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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They vote as to whether they're going to have one. And if they have one, to me that says that there's no confidence in me.
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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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I'm reminding them to look at the big picture, at what we contribute to the Confederation,
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I'm pleased to announce today that $1.4 billion of this year's surplus is going to be used to improve access to health services across the province,
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The U.S. administration is finally paying attention to the oilsands in particular,
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bright, articulate individual, perhaps he's seen as too much on the right.
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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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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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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.
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It's just that there's other things to do. The legislature is one thing on my agenda, and you've got to look at my daily agenda. It's huge,
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It's the politics of the Liberal party that they seem to get away with this kind of thing in Ontario and to some degree in Quebec. He'll likely form another government. Whether it's a minority or a majority, I don't know. But certainly he'll get votes out of Ontario.