It [referring to calling a Minister "Idiot"] was probably not an appropriate term, but we support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and our allies and be there with them doing everything necessary to win. Stephen Harper More Quotes by Stephen Harper More Quotes From Stephen Harper My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views. Stephen Harper abortionissuesviews We're not going to scrap the budget and make up some totally new platform the day after the election. So it's certainly willingness to compromise but we're not going back on the fundamental things we're running on in this campaign. Stephen Harper campaignsfundamentalsrunning I think it's a typical hidden agenda of the Liberal party... They had the courts do it for them, they put the judges in they wanted, then they failed to appeal -- failed to fight the case in court... I think the federal government deliberately lost this case in court and got the change to the law done through the back door. Stephen Harper partyfightingthinking What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it. Stephen Harper partygovernmenthouse The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control. Stephen Harper jackassescanadaelection Canada is a vast and empty country. Stephen Harper emptycanadacountry We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters. Stephen Harper alliesgovernmentshould-have I intend to lead my party, which is the only party that has a serious policy on the No. 1 priority of the people and that is the economy. Stephen Harper prioritiespartypeople Our government has been in a surplus position up until this year. We should be able to recover to a surplus position shortly, as quickly as the economy recovers. So, we're able to do the kind of stimulus that you see in the United States without deteriorating our debt position in the long-term. Stephen Harper economykind But the Progressive Conservative is very definitely liberal Republican. These are people who are moderately conservative on economic matters, and in the past have been moderately liberal, even sometimes quite liberal on social policy matters. Stephen Harper matterpeoplepast I don't know if for sure in absolute terms if Jim Flaherty is the best Finance Minster in the world, but I am sure that he is the best Finance Minster per inch in the world. Stephen Harper inchesfinanceworld Redirect federal spending aimed at fulfilling the terms of the increasingly irrelevant Kyoto Protocol. Stephen Harper kyoto-protocolspendingterm The world is now unipolar and contains o-nly o-ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower. Stephen Harper canadashareworld I think I have been perfectly clear in saying that I hope Canadians do elect a majority government. I think this cycle of election after election, minority after minority is beginning to put some of the country's interests in serious jeopardy. Stephen Harper governmentcountrythinking The fact of the matter is, we have the strongest banking system in the world. Stephen Harper world I don't get into that second guessing of myself publicly. Stephen Harper second-guessingguessing We're always willing to look at ways NAFTA can work better. But it's a fine line between looking at ways to make it work better and actually starting to open the agreement. I think, if you actually opened the agreement, I think you would get into a negotiation that - that would never terminate. Stephen Harper negotiationthinking If we start thinking simply nationally, and we start having policies that try and restrict the benefits only within our borders, and try and implement protectionist measures as a consequence, this will not have the effect we need to have on the global economy. And that's ultimately the global economy that's pulling most of us down, particularly countries like Canada, that aren't the source of these current economic troubles. Stephen Harper tryingcountrythinking I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome. Stephen Harper overcomingculturethinking If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people. Stephen Harper minoritiesgovernmentpeople
