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The President's News Conference with Prime Minister Administration of George Bush, 1991 / Mar. 13 negotiator, Dick Smith, and his colleagues, take a little, and it’s been worth it. And as well as their counterparts across the table I think we’re doing something good and on the Canadian side for a job well-done. sound and decent today. Beyond our common interest in our Thank you all very, very much. shared environment, this agreement says something about our overall relationship. Note: The Prime Minister spoke at 3:50 p.m. The fact that Canada and the United States in the Reading Room at Parliament Hill. In were able so quickly to craft a wide-ranging his remarks, the Prime Minister referred to and effective agreement on such a complex Allan Gottlieb, former Canadian Ambas- subject says a lot about the extraordinarily sador to the United States; E. Davie Fulton, strong relationship between our two coun- tries. Chairman of the Canadian Section of the Mr. Prime Minister, I do recall our own International Joint Commission—United discussions on environmental issues, and es- States and Canada; John Fraser, Speaker of pecially our meeting before I became Presi- the Canadian House of Commons and dent back in January of 1987. I made a former Minister of the Environment; William comment then that made its way into more K. Reilly, Administrator of the Environ- than a few Canadian news reports, that I’d mental Protection Agency; Canadian Min- gotten ‘‘an earful’’ from you on acid rain. ister of the Environment Robert de Cotret; That was the understatement of the year. David MacDonald, chairperson of the House [Laughter] So now, I came up here to prove of Commons Standing Committee on the En- to you that I was listening, and all of us vironment; Michael Phillips, Canadian As- on the American side were listening. And sistant Deputy Minister for External Affairs; again, we appreciate your strong advocacy, R.W. Slater, Canadian Assistant Deputy your articulate advocacy of this principle Minister for the Environment; John H. that I think will benefit the American peo- Sununu, Chief of Staff to the President; ple, the Canadian people. And I like to Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President think it goes even beyond the borders of for National Security Affairs; Edward Ney, our two great countries. U.S. Ambassador to Canada; and Stan Dar- So, thank you very much. The treaty that ling, Canadian Member of Parliament. The we sign today is testimony to the seriousness President referred to the Prime Minister’s with which both our countries regard this wife, Mila; Derek H. Burney, Canadian Am- critical environmental issue. And here is one bassador to the United States; and Richard that did take two to tango. Here is one J. Smith, U.S. Special Negotiator for Acid where each had to come give a little and Rain Talks With Canada. The President’s News Conference With Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada in Ottawa March 13, 1991 The Prime Minister. The President and the Middle East. He left Tehran earlier I had an opportunity for slightly over an today and will be back, and we look forward hour so far to review both some bilateral to pursuing these questions later on tonight. relationships and problems that we do have Mr. President. in the trade area and elsewhere, but also The President. Thank you. The only thing to begin the process of discussing the evolv- I’d say before taking questions is that I ing situation in the Middle East. would like to take this opportunity to thank As you know, Secretary of External Affairs the Canadian people and the Prime Min- Joe Clark is returning tonight to join us ister for the steadfast support for the coali- at dinner after an extensive trip throughout 257 VerDate May 04 2004 10:00 May 27, 2004 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00269 Fmt 1240 Sfmt 1240 D:\91PAP1\91PAP1.005 APPS10 PsN: 91PAP1 Mar. 13 / Administration of George Bush, 1991 tion and for the principle of standing up the Secretary feels that the climate is now against this aggression in the Middle East. better than it’s been in a long time for And Canada, from day one, was on board, making progress. steadfast. And the Prime Minister and I I can’t tell you about radically shifting were in touch a lot. And I valued his counsel positions, but it is my view that we ought then, and I value his counsel now. But I to move forward. I think the United States really wanted to thank the Canadian people is in as good a position, if not better posi- for the warm reception today and for their tion, than it has ever been to be a catalyst role in the coalition. for peace there. Put it this way—let me rephrase it—I Arms Control haven’t seen anything pessimistic coming Q. Mr. President, as you know, our Prime out of the Baker reports. I’ve not had the Minister has proposed a global arms summit report since he’s been into Syria. But up under the U.N. auspices to stop the spread until then, I was fully informed, and I think of both conventional and nonconventional the mood is that we have a chance now. weapons. I was wondering, sir, if you could But that’s as far as I would want to go. tell us whether you endorse that mechanism Q. There is no sign of any change, real as a way of tackling this problem. change, on either side? The President. One of the goals that I The President. I think to say what I just spelled out, one of the points I made in said, you’d have to assume that there is my speech to our Congress was the need some kind of change. I think it’s fair to to do something about the proliferation of say there’s some kind of change. The threat weapons. I’ll have a chance to talk to Prime to some of the countries in the region is Minister Mulroney about that. I’m not sure clearly down—the threat from Iraq, which exactly what the proper structure is, but has been a major threat to several countries clearly, that idea might have some merit. there. And that in itself is significant change But again, it’s a little early. He has not and offers a better potential for peaceful asked me to endorse that proposal, and arrangement. again, I would like to talk to him before The Prime Minister. Perhaps I could just I commit ourselves further on it. add a word to that. One of the reports But the idea of coming together in a mul- that we’ve been getting from Secretary tilateral way to do something about the pro- Clark, who has been a little ahead of Sec- liferation of weapons into the Middle East retary Baker in some of the areas, has been is something that has some appeal to me. the resounding reaction he has received We’ve seen multilateral diplomacy try and, from Arab leaders, most recently in Damas- in some ways, be effective in the Middle cus yesterday, of the degree to which they East, and I don’t want to forget that. I were impressed by the solidarity of the coa- don’t want to start going it alone, and I lition and the leadership of the United don’t think Canada wants to start going it States in the war. alone. They have conveyed to Mr. Clark, all of Middle East Peace Process them, the extent to which they were im- pressed with the fact that the coalition went Q. Thank you, Mr. President. I would so far to defend an Arab country under like to ask you about Secretary Baker’s trip siege. This has registered very, very deeply, to the Middle East. Do you see any sign and I think has placed the membership of that Israeli or Palestinian leaders are willing the coalition, and in particular the United to make any kind of fundamental change States, in a particularly—as Mr. Clark in their long-held positions? says—a particularly advantageous position The President. Well, I would say this, to take advantage of what he thinks are Terry [Terence Hunt, Associated Press], new and perhaps important opportunities that the reports—and I’ve gotten a report there. every night, each night, from Jim Baker, and then Brent Scowcroft has been, I think, Canadian Unity even in more touch with him. I think that Q. Mr. President, have you and the Prime 258 VerDate May 04 2004 10:00 May 27, 2004 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00270 Fmt 1240 Sfmt 1240 D:\91PAP1\91PAP1.005 APPS10 PsN: 91PAP1 Administration of George Bush, 1991 / Mar. 13 Minister had a chance yet, or will you dis- partners in the Gulf on that point. I’d let cuss the national unity crisis in Canada, the Prime Minister speak for himself. which has worsened significantly since your On the question of Saddam, I have said last visit here? And how do you regard the over and over again that I think it’s almost prospect of an independent Quebec and impossible—put it this way—is impossible a fractured Canada on your northern bor- to have normalized relations with Iraq while der? Saddam Hussein is in there. As the brutal- The President. I would, on that ques- ities in Kuwait come out, as people see tion—we barely touched on the question, this environmental terrorism—right, look- to answer the first part of your question.
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