Quotes by Erin O'toole - Page 2

I'm known on the Hill for having respect, I think, on all sides of the House of Commons because I don't buy into treating people poorly.
Erin O'toole /
House Of Commons
Sides
Commons
Poorly
Treating
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I believe that Conservatives do best when we focus on strong ideas for our future and when we leverage the strength of grassroots across the country.
Erin O'toole /
Focus
Grassroots
Across
Conservatives
Leverage
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There are no oil rigs in the Durham region of Ontario and the only energy that our area is known for is the electricity generated from nuclear power.
Erin O'toole /
Electricity
Nuclear Power
Ontario
Region
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I am proud our government has passed a law that ensures priority hiring of Veterans, as I advocated for this, and spoke about it in the House of Commons.
Erin O'toole /
Hiring
House Of Commons
Commons
Veterans
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Greenhouse gas production, water usage and environmental issues more broadly are being mitigated by Canadian technological advances more and more each year.
Erin O'toole /
Environmental
Environmental Issues
Gas
Usage
Advances
Each Year
Greenhouse
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I have been asking for Canada to take cybersecurity and other issues seriously and ensure that Huawei is not allowed to contribute to our 5G infrastructure.
Erin O'toole /
Canada
Infrastructure
Allowed
Contribute
Ensure
Seriously
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Keeping young people out of community work sponsored by faith groups means an entire generation won't be as well-equipped to think and believe for themselves.
Erin O'toole /
Groups
Faith Work Believe
Entire
Generation
Sponsored
Young People
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The federal government needs to make it clear that recognition of Indigenous rights means that when Indigenous bands and their leadership approve projects, we listen.
Erin O'toole /
Leadership
Clear
Federal Government
Indigenous
Projects
Recognition
Rights
Approve
Federal
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While Justin Trudeau uses the slogan, 'Diversity is our strength,' he has demonstrated time and again that he does not extend that diversity to thought or conscience.
Erin O'toole /
Conscience
Justin
Time Strength Diversity
Slogan
Extend
Uses
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You can't build a strong future for millennials or young people just based on social media. If so, they'd be all secure with Mr. Trudeau, who is very good at social media.
Erin O'toole /
Millennials
Secure
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China wants Western countries to be timid. Its strategic foreign policy has been to make any criticism of the Communist Party of China seem unreasonable or even Sinophobic.
Erin O'toole /
Communist
Communist Party
Criticism
Foreign Policy
Strategic
Unreasonable
Timid
Western Countries
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We have to be eyes-wide-open with China. If I'm prime minister, we will have a serious, mature approach with China that I think shows our concerns with them on the global stage.
Erin O'toole /
Mature
Prime Minister
Concerns
Minister
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We all know there are vast differences between Trump and Trudeau as people, but we need to separate that from the pursuit of the mutual interests of the United States and Canada.
Erin O'toole /
Canada
Differences
Mutual
Pursuit
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I don't think anyone who's had a casual observation of the Trump administration will suggest that their priority is going to be environment, Indigenous and other things like that.
Erin O'toole /
Casual
Indigenous
Observation
Suggest
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Somebody should be able to come to Canada tomorrow and have success. If there's any barriers, if there's any racism, we're going to send a real message that there's zero tolerance.
Erin O'toole /
Barriers
Canada
Racism
Tolerance
Zero Tolerance
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Enhancing our NORAD relationship will remind the Americans that both our economic and security interests are integrated in such a way that you could not possibly view them as apart.
Erin O'toole /
Integrated
Enhancing
Remind
Such A Way
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Trudeau's obsession with China should not come as a surprise. For decades, many Canadian corporate and financial insiders were espousing deeper and closer ties with China at all costs.
Erin O'toole /
China
Corporate
Decades
Deeper
Obsession
Surprise
Ties
Closer
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I've been standing up against what I call the 'virtue signalling' from Justin Trudeau which actually ignores the real challenges of the day and offers symbolic gestures as a substitute.
Erin O'toole /
Gestures
Justin
Offers
Symbolic
Virtue
Substitute
Ignores
Standing Up
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When I was in the military, my dad ran in the Mike Harris 1995 Common Sense Revolution election, and that's where I really made the decision that one day I would love to run for office.
