We must aim to make Canada a lower tax jurisdiction than the United St — Stephen Harper

"A transition is taking place in Egypt. In my judgement, there is no going back. I think the old expression, “They’re not going to put the toothpaste back in the tube on this one.”"

"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."

"There is a continental culture. There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I dont think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders."

"But Im very libertarian in the sense that I believe in small government and, as a general rule, I dont believe in imposing values upon people."

"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."

"It [the Iraq invasion] was absolutely an error. Its obviously clear the evaluation of weapons of mass destruction proved not to be correct. Thats absolutely true and thats why were not sending anybody to Iraq."