Nationalism can be a destructive force when it promotes intolerance and division. But it can also be a force for good, when it seeks to defend local autonomy against the homogenizing forces of larger entities.
Maxime Bernier
The electric car, it's not the government saying, 'Oh, we must have electric cars.' The market was ready for that. People were ready for that, so, we have electric cars.
Monetary policy is one of the most difficult topics in economics. But also, I believe, a topic of absolutely crucial importance for our prosperity.
We are doing politics differently - smart, populist, political movement.
We must start pushing back against this politically correct nonsense that's destroying our society and culture.
I am in politics to defend ideas, real conservative ideas. Because I passionately care about Canada's future. Because I know that the free-market conservative philosophy has the best solutions to ensure our society is more prosperous, secure, and peaceful.
Integrating is easier when you have a job in Canada.
Actually, I'm the only politician in Ottawa who is against the Paris Accord.
When you have more competition, you have better products and lower prices.
I think here in Beauce, people are very honest. And they don't like a politician that will say something one day and the opposite the other day.
We believe in immigration, but we don't believe in mass immigration.
People are fed up of politicians who say one thing one day and another the day after.
It's federal jurisdiction, so the federal government can approve pipelines.
When government borrowing and spending go up, private borrowing and spending go down.
Extreme multiculturalism... is not the way to build this country.
Taxing corporations means unnecessarily burdening our wealth-creating machines.
I'm the only one who is saying, 'Let's take fewer immigrants.' We want people to integrate, we don't want ghettos in Canada.
The U.N. is a dysfunctional organization.
Some taxes are really dumb.
A tax on capital is self-defeating, in that it slows down capital accumulation, investment and economic growth.
People who refuse to integrate into our society and want to live apart in their ghetto don't make our society strong.
From the perspective of corporations, taxes are an additional cost of doing business. If you increase their taxes, to remain profitable they will have to find ways to lower other costs, or to increase revenues.
We want the private sector to be able to invest. The private sector works quite well.
It's nice to have dreams, but when you use borrowed money to achieve them and act as if money grows on trees, you may have a brutal awakening.
If you're choosing somebody that doesn't have the competence, but because it's a young guy, or it's a lady or if it's a man, it's a positive discrimination and I won't push that.
I don't care a bit about people's race or skin colour.
The Conservative Party tries to avoid important but controversial issues of concern to Conservatives and Canadians in general. It is afraid to articulate any coherent philosophy to support its positions.
Our immigration policy should not aim to forcibly change the cultural character and social fabric of Canada, as radical proponents of multiculturalism want.
I aim to create a federal government which respects the constitution, which respects taxpayers.
We care about shared values, culture and identity.
Policy should not aim to change the cultural character and social fabric of Canada.
Growth and progress depend on more economic freedom.
If we want conservative principles to win the battle of ideas, we have to defend them openly, with passion and conviction.
We want First Nations and these people to be like Canadians on a lot of points of view. Right now, that's not normal that they cannot have running water on reserve. We need to fix that, but it must not be imposed by Ottawa, a top-down bureaucratic decision.
You can save a lot of money when you have responsible and bold policies that are in line with our principles, and we are telling the truth to Canadians.
We are speaking to the intelligence of Canadians, not to their emotion.
You must believe in people. You must give back their money in their own pockets.
We cannot be the welfare state of the planet.
I have said many times that racist and bigots are not welcome in our party... The journalists who don't want to recognize this and keep coming back with questions of bigotry can just take a hike.
What I'm looking for is doing politics like I believe.
People like authenticity and I think I have the courage of my convictions and am authentic.
I'm very different from other politicians.
I may be a dreamer, but I think monetary economics should be a hot topic.
I hope that more Canadians will become interested in in how the inflation rate target affects our purchasing power, our standard of living and therefore our life.
Prosperity has nothing to do with the quantity of money that we have in our pockets, but rather with the quantity of goods that we can buy.
To stimulate the economy, we need to give entrepreneurs the means to create wealth.
In reality, every time the government takes an additional dollar in taxes out of someone's pocket, it's a dollar that person will not be able to spend or invest. When government spending goes up, private spending goes down. There is no net effect. No wealth creation.
I think it's motivating and exalting when we defend ideas that are at the foundation of western civilization.
I want to live in a society where everyone is treated equally and not defined by their race.
We Conservatives believe not in big, interventionist, centralized government. But in small and limited government, government as close to the people as possible.
