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There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity than by treaties, top-down regulations, and other approaches offered by big governments and their dependents.

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For many years I have advocated 'redesigning Parliament' in a variety of ways - elect the Senate, do away with the 'confidence convention,' permit freer voting, strengthen the role of back benchers and committees, do away with ineffectual 'take note' debates, restructure question period, and so on.

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When we classify an issue as a 'shield issue' it is usually because we feel that someone else occupies the high ground on that issue. We feel we can't win on that issue and so we adopt a defensive posture.

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Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent.

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My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

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Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics.

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The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.

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There is a whole school of Canadian academics, media personalities, and politicians whose definition of a Canadian is a North American who fears or dislikes the United States.

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Remember the referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord? The more Canada's political and business elites threatened Canadians that the country would disappear into a black hole if the accord weren't passed, the more Canadians opposed it.

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What used to be considered conservative values... are increasingly becoming more mainstream values.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Politician

Born: June 10th, 1942

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