Once In A While We Might Blame The Americans.

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.

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.