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We got into a recession because the global economy went into the recession and we're a big exporting nation.

Stephen Harper

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Stephen Harper
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 30
Economist
Pianist
Politician
Prime Minister Of Canada
City of Toronto
Stephen Joseph Harper
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Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.
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The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House.
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It [referring to calling a Minister Idiot] was probably not an appropriate term, but we support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and our allies and be there with them doing everything necessary to win.
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But I'm very libertarian in the sense that I believe in small government and, as a general rule, I don't believe in imposing values upon people.
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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.
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There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
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There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders.
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If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.
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I do think that all economies need a sense of fiscal discipline especially over the midterm and if you are in the middle of a debt crisis you can't borrow your way out of a debt crisis. That's logically impossible.
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Our government has been in a surplus position up until this year. We should be able to recover to a surplus position shortly, as quickly as the economy recovers. So, we're able to do the kind of stimulus that you see in the United States without deteriorating our debt position in the long-term.
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You don't defend national sovereignty with flags, cheap election rhetoric, and advertising campaigns.
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We're not going to scrap the budget and make up some totally new platform the day after the election. So it's certainly willingness to compromise but we're not going back on the fundamental things we're running on in this campaign.
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It will come as no surprise to anybody to know that I support the traditional definition of marriage as a union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, as expressed in our traditional common law.
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As I constantly remind Canadians, there isnt really a Canadian economy anymore. It is a global economy.
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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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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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I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion.
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It`s all part of the pattern. This is a story of scandal and corruption, investigations, refusals to take responsibility. If this government continues in office, this will continue.
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I know economists will say well, we could run a small deficit but the problem is that once you cross that line as we see in the United States, nothing stops deficits from getting larger and larger and spiralling out of control.
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Withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan... Collect our own revenue from personal income tax... Resume provincial responsibility for health-care policy. If Ottawa objects to provincial policy, fight in the courts... [E]ach province should raise its own revenue for health... It is imperative to take the initiative, to build firewalls around Alberta.
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