Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Klein

It goes without saying the economic impact is very serious indeed, but there's not much we can do until the full investigation is complete, ... What we can do is tell Canadians and Albertans: Eat beef.

I think Vancouver will be sensational. Canadians love winter sports.

It isn't the same game it was four years ago, or even one year ago. We're a much different team, and the Canadians have made changes as well. The rest of the world is getting better every day. You've got to meet those challenges head-on, or you're going to get caught from behind.

I think the encouraging things are to see some of the performances of the young Canadians that have been at their first Games.

Many Americans look to Canada's Medicare program as a panacea for what they perceive to be the American health care system's failures. These wonderful visions of Canada's socialized health program tend to ignore the very real costs that system imposes on Canadians in need of medically necessary care: long wait times that can stretch into months or even years of painful and detrimental delay. The reality is that Canada's Medicare program is a model for no one, not even Canada.

We have Canadians on our hockey team, obviously, but we also have a good number of Canadians in our general student population. It feels good for them, I think, to have that. And we're close to home for them so their families can see them play.

We have to take leadership of this file. If we're simply passive about it, just sit back and surround ourselves with the wealth and let other Canadians chew this over and decide what to do, we're going to lose control of the issue.

We encourage, most sincerely, that Canadians donate generously in these last few hours,

Jim Flaherty

We're always flexible and pragmatic... It's always important to watch the unemployment rate and to make sure that we can keep most Canadians working. We were successful in that back in 2008-09.

Jason Bay

To win this in a year (2005) when so many Canadians had good seasons is amazing. I'd love to win a World Series one day, but, on a personal level, it's very gratifying to recognized by your country.

The Senate's lack of diversity is so glaring and so problematic to the future of our institution that it heightens the desire of many Canadians to have our Upper Chamber abolished because it is irrelevant and unrepresentative of Canada's cultural mosaic,

Are all Canadians talented musicians? Sometimes it seems like it.

Saving 50 cents on a gallon of gas was a big deal to Canadians when the price was at $1.50 a gallon, but not nearly as big a deal when it's at $3 a gallon.

Stephen Harper

Rather than forcing new Canadians to pay nearly C$1,000 on their arrival, immigrants and their families should be able to keep more of their money in their own pockets to start a new life in Canada.

Sandy Wilson

The research says many Canadians feel they pay too much in fees for the quality of service they receive. This is a troubling fact given the significant negative effect fees can have on investment returns over the long term.

They signed the first ministers accord. It's their deal. It's their promise to Canadians. They're letting Canadians down,

For Canadians to take part in the rescue efforts is an extremely significant show of support, and the prime minister chose to be there to send off the Canadians who are going to help in this very tragic situation.

Justin Trudeau

I trust Canadians to be able to look at the different parties, the different leaders, the plans, the teams, and make a responsible choice. And I'm very, very confident that's exactly what Canadians are going to do.

There's no more left in the wine cellar because all these Canadians are eating pizza and washing it down with Barolo.

Nik Nanos

We fully endorse the government's initiative to strengthen and enhance its procurement process. Our industry has worked with the federal government for many years to improve procurement rules for public opinion research. The result has been better value for Canadians and a better process for our industry.

The public trust ... was subverted and betrayed, and Canadians were outraged, not only be cause public funds were wasted and misappropriated, but also because no one was held responsible or punished for his misconduct,

We could dance around the topic of how we were getting coverage of the latest crisis involving Canadians in Indonesia while seeming to concentrate on heads and tails,

Duff Gibson

In my mind, it's more likely we'll have two Canadians than one. Being on the podium is something I've dreamed about my entire life. If my dream doesn't come true it would be a nice consolation to have one of my teammates up there.

Stephen Harper

If the Liberals are re-elected, this is what Canadians can look forward to, a government pre-occupied with ongoing scandals, corruption and police investigations.

Ralph Goodale

Canadians will wonder why their personal income taxes went down last year - but just for one year - and now they have jumped back up again.

Canadians will continue to steal other people's property until we tell them it is wrong and find ways to stop them.

Andrew Cohen

Canadians want liberalism without Liberals, or preferably Conservatives without conservatism.

Canadians should not be fooled into thinking that this small reduction in overall waiting is a good-news story.

Stephen Harper

Canadians need and they want and deserve a change. and to get that change we need a change in government ... a new Conservative government.

Stephen Harper

Canadians have seen nothing other than 100 days of inaction from the government,

Canadians have been left wondering whatever happened to the promise shown by the health plan,

Canadians don't trust the NDP with their money and Canadians don't trust the Conservatives with their rights.

Stephen Harper

Canadians can disagree, but it takes a lot to get Canadians to intensely hate something or hate somebody. And it usually involves hockey.