“We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians.”
Government
“On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction.”
WarAll Quotes by Stephen Harper
“The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House.”
Government“I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage.”
Marriage“What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it.”
Government“I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives.”
History“We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, which will not through a whole range of economic development, regional development corporate subsidization programs.”
Business“We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security.”
Government“Look, I think the worst case scenario is obvious. I think first of all it doesn't work for very long. It's an unstable government that raises taxes and destroys the image we're building for Canada as a strong place to invest.”
Government“On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction.”
War“I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I believe in law we should protect the traditional definition of marriage.”
Marriage“I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion.”
Government“If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.”
Government“Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn't happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada.”
Finance“I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so.”
Change“As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.”
God“The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government.”
Government“It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern.”
Government“I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the principle that your ability to pay does not determine your access to critical medical service.”
Health“We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.”
Government“Whether Canada ends up as o-ne national government or two national governments or several national governments, or some other kind of arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion.”
Government