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I wish the government and the Minister of Justice would address these legal and constitutional arguments, but they refuse to. They want Canadians to go blindly into their brave new world, but it is not wise for a society to move blindly in any direction.
Stockwell DayLike 84% of Canadians, I believe in God.
Stockwell DayThe rights and freedoms that citizens enjoy - give a little here; take a little there - are still the same as they were in the beginning.
Stockwell DayIt would be unthinkable in Canadian public life today for the public inauguration of our supreme political figures to be accompanied by prayer.
Stockwell DayMy parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good, but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is, but I happen to be imperfect. However, that does not discount the fact that the definition of marriage must be defended and protected.
Stockwell DayJudges must be free from political intervention or intimidation.
Stockwell DayIndividuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative.
Stockwell DayThe same undisciplined government spending and social engineering that has undermined our economy over the past 30 years has also been tearing at the social fabric of this land.
Stockwell DayIt is said that a neo-conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality.
Stockwell DayOur two major parties are actually called the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party.
Stockwell DayCanada evolved within the British Empire: it inherited the Parliamentary system, the Cabinet system and all the other features of the British constitutional system which had been in place, for the most part, for several centuries before Canada was even thought of.
Stockwell DayIn the United States, commentators recognize that, generally speaking, most people who hold liberal positions over a range of issues will likely vote Democratic, while most people, again generally speaking, who hold conservative positions will vote Republican.
Stockwell DayTime and time again, history has proved that the conservatives are right and the liberals are wrong.
Stockwell DayI believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.
Stockwell DayThe thinking was that so long as the British kept our basic documents in their hands and so long as they kept the formal right to change them, changes in our system would be careful and deliberate.
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