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 is supposed to accept without question. Stephen Harper Read Quote
Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took. Stephen Harper Read Quote
But I’ve been very clear in this campaign – I don’t believe the party should have a position on abortion. Stephen Harper Read Quote
What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it. Stephen Harper Read Quote
As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions. Stephen Harper Read Quote
I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it’s essential to do so. Stephen Harper Read Quote
It’s the government’s obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern. Stephen Harper Read Quote
We have to remember we’re in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies, but to help the global economy as well, and that’s why it’s so critical that measures in those packages avoid anything that smacks of protectionism. Stephen Harper Read Quote
My own views on abortion, I’m not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views. Stephen Harper Read Quote
