Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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 was a little nervous. I didn't expect the Canadians to be so close.

Stephen Harper

You know, the public health system is the only one most Canadians have ever used. It's the only one my family has ever used. We've just got to make it work.

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 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.

We know that Canadians in some instances have not been fully satisfied with these chains.

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.

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.

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

A lot more Canadians are coming down here to play the last few years. Junior golf up there is really strong.

Your country is very close to my heart now. I, for one, will never forget the compassion expressed by Canadians in so many different ways.

Justin Trudeau

I've made the commitment to Canadians that I'm going to stay myself, and I'm going stay open about it, and I'm going to make sure that the thoughtfulness with which I approach issues continues to shine through.

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,

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.

We just wanted to win. In fairness to the Canadians they defended pretty well and the goalkeeper had a blinder.

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

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,

Justin Trudeau

The federal government's role is to establish a process whereby industry can pitch a project, and Canadians can be reassured that this project is worth the risk. That's at the heart of governments granting permits and communities granting permission. People understand we do need economic growth. We do need natural resource projects.

The Canadians are phenomenal sliders. They have a lot of experience. They took to this track very well. They deserve a lot of credit.

Bruce Gordon

In contrast to recent consumer confidence surveys, Canadians seem to show some strong resilience toward investing, even amid rising energy prices and energy-related impacts on equity markets in the past month.

Peter MacKay

It's political blame, that's what is important here. Canadians will get their ultimate say and they will be the ones who will render a final judgment on Mr. Martin and the Liberal party. There's no separating the two.

Sandy Wilson

It's clear that investors are dissatisfied with the fees they pay and those who aren't should be, given the negative effect high fees have on investment returns. Canadians are looking for clear, competitive and transparent pricing with no hidden fees.

These waiting times are the second-longest that Canadians have ever experienced and exist despite record levels of health spending.

Not only the flagship show, but also the cornerstone of the network, MTV Live is the essence of what MTV will become in Canada: bold, unorthodox and thoroughly entertaining. Re-inventing the talk format, MTV Live is an interactive, multi-media platform that will unite Canadians from coast to coast.

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.

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.

Scott Niedermayer

I'm surprised. I thought it would be just us out there ... but I underestimated Canadians a bit, I guess.