(I) am grateful to David Dingwall for the great job he did, not only financially, but it's also clear he strengthened the morale and the pride of the organization, |
[Within a few years, China could well import one-quarter of the oil] that we currently send to the United States, ... an extra little push. |
an activist acting minister. |
As the prime minister made very clear, we are very serious about the United States respecting the rules of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), |
Beyond the 450,000 barrels of (crude) oil per day is the much more important point that this is the future of the global economy and it's fundamentally in our interests that we become a part of it, |
Clearly they are ambitious in their thinking, ... They are definitely, seriously interested. |
Coming from a government that's torn up agreements on child care, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that they'd tear up agreements with Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. |
I regret having inadvertently given the wrong information, |
I think it will be a reverse Robin Hood budget. |
I think that's reflected in the comment of the union leader who said Mr. Dingwall was worth every penny he got. So he clearly did a very good job at the mint. |
I've been there and I've done that. We had ready-made proposals in procurement and service delivery which we already used. We really only had to find $5 billion, and he has to find $22 billion, fast. And they're going to tell him the only way you can do that is to lay off people. |
If Nafta is called into question by U.S. action, it calls for us to diversify our trade and investment relations. On the Chinese side I am sure there will be receptivity. |
If the implication of what I say is that Western countries as a whole would have to reduce their share of the pie, then I'm sure that Canada would be willing to make its fair contribution. |
In celebrating the 50th anniversary of Canada's program of universal polio vaccination, we are indeed recognizing an important milestone in Canadian history, ... Although many of our memories associated with polio are somber, this stamp is a celebration of the fact that polio is indeed just a memory in Canada . |
It appears it's a process of taking money out of the pockets of poor people and putting money into the pockets of rich people. |