Direct funding is not in the best interest of any province, |
Each of us can do a little bit, |
find more ways that the provinces can work together within the federation as opposed to being competitors by region. |
I'm not surprised. The proposal itself was much too dramatic a change, ... There [wasn't] good information provided to people. From what I gather they did not feel they were well informed on what the proposal would do. |
In Atlantic Canada, we know that a rising tide raises all boats, ... If we can raise the prosperity level of native people, we'll all be better off. |
In B.C. the results were very close to the required majority and that has led to a second vote. I would think that if this is in anyway close that it would certainly not stop there, |
Islanders have quite clearly said they're not ready for a change at this particular time, |
It is my opinion that this report needs to be finalized and made public as soon as possible, ... Islanders are entitled to the results of this examination in a timely manner. |
It probably tells me that the political parties get much more involved for an election than for a plebiscite, ... Certainly what I was hearing out in P.E.I. over the last week was that people were not ready for a change. |
It was a very difficult issue. When the elephant rolls over, the mouse gets squashed. |
It's disappointing that Ontario, the big brother of Confederation, would take this kind of a position. |
People are discovering that if you do very well with the constituency candidates, if you get 16 or 17 of those, you would end up, even though you had a high percentage of popular votes, you'd end up with scarcely any of the list candidates, ... I know that raises concerns among a lot of people and I think is worthy of debate over the next few weeks. This has become an issue of some contention in my view. |
That addresses, I think, sort of the diversity of Prince Edward Island, ... To show there is support somewhat across P.E.I. |
There are a lot of parents who never intend to have their children in day care before kindergarten, and they see a lot of advantages in being able to utilize this money to give their kids the kind of pre-school support they need. You have to look at the whole picture. |
There are a lot of parents who never intend to have their children in daycare before kindergarten, and they see a lot of advantages in being able to utilize this money to give their kids the kind of pre-school support they need. |