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2005-12-14 19:38:26 UTC
THE FOLLOWING QUOTES FROM STEPHEN HARPER PROVE THAT HE IS UNFIT TO BE
THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA. STEPHEN HARPER IS FIRST AND FOREMOST AN
ALBERTAN AND THESE QUOTES REFLECT HIS ALBERTA CENTRIC MENTALITY.
THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADA UNDER STEPHEN HARPER IS LARGELY
DOMINATED BY ALBERTANS AND IT IS TOTALLY UNREFLECTIVE OF THE REGIONAL,
LINGUISTIC, CULTURAL, ETHNIC, RACIAL, RELIGIOUS, AND GENDER DIVERSITY
OF CANADA. STEPHEN HARPER AND MANY OTHERS IN THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF
CANADA SEETH WITH HATRED AND CONTEMPT FOR OTHER REGIONS OF CANADA, WITH
PARTICULAR VENOM RESERVED FOR ONTARIO, QUEBEC AND ATLANTIC CANADA.
CANADA NEEDS A PRIME MINISTER WHO SPEAKS FOR ALL CANADIANS, JUST NOT
THE INTERESTS OF ALBERTANS. WHAT SORT OF POTENTIAL CANADIAN PRIME
MINISTER IN WAITING ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL PROVINCES TO ERECT
"FIREWALLS"?!. THIS MAN WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR CANADA AS PRIME
MINISTER.
"It is imperative to take the initiative, to build firewalls around
Alberta, to limit the extent to which an aggressive and hostile federal
government can encroach upon legitimate provincial jurisdiction."
(National Post, January 24, 2001, "Open Letter to Ralph Klein")
"If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away... This is one more
reason why Westerners, but Albertans in particular, need to think hard
about their future in this country. After sober reflection, Albertans
should decide that it is time to seek a new relationship with Canada.
...Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads
against it. It is to take the bricks and begin building another home
- a stronger and much more autonomous Alberta. It is time to look at
Quebec and to learn. What Albertans should take from this example is to
become "maitres chez nous". (National Post, December 8, 2000)
"[T]he Liberals still insist on meddling in provincial jurisdiction
in areas such as health care, education, and municipalities ....The
federal government should refocus on its core areas of
responsibility, and allow provinces to define their own priorities for
their own societies. ... Stephen Harper would seek to recognize,
through federal-provincial agreements, that areas of jurisdiction such
as labour market development, forestry, mining, housing, recreation,
and municipal and urban affairs are exclusive areas of provincial
jurisdiction, and to adequately compensate the provinces for
withdrawing federal spending in these areas." (Federalism for All
Canadians, Stephen Harper Policy Paper, oneconservativevoice.ca,
March 2004)
"Whether Canada ends up as one national government or two national
governments or several national governments, or some other kind of
arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion... And whether
Canada ends up with one national government or two governments or ten
governments, the Canadian people will require less government no matter
what the constitutional status or arrangement of any future country may
be." (Speech to the Colin Brown Memorial Dinner, National Citizens
Coalition, 1994)
http://www.canadiandemocraticmovement.ca/displayarticle378.html
THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA. STEPHEN HARPER IS FIRST AND FOREMOST AN
ALBERTAN AND THESE QUOTES REFLECT HIS ALBERTA CENTRIC MENTALITY.
THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADA UNDER STEPHEN HARPER IS LARGELY
DOMINATED BY ALBERTANS AND IT IS TOTALLY UNREFLECTIVE OF THE REGIONAL,
LINGUISTIC, CULTURAL, ETHNIC, RACIAL, RELIGIOUS, AND GENDER DIVERSITY
OF CANADA. STEPHEN HARPER AND MANY OTHERS IN THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF
CANADA SEETH WITH HATRED AND CONTEMPT FOR OTHER REGIONS OF CANADA, WITH
PARTICULAR VENOM RESERVED FOR ONTARIO, QUEBEC AND ATLANTIC CANADA.
CANADA NEEDS A PRIME MINISTER WHO SPEAKS FOR ALL CANADIANS, JUST NOT
THE INTERESTS OF ALBERTANS. WHAT SORT OF POTENTIAL CANADIAN PRIME
MINISTER IN WAITING ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL PROVINCES TO ERECT
"FIREWALLS"?!. THIS MAN WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR CANADA AS PRIME
MINISTER.
"It is imperative to take the initiative, to build firewalls around
Alberta, to limit the extent to which an aggressive and hostile federal
government can encroach upon legitimate provincial jurisdiction."
(National Post, January 24, 2001, "Open Letter to Ralph Klein")
"If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away... This is one more
reason why Westerners, but Albertans in particular, need to think hard
about their future in this country. After sober reflection, Albertans
should decide that it is time to seek a new relationship with Canada.
...Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads
against it. It is to take the bricks and begin building another home
- a stronger and much more autonomous Alberta. It is time to look at
Quebec and to learn. What Albertans should take from this example is to
become "maitres chez nous". (National Post, December 8, 2000)
"[T]he Liberals still insist on meddling in provincial jurisdiction
in areas such as health care, education, and municipalities ....The
federal government should refocus on its core areas of
responsibility, and allow provinces to define their own priorities for
their own societies. ... Stephen Harper would seek to recognize,
through federal-provincial agreements, that areas of jurisdiction such
as labour market development, forestry, mining, housing, recreation,
and municipal and urban affairs are exclusive areas of provincial
jurisdiction, and to adequately compensate the provinces for
withdrawing federal spending in these areas." (Federalism for All
Canadians, Stephen Harper Policy Paper, oneconservativevoice.ca,
March 2004)
"Whether Canada ends up as one national government or two national
governments or several national governments, or some other kind of
arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion... And whether
Canada ends up with one national government or two governments or ten
governments, the Canadian people will require less government no matter
what the constitutional status or arrangement of any future country may
be." (Speech to the Colin Brown Memorial Dinner, National Citizens
Coalition, 1994)
http://www.canadiandemocraticmovement.ca/displayarticle378.html