Here is the quote in context:

——–
[...] Much of the above information about the Strong
and the Baca comes from an interview entitled “The
Wizard Of the Baca Grande,” which Maurice Strong
conducted with WEST magazine of Alberta, Canada
May 1990. Strong concluded the interview with a thought-
provoking, apocalyptic story from a novel he says he
would like to write:

“Each year the World Economic Forum convenes
in Davos, Switzerlan4. Over a thousand CEOs,
prime ministers, finance ministers, and leading
academics gather in February to attend meetings
and set the economic agendas for the year
ahead.
“What if a small group of these word
leaders were to conclude that the principle risk
to the earth comes from the actions of the rich
countries? And if the world is to survive, those
rich countries would have to sign an agreement
reducing their impact on the environment. Will
they do it? Will the rich countries agree to reduce
their impact on the environment? Will they
agree to save the earth?
“The group’s conclusion is ‘no.’ The rich
countries won’t do it. They won’t change. So, in
order to save the planet, the group decides: isn’t
the only hope for the planet that the industrialized
civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility
to bring that about?
“This group of world leaders form a secret society to
bring about a world collapse. It’s February. They’re
all at Davos. These aren’t terrorists - they’re world
leaders. They have positioned themselves in the world’s
commodity and stock markets. They’ve engineered, using
their access to stock exchanges, and computers, and
gold supplies, a panic. Then they prevent the markets
from closing. They jam the gears. The have mercenaries
who hold the rest of the world leaders at Davos as
hostage. The markets can’t close. The rich countries…?
and Strong makes a slight motion with his fingers as
if he were flicking a cigarette butt out of the window.

I sat there spellbound. This is not *any* story-teller
talking. This is Maurice Strong. He knows these world
leaders. He is, in fact, co-chairman of the Council
of the World Economic Forum. He sits at the fulcrum
of power. He is in a position to *do it*”

——–

In turn, the West magazine article has been cited in books over the years. Do a Google book search, for instance.

Satisfied?

Maurice Strong really did say that. The entire West Magazine interview can be read on an old BBS posting, which is still kicking around if you know where to look for it. (Usenet, for one.)

The late 80s and into the 90s - before the World Wide Web - was primetime for Maurice Strong postings as the UN Gaia-environmental agenda was in full swing. A whole cadre of investigators would hand-type in relevant articles in text files that Strong had given to the media in various countries. The West Magazine interview was among them; it was titled “Wizard Of the Baca Grande.”