Erin O'toole /
Common
Common Sense
Decision
Election
Mike
Military
Office
One Day
Ran
Revolution
Love Dad Day
Harris
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Even when there's disagreements politically or among veterans or among advocacy organizations, let's agree to do that respectfully and show care and compassion to those who have served us.
Erin O'toole /
Advocacy
Compassion
Disagreements
Respectfully
Served
Veterans
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Every time we refuse to stand up for liberty and our core beliefs as a nation in the face of aggression from the Chinese regime, we legitimize their behaviour and encourage more bully tactics.
Erin O'toole /
Aggression
Behaviour
Bully
Beliefs
Stand Up
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Whereas Canada and our allies see the rule of law, freedom of speech, and fair elections as the guardrails to a more secure world, Beijing sees them as a threat to the rule of the Communist Party.
Erin O'toole /
Allies
Beijing
Canada
Communist
Communist Party
Freedom Of Speech
Rule Of Law
Secure
Threat
Freedom World Freedom Of Speech
Elections
Sees
Whereas
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Communist party leadership in China knows that Canada's political and media elite values feeling superior to the United States more than they value standing on principle on the international stage.
Erin O'toole /
Leadership
Canada
China
Communist
Communist Party
International
Media
Party
Stage
States
United States
Elite
Principle
Superior
Value
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Do we go back and be the mushy middle party? Or do we have conservative, principled ideas for all the issues of the day, from the economy, from foreign policy, defence, security, that's the choice.
Erin O'toole /
Conservative
Defence
Economy
Foreign Policy
Middle
Party
Policy
Principled
Security
Choice
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I saw the role my dad had in the community, helping people. At Christmas, people would come by with cards thanking him for helping with something for the business or their farm. And I just saw the impact.
Erin O'toole /
Cards
Farm
Thanking
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On trade, a Conservative government would challenge China's actions on canola and meat imports through the World Trade Organization and withdraw funding from the Chinese-run Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Erin O'toole /
Asia
China
Funding
Imports
Infrastructure
Investment
Meat
Organization
Trade
World Trade
World Trade Organization
Actions
Bank
Challenge
Conservative Government
Trade Organization
Withdraw
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I'm a proud conservative and firmly believe in a principled approach to foreign policy - one that builds on our values and interests as a country. This approach has made me a resolute and strong friend to Israel.
Erin O'toole /
Approach
Conservative
Foreign Policy
Policy
Principled
Resolute
Builds
Firmly
Believe Me Country
Foreign
Interests
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There's a number of other things where people can advocate for their positions, from a faith point of view on right to life and a whole range of things, that don't involve removing the rights of another Canadian.
Erin O'toole /
Point Of View
Range
Advocate
Involve
Positions
Removing
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It is time for free nations to stop ignoring or even normalizing tyranny. Not only is it the right thing to do - but it's also the only way to stand up for our national security and the safety of the Canadian people.
Erin O'toole /
National Security
Right Thing
Safety
Tyranny
Time Free People
Canadian
Ignoring
Stand Up
The Right Thing
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We need a principled leader who will unite our party by respecting all conservatives. A leader who can show more urban and suburban Canadians that their values of liberty, family and equality are at the core of our party.
Erin O'toole /
Equality
Principled
Urban
Canadians
Conservatives
Respecting
Suburban
Unite
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The Conservatives will have a serious plan that is not a tax on families and businesses, that will get our emissions down by partnering, by being strategic and and taking it seriously, but not through just a tax mechanism.
Erin O'toole /
Emissions
Mechanism
Strategic
Conservatives
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China's propaganda approach with the West is different than the one used by the Soviet Union, which used Western belligerence to maintain its control over its domestic audience. China's strategy is one of influence and inertia.
Erin O'toole /
Inertia
Propaganda
Soviet
Soviet Union
Strategy
Domestic
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By the 1970s, Western sanctions had hollowed out the Soviet economy. Ultimately, however, what brought down the Soviets was their inability to repair the catastrophic damage that began with the meeting of Igor Gouzenko and the RCMP.
Erin O'toole /
Damage
Inability
Sanctions
Soviet
Catastrophic
Repair
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I have more experience in the green economy than anyone in that Liberal caucus. I care about it. But we don't put all of our chips in it. With the Trudeau government, it is all about rhetoric and ideology and not about a practical approach.
