Preston Manning
Preston Manning
Ernest Preston Manning, PC CC AOEis a conservative Canadian politician. He was the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance. He sat in Parliament for the Canadian Alliance until his retirement from federal politics in 2002, after which it in turn merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form today's Conservative Party of Canada. Manning sits as an advisor to Canada's Ecofiscal Commission...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 June 1942
CountryCanada
For many years I have advocated 'redesigning Parliament' in a variety of ways - elect the Senate, do away with the 'confidence convention,' permit freer voting, strengthen the role of back benchers and committees, do away with ineffectual 'take note' debates, restructure question period, and so on.
What used to be considered conservative values... are increasingly becoming more mainstream values.
I was dissatisfied with the status quo back in the 80's, particularly how the West was represented in federation. I wanted to try to change it.
I guess I'd like to get old and die, in that order.
When the initial effort of political and business leaders to influence public opinion on an issue is to threaten rather than to engage and persuade, they further arouse public opposition rather than win support.
When we classify an issue as a 'shield issue' it is usually because we feel that someone else occupies the high ground on that issue. We feel we can't win on that issue and so we adopt a defensive posture.
We need to apply the science of communication to the communication of science.
Where I think we're headed is a system of universal care, where everybody is covered ... with two tracks for delivery, and two tracks for payment. It's not a question of private versus public, but what mix of the two is appropriate.
The reduced support for the government is surely a warning that the government must heed. And the warning is that you cannot break your promises,
In this election, many Canadians are asking, 'What are you going to do about my high taxes, how are your proposals going to improve my job prospects, what fresh ideas do you offer to keep my country together?'
In retrospect, our decision to resuscitate would appear to have been a good one. We have gone from a mere 30 attendees per meeting to an average of 150 attendees. With each meeting, we are increasing our profile in the communities,
The Halton Peel Canadian Club was launched in September of 2001,
Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics.
There is a whole school of Canadian academics, media personalities, and politicians whose definition of a Canadian is a North American who fears or dislikes the United States.