. . . this document, created on the ninth of January, just before 1 p.m., seven hours before the debate, makes no mention whatsoever of the notwithstanding clause promise. |
Either the PMO has to accede to Pierre Pettigrew -- or Pierre Pettigrew has to resign. |
He's a very loyal soldier, but loyal to a fault. He's burning up that well of capital pretty quickly. |
I don't think it helps the Liberals very much when one of the people who's supposed to be their cleanest minister gets wrapped up in something this ugly. |
I love Nova Scotians, ... but we are not quite prepared to give Peter up and we need him in the house. |
I think he has to resign. We're talking about thousands and thousands of small investors who were burned by this leak. There's no question that many people profited from this. |
I, and lots of others, told Peter that if he wants to really help Nova Scotia, he should stay here and fix problems with the federal government, |
I'll believe it when I see it, |
I'm wary of people talking about using our currency to protect our industry. We should use fiscal policy to be more competitive. |
Suddenly on the eve of an election, all of a sudden the minister and the Liberal party gets religion on tax relief for Canadians ... It looks a lot like you're just trying to change the channel. |
The public respects a government that has its act together before it comes down and stands in front of a microphone. |
There's an orthodoxy in finance. |
They just want to change the channel. |
They're leaving that option open and that's why they're floating this fall budget thing. |
This is the reason why we have refugee hearings in private, precisely because we want to protect that information. |