Quotes by Maxime Bernier - Page 2

We must start pushing back against this politically correct nonsense that's destroying our society and culture.
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Destroying
Nonsense
Politically Correct
Pushing
Correct
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A tax on capital is self-defeating, in that it slows down capital accumulation, investment and economic growth.
Maxime Bernier /
Economic Growth
Investment
Accumulate
Self-Defeating
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Yes, I worked in Montreal. I worked there for 20 years... I came back to Beauce in 2006 to represent the Beaucerons.
Maxime Bernier /
Montreal
Represent
Yes
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People who refuse to integrate into our society and want to live apart in their ghetto don't make our society strong.
Maxime Bernier /
Ghetto
Society People Live
Integrate
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I don't want our country to be like other countries in Europe in having a challenge to integrate their new immigrants.
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Immigrants
Other Countries
Integrate
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A small group of motivated citizens can potentially have as much influence as a lobby group spending millions of dollars.
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Lobby
Millions Of Dollars
Potentially
Small Group
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If we want conservative principles to win the battle of ideas, we have to defend them openly, with passion and conviction.
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Conviction
Principles
Defend
Openly
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Diversity, it is good. This country has been built by diversity. But diversity in sharing of values? For me, it's not good.
Maxime Bernier /
Sharing
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When we tolerate violations to the Constitution, the entire moral foundation of our political system is shaken to its core.
Maxime Bernier /
Tolerate
Political System
Shaken
Violations
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I'm the only one who is saying, 'Let's take fewer immigrants.' We want people to integrate, we don't want ghettos in Canada.
Maxime Bernier /
Canada
Fewer
Immigrants
People Who Only
Integrate
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You know, I'm a free market politician and I think I'm the only one who worked for think-tanks like the Montreal Economic Institute.
Maxime Bernier /
Free Market
Institute
Montreal
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A Constitution is not meant to be a flexible arrangement which evolves from one decade to another depending on political expediency.
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Expediency
Flexible
Meant To Be
Arrangement
Decade
Depending
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Prosperity has nothing to do with the quantity of money that we have in our pockets, but rather with the quantity of goods that we can buy.
Maxime Bernier /
Goods
Pockets
Quantity
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It's nice to have dreams, but when you use borrowed money to achieve them and act as if money grows on trees, you may have a brutal awakening.
Maxime Bernier /
Awakening
Borrowed
Brutal
Grows
Trees
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Monetary policy is one of the most difficult topics in economics. But also, I believe, a topic of absolutely crucial importance for our prosperity.
Maxime Bernier /
Crucial
Economics
Monetary
Monetary Policy
Prosperity
Topic
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You can save a lot of money when you have responsible and bold policies that are in line with our principles, and we are telling the truth to Canadians.
Maxime Bernier /
Principles
Telling The Truth
Bold
Canadians
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While the other parties look at polls and focus groups to decide what they stand for, and pander to every special interest group, we follow our principles.
Maxime Bernier /
Focus Groups
Polls
Special Interest
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Our immigration policy should not aim to forcibly change the cultural character and social fabric of Canada, as radical proponents of multiculturalism want.
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Aim
Canada
Fabric
Immigration
Immigration Policy
Multiculturalism
Radical
Social Fabric
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I can understand why immigrants would want to bring the rest of their extended family here, including older ones who will benefit from our health-care system.
Maxime Bernier /
Extended Family
Immigrants
Extended
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We Conservatives believe not in big, interventionist, centralized government. But in small and limited government, government as close to the people as possible.
Maxime Bernier /
Limited Government
Government Believe People
Centralized
Conservatives
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I hope that more Canadians will become interested in in how the inflation rate target affects our purchasing power, our standard of living and therefore our life.
Maxime Bernier /
Inflation
Purchasing
Purchasing Power
Rate
Target
Affects
Canadians
Standard
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If you believe in free markets, I don't want to make any compromise with my principles and I think that's the right policy for Canadians and for Canadian consumers.
Maxime Bernier /
Compromise
Principles
Canadians
Free Markets
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We must give less money to these provinces, like my own province of Quebec, and give them the right incentive to develop their own natural resources and their economy.
