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
There's a very small window of opportunity and I think the government is going to take that opportunity away by ensuring that we don't have anything that would possibly trigger a vote of confidence or could be construed as such.
Before the government moves ahead with this legislation, Parliament needs to ensure that any new surveillance powers are complemented with adequate judicial oversight,
I guess my natural inclination is to finish what I started. We have a Conservative government in Nova Scotia. What I want to see is a Conservative government in Ottawa.
My gut tells me and continues to tell me that the Conservative party is on a road back to government.
What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work.
Cyberbullying is an issue that affects all of us and demands that Canadians work together to put an end to it. This national public awareness campaign is an important step in protecting our children online. Along with our government’s introduction of Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, we are taking clear action to tackle cyberbullying.
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,
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.
There's a few people who are discontented -- this happens even in governing parties,
They appear to be consistently crossing the line step by step and becoming less and less communicative.
Nova Scotia is my home and I have a great deal of affection for my province but having said that, I made the decision some time ago to enter federal politics,
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.
There's a lot of possibility that there could be a motion (on Thursday) that could be tantamount to confidence.
It's a clear signal that I'll be staying in federal politics supporting a man who I consider to be very honest and intelligent,