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First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government.

Stephen Harper

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Stephen Harper
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 30
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Prime Minister Of Canada
City of Toronto
Stephen Joseph Harper
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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.
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For taxpayers, however, it’s [pay equity] a rip-off. And it has nothing to do with gender. Both men and women taxpayers will pay additional money to both men and women in the civil service. That’s why the federal government should scrap its ridiculous pay equity law.
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We want to see oil and gas regulations on a continental basis given the integrated nature of this industry, with the current conditions in the oil and gas sector, this government will not consider unilateral regulation.
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If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.
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I think we're vastly over-invested in universities. Universities should be relatively small and provide excellent education and research in a number of specialized areas. I think the vast majority of young people should be going through non-university, post-secondary training.
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The Liberals may blather about protecting cultural minorities, but the fact is that undermining the traditional definition of marriage is an assault on multiculturalism and the practices in those communities.
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The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House.
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There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
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I was asked to speak about Canadian politics. It may not be true, but it's legendary that if you're like all Americans, you know almost nothing except for your own country. Which makes you probably knowledgeable about one more country than most Canadians.
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Faith teaches that there is a right and wrong beyond mere opinion or desire. Most importantly, it teaches us that freedom is not an end in itself, that how freedom is exercised matters as much as freedom itself
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We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, which will not through a whole range of economic development, regional development corporate subsidization programs.
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We also support the exploration of alternative ways to deliver health care. Moving toward alternatives, including those provided by the private sector, is a natural development of our health care system.
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It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern.
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If you want to diminish the number of abortions, you've got to change hearts and not laws.
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When Ralph Goodale tried to tax Income Trusts they showed us where they stood, they showed us their attitude towards raiding Seniors hard earned assets and a Conservative government will never allow either of these parties to get away with that.
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Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy.
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The time has come to recognize that the U.S. will continue to exercise unprecedented power in a world where international rules are still unreliable and where security and advancing of the free democratic order still depend significantly on the possession and use of military might.
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What we clearly need is experimentation with market reforms and private delivery options [in health care].
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Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.
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Everybody makes money when times are good. It's when times are not so good that the groundwork is laid for the next generation.
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