Maxime Bernier /
Natural Resources
Quebec
Incentive
Less Money
Province
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The electric car, it's not the government saying, 'Oh, we must have electric cars.' The market was ready for that. People were ready for that, so, we have electric cars.
Maxime Bernier /
Electric
Ready
Oh
Electric Cars
Market
Saying
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You can be of any ethnic background or faith and be a Canadian if you share fundamental Canadian values, learn about our history and culture, and integrate in our society.
Maxime Bernier /
Ethnic Background
Ethnic
Integrate
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If you're choosing somebody that doesn't have the competence, but because it's a young guy, or it's a lady or if it's a man, it's a positive discrimination and I won't push that.
Maxime Bernier /
Competence
Discrimination
Choosing
Lady
Young Guy
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I have said many times that racist and bigots are not welcome in our party... The journalists who don't want to recognize this and keep coming back with questions of bigotry can just take a hike.
Maxime Bernier /
Bigots
Welcome
Hike
Journalists
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Do we want to emphasize our ethnic and religious differences, and exploit them to buy votes, as the Liberals are doing? Or emphasize what unites us and the values that can guarantee social cohesion?
Maxime Bernier /
Cohesion
Differences
Emphasize
Ethnic
Exploit
Guarantee
Liberals
Unites
Votes
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The Conservative Party tries to avoid important but controversial issues of concern to Conservatives and Canadians in general. It is afraid to articulate any coherent philosophy to support its positions.
Maxime Bernier /
Concern
Conservative Party
Controversial
Articulate
Canadians
Coherent
Positions
Tries
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Nationalism can be a destructive force when it promotes intolerance and division. But it can also be a force for good, when it seeks to defend local autonomy against the homogenizing forces of larger entities.
Maxime Bernier /
Good
Autonomy
Destructive
Division
Force
Intolerance
Nationalism
Against
Also
Defend
Entities
Larger
Local
Seeks
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From the perspective of corporations, taxes are an additional cost of doing business. If you increase their taxes, to remain profitable they will have to find ways to lower other costs, or to increase revenues.
Maxime Bernier /
Corporations
Profitable
Additional
Revenues
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My party will do nothing on climate change because environment, it's a shared jurisdiction, and provinces, they have programs for that, and so I'll let provinces decide what they're going to do to fight climate change.
Maxime Bernier /
Climate Change
Jurisdiction
Provinces
Change Fight Climate
Programs
Shared
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Brian Mulroney came to power in 1984 and privatized Petro-Canada, brought in the GST and signed the free trade agreement with the U.S. He was a great prime minister and made bold conservative changes. That's all I want to do.
Maxime Bernier /
Agreement
Brian
Free Trade
Prime
Prime Minister
Bold
Minister
Signed
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We must go back and we must be sure that our immigrants will be well-integrated into our society, and the best way to do that is to have more economic immigrants, less refugees a little bit and less reunufication of families.
Maxime Bernier /
Best Way
Immigrants
Refugees
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Some may remember that, in 2010, I publicly broke ranks with my colleagues from the Quebec City area who were pushing our government to subsidize a new sports amphitheater in the city. They had seized on this popular project to... What else? Buy votes.
Maxime Bernier /
Broke
Colleagues
Pushing
Subsidize
Publicly
Ranks
Seized
Votes
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I am in politics to defend ideas, real conservative ideas. Because I passionately care about Canada's future. Because I know that the free-market conservative philosophy has the best solutions to ensure our society is more prosperous, secure, and peaceful.
Maxime Bernier /
Canada
Conservative
Peaceful
Prosperous
Secure
Solutions
Defend
Ensure
Passionately
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We want First Nations and these people to be like Canadians on a lot of points of view. Right now, that's not normal that they cannot have running water on reserve. We need to fix that, but it must not be imposed by Ottawa, a top-down bureaucratic decision.
Maxime Bernier /
Decision
Nations
Normal
Ottawa
Water
Bureaucratic
Canadians
Imposed
Reserve
View
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In reality, every time the government takes an additional dollar in taxes out of someone's pocket, it's a dollar that person will not be able to spend or invest. When government spending goes up, private spending goes down. There is no net effect. No wealth creation.
Maxime Bernier /
Creation
Government Spending
Additional
Invest
Dollar
Net
Pocket
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