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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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Stephen Harper
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 30
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Stephen Joseph Harper
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If we are willing to be still and open enough to listen, wilderness itself will teach us.
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If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.
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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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The world is now unipolar and contains o-nly o-ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower.
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I don't know all the facts on Iraq, but I think we should work closely with the Americans.
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I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so.
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The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House.
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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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I don't know if for sure in absolute terms if Jim Flaherty is the best Finance Minster in the world, but I am sure that he is the best Finance Minster per inch in the world.
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I believe very strongly that in this world you have to have values and you have to stand up for your interests and if you don't do those things you're not going to get anywhere.
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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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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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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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