Quotes by Famous Canadians

[Northboy]

"We are a young country; we must build on the solid rock of sound economic policies and balanced budgets. But, we must be prepared, as a nation, to step from the solid rock onto new ground. The path of ease, the path of tradition alone, is not the path of a greater Canada."

W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian Chamber of Commerce 1962.

Anyone else got one?

 

[missile]

"Fuddle Duddle", Pierre Trudeau..actually said something more familiar to most of us,but claimed this is his real word.:smile:

 

[captain morgan]

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A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.


Jean Chretien

 

[Spade]

"I am not denying anything I did not say."
- Former Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney

 

[Colpy]

"Fuddle Duddle", Pierre Trudeau..actually said something more familiar to most of us,but claimed this is his real word.:smile:

Even better, the response by an unknown MP "I guess the PM just wants to be obscene and not heard"

 

[Spade]

"This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion."
- Prime Minister Harper commenting on his opinion of Canadian public opinion.

 

[lone wolf]

The twentieth century belongs to Canada - Wilfred Laurier.

 

[captain morgan]

"Some people came in my way … I had to go so if you're in my way, I'm walking. So I don't know what happened … something to somebody [who] should not have been there."

Jean Chretien upon assaulting Bill Clennett... (Witness the birth of the Shawinigan handshake.






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[lone wolf]

The Olympics can no more have a deficit than a man can have a baby. - Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau

 

[Spade]

"Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise. "
- Tommy Douglas

 

[JLM]

"Give them a shovel"- Bill Vanderzahm talking about welfare recipients when he was Minister of Human Resources.

 

[Spade]

"YOU GET A LOT OF FREE DINNERS BUT AFTER THAT YOU GET SORT OF TIRED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU QUIT DRINKING, AND THEN IT'S NO FUN AT ALL, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO DO IT."
- Former Conservative Premier Ralph Klein on being premier of Alberta

 

[lone wolf]

Beam us up Scotty. There is no intelligent life down here (paraphrase) William Shatner

 

[gerryh]

"Give them a shovel"- Bill Vanderzahm talking about welfare recipients when he was Minister of Human Resources.

rofl....and then one hell of alot of people showed up at his nursery's looking for that shovel......but then....he got the last laugh.... he offered them all jobs at minimum wage (basically shoveling shyte) and only a couple took him up on the offer. The rest were "too good" to work for minimum wage.

 

[Cliffy]

rofl....and then one hell of alot of people showed up at his nursery's looking for that shovel......but then....he got the last laugh.... he offered them all jobs at minimum wage (basically shoveling shyte) and only a couple took him up on the offer. The rest were "too good" to work for minimum wage.

When was the last time you worked for minimum wage and tried to pay the rent?

The US is our trading partner, our neighbour, our ally and our friend... and sometimes we'd like to give them such a smack!
- Rick Mercer

 

[gerryh]

When was the last time you worked for minimum wage and tried to pay the rent?

The US is our trading partner, our neighbour, our ally and our friend... and sometimes we'd like to give them such a smack!
- Rick Mercer

I was wrong...it wasn't minimum wage..

Vander Zalm describes what happened next: "I said to Jos, 'Now listen carefully. You know that soil bin and manure bin where customers fill their own bags? Go out there and tell the crowd that anyone wanting a job moving manure from one bin to another by shovel gets a job at $8 an hour.' One lasted one hour, another lasted three hours and the remaining one lasted three days. He soon gave in, collected his pay and left. The protesters never showed up again."

 

[gerryh]

BTW....this happened in '78 or '79....I was making minimum wage of, something like 3.65 an hour....married and paying rent etc......