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I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation.
I'm in politics to defend the rights of Canadians - to secure a brighter future.
We have to stay away from the personal attacks. I think it turns off a lot of Canadians.
All Canadians stand together united against any forms of violence, terror against Canadians, and, in fact, against anyone around the world.
I know many Canadians are fed up with the traditional way of doing politics.
I actually find that Canadians are incredibly interested in democracy, and alarmed when they realize that the Prime Minister's Office is controlling virtually everything that goes on within the federal government.
Most Canadians previously had no idea what went on in the residential schools. You tell Canadians the last one closed in 1996, they are appalled. So now that Canadians are aware of residential schools, you'd think there would be a huge impetus for progress. It hasn't, and that's amazing.
If there are violent lawbreakers who want to rob the livelihoods of honest hard-working Canadians in the energy sector, then those lawbreakers should be treated like lawbreakers.
We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians.
Canadians want to elect good people to be their voice in Ottawa.
An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes.
Canadians must realize that the success of our resource sector benefits all Canadians.
Conservatives need to show Canadians our positive vision and why Conservatives believe what we believe.
Fighting for human rights, a commitment to social justice and treating people with dignity are all things that are important to us as Canadians.
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.
The reality of the Green party is that we are a party committed to bringing forward big ideas, new ideas and demonstrating by our conduct in parliament and through the election that we really want to work for Canadians, work across party lines, work across jurisdictions.
We, as Canadians, have no hesitation lecturing the rest of the world on what they should be doing, how they shouldn't discriminate, and how they should treat the poor. That same discrimination - unfairness that exists in so many of these countries - has been practised for years in our own country.
Canadians no longer have any financial room. Half of Canadians are $200 away from insolvency. They are facing a slowing economy with a diminishing number of jobs, and a rising cost of living to go along with it. That is the consequence of the Trudeau, Morneau tax-and-spend agenda, which is driving our economy down.
Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn't happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada.
I trust Canadians' capacity to determine who will sit in their Parliament.
We cannot allow our diplomatic relationship with China to lead to any discrimination against Canadians.
We have to be very realistic as a party as to what we're promising Canadians going into the 2019 election.
Canadians are known for having a social conscience, and so our political leaders need to do more to uphold that reputation on the international stage.
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.
In the world of globalization, the fossil fuel masters of the universe who are digging up our boreal forest and our muskeg and scraping out the bitumen would rather have Canadians take all the risks - and then the oceans take the risks to ship it to refineries that they've already built in other countries rather than create jobs for Canadians here.
If you take a look at the breaches of rights, whether it's the underfunding of education or health care, and all these issues which accentuate the poverty of Canada's indigenous people, and the lack of reaction to them - it becomes clear that if Canadians understood what's at stake, they wouldn't stand for it.
I have spent an awful lot of time listening to Canadians, learning from them, working with them.
We need to reach out to more Canadians to show them that they could see themselves reflected in our party.
Canadians didn't vote for a carbon tax. Justin Trudeau campaigned, promised that he wouldn't create a carbon tax.
We need to truly understand what economic injustice and inequality looks like for hard-working Canadians grappling with it every day on the ground, at home and at work.
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.
Income splitting benefits only fifteen per cent, mostly the wealthiest Canadians, but it's paid for by everyone.
We have to be able to show Canadians that our strength on the economy doesn't mean we ignore all other issues.
We've shown Canadians that, when we have a strong message and when we stick to our principles, Conservatives can win anywhere.
I have experienced things that I think many Canadians have gone through - the feeling of not belonging, the feeling of being a victim, of being hurt, being marginalized.
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.
Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand.
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.
People should not have to worry about violence in their own neighbourhoods, but sadly, that is a reality that more and more Canadians face.
No climate plan can leave workers and communities behind nor trample the rights of Indigenous communities. Canadians must have opportunity and income security during economic transformation.
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.
I think that Canadians in general very much understand... that we need to engage in the world and stand up for human rights.
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.
I've always believed we can attract a lot more Canadians to the conservative party by explaining and communicating our policies in a more positive way.
It's no secret that there are people who would like to narrow our discussions on climate change to a debate about pipelines alone in an attempt to divide Canadians - to pit workers against environmentalists.
The Liberal party has always worked with multiple parties in the House to make sure we're being governed in the best interest of Canadians.
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.
We have to recognize is that the best way to improve the quality of life for First Nations and Indigenous Canadians is through economic development and activity.
If we have an agreement with a country like Mexico, that doesn't support or protect the rights of workers, that doesn't have the same environmental regulations, how can Canadians ever compete with that jurisdiction?
I think Canadians want to get a feel for the people who will serve them... and, for me, I think that Canadians will trust people who trust them.