Peter MacKay
Peter MacKay
Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, QCis a lawyer and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2015 and has served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Minister of National Defence, and Minister of Foreign Affairsin the Cabinet of Canada under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. MacKay was the final leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and he agreed to merge the party with Stephen Harper's Canadian Alliance in 2003, forming the Conservative...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 September 1965
CountryCanada
for the simple reason that I love Nova Scotia. That's my home. It's where my family is and my heart ... so that always factors in.
He wanted to continue the work he was able to begin under a Liberal government. And he felt the best way for him to serve his constituents and get results and to focus on a file that is of huge importance to Canada -- namely softwood lumber -- that by being the Trade Minister he might just be able to make that breakthrough that will undoubtedly bring huge benefits back to Canada.
This was not meant to be a slight to anyone.
The people who are involved in these type of shootings are not the type of individuals who are going to adhere to a gun ban or ever register a gun, period. The Liberal party has proven time and time again that they're more concerned with the optics than the practicalities of these issues.
Before the government moves ahead with this legislation, Parliament needs to ensure that any new surveillance powers are complemented with adequate judicial oversight,
They'll sign deals with the NDP. They'll buy members of Parliament. They'll make appointments. These are the things that caused the Parliament to descend into the type of acrimony we saw in the last session.
I don't think it bodes well for the Liberal Party . . . that nobody wants to step up to the plate. And now, with almost all of what I would describe as tier-one Liberal leadership candidates taking themselves out of the running, they are going to be left, really, with a void in this leadership campaign.
I learned a long time ago that you never say 'never', but this is all about timing and it's all about the commitment that I've given to the party and to the leader and to my constituents,
In fact, I'm told more who came from the other side of the legacy party (were affected), so this isn't something that is along party divisions or affiliations, it has nothing to do with that.
I believe I can be the person who can bring together conservatives across this country in a spirit of cooperation so that we can once again form government. This is not an agreement for merger with other political parties. Merger is a mathematical equation which does not guarantee victory.
I don't think we're ever going to be in a position where we can say this is the template, this is the checklist, that must be met [for intervention].
My gut tells me and continues to tell me that the Conservative party is on a road back to government.
It's not as if our party has a leadership campaign underway.
We have to stress our conservative credentials and emphasize that we are the natural, national alternative to the Liberals. Clearly the Alliance has shown it can't break out of its Western box. The Alliance is at single-digit support in three quarters of the country.