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Jason Kenney

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[Wikipedia] Jason Thomas Kenney is a former Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022, and the leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) from 2017 until 2022. He also served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Calgary-Lougheed from 2017 until 2022. Ke

Quotes by Jason Kenney

Naheed Nenshi is a friend of mine. We - he - knows how close I am to all of the cultural, ethnic,…

Citizenship

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I do believe there is absolutely space for legitimate debate in a liberal democracy about immigration selection, screening and integration.

Believe

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I think I've chosen the right path.

Chosen

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I find the niqab symbol profoundly offensive. I believe it reflects a misogynistic culture that - a treatment of women as property…

Believe

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Sometimes there are no good choices for government.

Choices

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Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language.

Ambiguous

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I have said explicitly from day one when I announced this policy in, I believe, November of 2011, that I and our…

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Many, many times I would shake my head in dismay at the goings-on in the House of Commons, but that never caused…

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Rural Alberta is a lot less homogeneous than it used to be, partly because of my immigration policies.

Alberta

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For members who have only ever been in government, the negativity and aggressiveness of the opposition is easy to caricature.

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You go to a lot of small communities in rural Alberta and you'll find a degree of diversity that probably hasn't existed…

Alberta

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The federal court has not commented on niqab as being a violation of any putative Charter right, but rather has said that…

Believe

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My response to my friend Naheed Nenshi was simply to say that some of the hyperbolic language that's being used to critique…

Citizenship

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I was very clear in saying that what I characterized as politically correct Liberals are unnecessarily inflaming what should not really be…

Believe

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Finally, as I've said, this is - why are you talking about Jewish women's wigs and people wearing turbans? That has nothing…

People

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I thought very seriously having something more like a normal life where I might have my weekends and evenings off, and be…

Able

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Each year, members of Canada’s Ukrainian community, Parliamentarians and others commemorate the Holodomor at gatherings across the country. In doing so, we…

Age

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The public citizenship oath done in a court in front of a judge and one's fellow citizens should be done publicly.

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There's not a word in the Quran or the Hadith that requires that women cover their faces. To the contrary, the only…

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I think very few people in Canada are seeking - to regulate any public expressions of individuals' religions.

People

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You ought not to accept the claim that this is a religious practice. I think that's, frankly, problematic for Islam, for well-intentioned…

Accepting

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It's easier for opposition members to condemn the government at the drop of a hat if they don't understand.

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