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“We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians.”

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The world is now unipolar and contains o-nly o-ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower.

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I forget what the relevant American rate is, but I can tell you that our goal is to have a combined federal-provincial corporate tax…

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The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control.

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I will strive to make this not the highest-spending country in the world, but instead the lowest taxing o-ne.

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The job numbers are positive. We've had more jobs created now than were lost during the recession. We're seeing that the creation, we're seeing…

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After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one…

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