Ralph Klein
Ralph Klein
Ralph Phillip Klein, OC AOEwas a Canadian politician who served as the 12th Premier of Alberta and leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta from 1992 until his retirement in 2006. Klein's tenure as premier ended when the Alberta Progressive Conservatives' new leader, Ed Stelmach, assumed office December 14, 2006, exactly fourteen years after Klein first became Premier. His nickname was "King Ralph", a reference to his political longevity and his management style. Klein continued the PC dynasty, winning...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth29 July 1931
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I know that in this province, the buck would have stopped with me, ... I would first of all, if they could track me down, I would be hung. And if they couldn't, I would have to find a place far enough away in the world to hide.
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You can talk to whoever you want, as far as I'm concerned it was unanimous,
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Dinosaur farts? I don’t know.
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bright, articulate individual, perhaps he's seen as too much on the right.
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That support was not what I anticipated, nor is it strong enough for me to stay on as long as I had intended.
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Like the song says, you ain't seen nothing yet. It's one of the legacies I would like to leave.
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The $72 million that was spent on the two auditoriums, the Jubes in Calgary and Edmonton, was spent in the inside of the auditoriums to make them more performance-friendly. All of the seats point into the stage so people will have a wonderful opportunity to see the performances unimpeded,
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The amount of activity now taking place in Fort McMurray with the oilsands is nothing short of phenomenal,
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I don't know who would challenge it, other than the bad guys, the people who have an interest in selling drugs to children,
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I didn't get the result that I had anticipated, but I am going to meet with my staff and my caucus, of course, and members of the party, and determine what I am going to do. I will have something concrete for you next week, mid-week.
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On the give-it-back side ... it was decided that we would establish a figure of about $400, maybe slightly in excess of $400, and that would be given to every man, woman and child, but the cheques would be mailed to the household ... one cheque per household,
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so I might be getting a ticket, who knows? Or Guy will, anyway.
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Shirley expects to have something finalized in a month or so and we expect to have cheques in the mail by the end of this year,
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We're sending as much oil as we possibly can to accommodate the people in New Orleans. The pipeline capacity is very limited.