It's political blame, that's what is important here. Canadians will get their ultimate say and they will be the ones who will render a final judgment on Mr. Martin and the Liberal party. There's no separating the two. |
Minority means we have to be constructive, and we have to be working together and finding common ground. |
My ambitions are to continue to support Stephen Harper and the Conservative party and see that he becomes the next prime minister of Canada and that our party forms government in the next election, |
My gut tells me and continues to tell me that the Conservative party is on a road back to government. |
My understanding is that it was five or six. |
Nova Scotia is my home and I have a great deal of affection for my province but having said that, I made the decision some time ago to enter federal politics, |
P.E.I. is one of the leaders in environmental practices as 75 per cent of commercial farms on the Island already have an environmental farm plan in place. |
The government continues with this simultaneous face-saving, rear-end-covering exercise of trying to justify a very cumbersome, useless system. |
The people who are involved in these type of shootings are not the type of individuals who are going to adhere to a gun ban or ever register a gun, period. The Liberal party has proven time and time again that they're more concerned with the optics than the practicalities of these issues. |
There could be an election this fall. So the last thing I want to do is lead to instability or speculation about my commitment to the party. |
There is precedent for this. |
There needs to be a balance between privacy rights and security issues. The government wants more ability to cover up its own activities but expand their ability to intrude into the lives of Canadians. It is perverse logic and a double standard. |
There's a few people who are discontented -- this happens even in governing parties, |
There's a lot of possibility that there could be a motion (on Thursday) that could be tantamount to confidence. |
There's a very small window of opportunity and I think the government is going to take that opportunity away by ensuring that we don't have anything that would possibly trigger a vote of confidence or could be construed as such. |