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“There are hundreds of Canadian communities that have given more thought to hiring their rink manager than they have to electing their member of Parliament.”

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I think on all the debate on immigration, and all of that, the class of person that should be given the benefit of the doubt is the genuine refugee that is just in real desperate strait. Some of them are in the United States illegally because of [human] trafficking. They were caught up in trafficking, and you can argue to…

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A revolutionary should neither look or act like one to get ahead in Canada.

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Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics.

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When the initial effort of political and business leaders to influence public opinion on an issue is to threaten rather than to engage and…

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When we classify an issue as a 'shield issue' it is usually because we feel that someone else occupies the high ground on that…

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Besides my religious commitment, the greatest single factor that has enabled me to pursue my business and political objectives has been the security and…

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My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

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Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent.

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