"The world is now unipolar and contains o-nly o-ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower."
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"The time has come to recognize that the U.S. will continue to exercise unprecedented power in a world where international rules are still unreliable and where security and advancing of the free democratic order still depend significantly on the possession and use of military might."
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"I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage."
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"I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so."
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"But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion."
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"Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy."
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"The job numbers are positive. We've had more jobs created now than were lost during the recession. We're seeing that the creation, we're seeing those numbers not only grow but shift toward the private sector and shift toward full-time employment and these are all signs that the recovery is taking some hold but we're not out of woods."
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"The continued increase in many crime indicators and the fact that the overall crime rate has not seen a marked decrease while the Liberals have been in power is a clear indication that the Liberal approach to combating crime, as on so many other issues, has failed."
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"It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern."
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"We're not going to scrap the budget and make up some totally new platform the day after the election. So it's certainly willingness to compromise but we're not going back on the fundamental things we're running on in this campaign."
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"I believe very strongly that in this world you have to have values and you have to stand up for your interests and if you don't do those things you're not going to get anywhere."
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"Those of different faiths and no faith should seek areas of common agreement based on their different perspectives."
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"If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away."
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"I don't know all the facts on Iraq, but I think we should work closely with the Americans."
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"We also support the exploration of alternative ways to deliver health care. Moving toward alternatives, including those provided by the private sector, is a natural development of our health care system."
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"We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security."
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"It's the idea that we just have to go along, we can't change it, things won't change. I think that's the sad part, the sad reality traditional parties have bred in parts of Atlantic Canada."
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"Part of the reason we're all committed to coordinated stimulus is we want to stimulate the global economy. We're in a global economy, not just our national economies.p"
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"We got into a recession because the global economy went into the recession and we're a big exporting nation."
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"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."
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