Martin was in Edmonton this week to meet with members of the Calgary-based Canada West Foundation think-tank (interesting that Tory-blue Calgary was not on the PM's itinerary). Two years ago the prime minister staked out addressing Western Canadian discontent as a marker for his success, ... Since then we haven't seen a whole lot of movement.
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Ultimately we want to invest it so it generates income and then be able to use that income for a variety of purposes within the province.
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If he's going to have a truly national government, and if the Conservative party is going to have a chance of replacing the Liberals as a truly national party and (form) stable, sustainable national governments, he's got to build on that base in Quebec.
Roger Gibbins
We have to take leadership of this file. If we're simply passive about it, just sit back and surround ourselves with the wealth and let other Canadians chew this over and decide what to do, we're going to lose control of the issue.
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I think that's a scenario that we're unlikely to encounter in the years ahead but it's something that is in the back of our minds.
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