Stephen Harper Quotes on Government (47 Quotes)


    I'd anticipated the Liberals would want to delay the election at least until the spring, if not longer, ... But look, if there's a necessity to have a fall election and the NDP ceases to prop up the government, that could still happen.

    Is it a nudge A wink Precisely what kind of sign is the government looking for

    If you want your taxes to go down, you have to vote for it. If you want a government that actually does something about crime, you have to vote for it. If you want to fix health care, you have to vote for it. If you want choice in child care, you have to vote for it. And the only way to get that is to vote for a new Conservative government.

    The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House.

    That is what has been blurred, ... Frankly, if the Government of Canada would sue the Liberal party, it would provide a wake-up call forever that that is not the same thing.


    Canadians need and they want and deserve a change. and to get that change we need a change in government ... a new Conservative government.

    This has been an historic evening in this Parliament and this country. This is not just the end of a tired, directionless, scandal-plagued government. It's the start of a bright new future for this country.

    Restoring accountability will be one of the major priorities of our new government. Accountability is what ordinary Canadians, working Canadians, those people who pay their bills, pay their taxes, expect from their political leaders.

    We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security.

    Strong Canada-U.S. relations are a priority for my government.

    No one will ever be held responsible, not legally, not criminally, not politically, as long as this Liberal government is in power, ... A culture of waste, mismanagement and corruption is not going to fix itself.

    He's decided to support the Government. If he changes that view, look, I'm sure (we) will get together as quickly as possible.

    Canadians are counting on you to give them a clean, honest government. We need an accountable government.

    This country has the opportunity of electing a new government, to bring the country together, East and West, English and French, city and farm, new Canadians and old. Only one party can do it.

    First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government.

    As a government, our mission is clear. We will act on the collective priorities of Canadians so that our country remains strong, independent and free.

    Why is the government not suing the Liberal party to recover the money that was lost or stolen

    Should the government refuse to debate this motion or refuse to abide by the motion ... I will move a motion of non-confidence in the government the following week.

    The single most important duty of the federal government is to protect and defend our national sovereignty. There are new and disturbing reports of American nuclear submarines passing though Canadian waters without obtaining the permission of, or even notifying, the Canadian government.

    This culture of waste, management and corruption that the Liberal Party practices needs to end, ... I don't think it's going to end with a few firings. I think it's only going to end when we fire the government.

    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.

    It's the same soap opera. We will continue to assume that Mr. Layton is still bargaining with the Liberal 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.

    This election is about choice A government plagued by scandal, that is only in it for what it can take, or our new team, who want in to public office for what it can give.

    Well there are lots of things that could bring the government down, but my opposition can not bring the government down.

    If the Liberals are re-elected, this is what Canadians can look forward to, a government pre-occupied with ongoing scandals, corruption and police investigations.

    All too often we hear stories of veterans who are ignored or disrespected by government. What a shameful way to treat men and women who risked their lives to defend Canada. This shame will end with the election of a new government.

    I'm really looking for a clear signal that in fact he wants to defeat the government,

    How can we continue to prop up a government that is under criminal investigation

    Even the United States, an allied government, is currently making incursions into our territorial waters without even notifying us, let alone seeking permission.

    I'm not sure anything has changed .... Mr. Layton is not happy with the proposals he's had. He's not been happy with them for a while. And I'm not sure what his next move is, but it seems to me that he's still looking for leverage to get more out of the government rather than let the Canadian people have their say,

    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.

    All indications I've had to this point is that Mr. Layton still will not support a motion to bring down the government,

    And I think the real problem that we're facing already is that the government doesn't accept that it got a minority.

    Canadians have seen nothing other than 100 days of inaction from the government, ... Rather than continue to rake in record high revenues from record high oil prices, will the government simply cut gas taxes for consumers

    This is not just the end of a tired, directionless, scandal-clad government. It's the start of a bright new future for our country.

    It is usual for that position to be held by someone who is close to the government.

    Minister MacKay, as you all know, has deep roots in Atlantic Canada and is very familiar with PEI and its provincial government. He will serve Islanders well in our new cabinet.

    Our experience suggests if we should again attempt to bring down the government, Mr. Layton would no doubt see our attempt as potential leverage in his negotiations with the Liberals as he has done on other occasions,

    If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

    Anything is possible, isn't it... but people don't invest that amount of money on speculation about a government decision unless they have pretty good reason to believe it is going to occur.

    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.


    I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion.

    Following a raucous session of Parliament in Ottawa, Stephen Harper, the leader of the opposition Conservative Party, demanded the resignation. We have in office a corrupt party which now is ignoring the democratically expressed will of the House of Commons, ... This government does not have the moral authority and the constitutional authority to govern.

    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.

    I've said for a long time that the Kyoto Protocol won't succeed in achieving its objectives and that this government, our Canadian government, can't achieve the objectives.


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