Erin O'toole /
Caucus
Chips
Ideology
Rhetoric
Practical
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As I have said several times, Veterans are not a monolithic group that has the same needs and desires. They want to be fulfilled, support their family and have options after their years in uniform. A job in government should not be the only option.
Erin O'toole /
Fulfilled
Desires
Option
Uniform
Veterans
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Helping parents to meet the everyday costs of raising their families, helping them lift themselves up to create a better life for their children and keeping them safe is what motivated me to get into public life, and it continues to drive me every day.
Erin O'toole /
Better Life
Public Life
Life Me Better
Life Me Day
Lift
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The freedoms of religion, thought and speech are all fundamental rights Canadians not only enjoy, we have fought for them at home and abroad. We know that a vibrant democracy means that on some issues, Canadians will understandably have different views.
Erin O'toole /
Religion
Democracy
Enjoy
Fundamental Rights
Rights
Views
Abroad
Canadians
Fought
Fundamental
Vibrant
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If Canadians want to know what the Conservatives' ideas are or plans are on the environment, on Indigenous reconciliation, on any issue that Canadians are looking for some leadership, we have to have a plan and an approach. We can't just run on the economy.
Erin O'toole /
Indigenous
Plans
Reconciliation
Canadians
Conservatives
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In a democratic society, nothing will ever receive unanimous support. The way to deal with this is to empower elected governments and ensure that they answer to voters, not to give a veto to those who are the loudest or most willing to protest or break the law.
Erin O'toole /
Society
Break
Democratic
Democratic Society
Law
Protest
Support
Veto
Voters
Willing
Answer
Those
Deal
Ever
Elected
Empower
Ensure
Give
Governments
Loudest
Receive
Unanimous
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An O'Toole government will pass a Freedom of Movement Act that will make it a criminal offence to block a railway, airport, port, or major road, or to block the entrance to a business or household in a way that prevents people from lawfully entering or leaving.
Erin O'toole /
Household
Offence
Port
Railway
Airport
Criminal
Entrance
Prevents
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We must be sure that Canadians realize that our political differences with the Communist government in China has nothing to do with the country of China, or its people. The millions of Canadians with Chinese ancestry are not connected to our diplomatic differences with Beijing.
Erin O'toole /
Ancestry
Beijing
Communist
Differences
Canadians
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I wore a uniform to stand up for all rights and that means I don't pick or choose which I defend, whether it's for equality rights or women's rights. I've been consistent on that in my public life. I've also stood up for religious freedom, conscience rights of freedom of speech.
Erin O'toole /
Equality
Conscience
Consistent
Freedom Of Speech
Public Life
Religious Freedom
Life Freedom Women
Choose
Defend
Pick
Stand Up
Stood
Uniform
Wore
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For many years I have talked about building a Hire a Veteran culture in Canada in order that both public and private sector employers understand and value military training and experience in their hiring programs. For me, this work began long before I became a Member of Parliament.
Erin O'toole /
Canada
Employers
Hiring
Military Training
Parliament
Private Sector
Hire
Programs
Sector
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Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand have stood together in the long struggle for freedom for decades. We have a responsibility to the people of Hong Kong to support them as they struggle to maintain the freedom that was guaranteed to them by Beijing in 1984.
Erin O'toole /
Beijing
Canada
Decades
Hong Kong
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Guaranteed
Long Struggle
Stood
Zealand
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Like all Canadians, I was deeply frustrated by the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. Conservatives are the party of free trade, and numerous Conservative MPs, including our leader Andrew Scheer, have travelled to the United States to help make the case for Canada.
Erin O'toole /
Andrew
Canada
Free Trade
Frustrated
Steel
Canadians
Conservatives
Donald Trump
Impose
Numerous
Travelled
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Canada has been conspicuously silent as other countries criticize the actions of Beijing and the World Health Organization in the response to COVID-19. In return for remaining silent, China calls us a 'fine partner' and reminds Canada that we are in line for medical supplies provided we have our cash ready when the planes arrive.
Erin O'toole /
Health
Beijing
Canada
Cash
China
Criticize
Fine
Organization
Other Countries
Planes
Ready
Response
Return
Silent
Supplies
Actions
Health Medical World
Arrive
Calls
Conspicuously
Countries
Line
Partner
Provided
Remaining
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