HarperLeaks - The Complete Quotes Dossier

Dear Nancy,
Attached is the latest supplement to the Harper

Quotation database. Mike has told me that the
higher ups no longer what the database
transferred electronically, so unfortunately a hard
copy is going to have to do. There's nothing really
new here, it's pretty much a collection of
previously expressed opinions and sentiments
worded in a slightly different manner. Those that
have to potential to be the most problematic are
the quotations dealing with health care.
Cheers,
Meredith
Harper Quotes4
Key Issue 12000 Election
Date 19/02/2001 1
Source [Report Newsmagazine - Alberta first
Quote "In our [Firewall authors) view, the Chretien government a

series of attacks not merely designed to defeat its partisan
opponents, but to marginalize Alberta and Albertans within
Canada's political system."
Context The Leader's take on the Liberals' election strategy for the
2000 election.
Key Issue [AbOriginal Issues
Date 25/10/ 1999 1
Source [Report Newsmagazine - On the brink
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Mr. Harper

suggests Canada is 'drifting toward a lawless society. What
those [non-Indian) fishermen around Burnt Church instinctively
understand is that a law that does not apply equally to
everyone is not a proper law, and therefore the rule of force
becomes the only law.'
This is not understood by the liberal elites, he adds, because
segregation and legal inequality does not touch them where
they live. 'They are blind to it as long as it's in the bush and in
the north and in the outports. The subsidized bureaucrats in
Ottawa, the subsidized cultural elites in Toronto, they can
dismiss those who are affected as red necks,' he says. They
won't really take notice, he predicts, until native claims
encroach directly on their space. 'If some band lays claim to
[Supreme Court Chief Justice) Antonio Lamer's cottage, you
would get an entirely different reaction.'"
Context l2:he Leader on the impact of race-based laws.
Key Issue IAboriginal Issues
Date 25/10/ 1999 1
Source ~ Newsmagazine - On the brink
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'Some of these

recent decisions are fabrications out of thin air,' marvels
Stephen Harper, the former Calgary Reform MP who now
heads the National Citizens' Coalition. 'There is no basis in law
for testimony that cannot be verified or refuted,' he says,
referring to Delgamuukw's endorsement of oral history as a
legal foundation for the expansion of treaty rights. "
Context The Leader on the absurdity of the acceptance of oral history

as evidence.
January 7, 2004 Page J 0/53

Key Issue IAboriginal Issues
Date 21/02/ 1994 1
Source Iwestern Report - The price of punitive taxation
Quote "Smuggling arms through the reserve system is a far more

serious problem than tobacco smuggling and will eventually
dwarf the trade in illegal tobacco and alcohol."
Context IThiS article dealt with cigarette smuggling.
Key Issue IAboriginal Rights
Date 11/01/1999 1
Source BC Report - Two wrongs make -a "right" I~

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Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'What's important

here,' says Stephen Harper, president of the National Citizens'
Coalition, 'is the whole bastardization of the term, 'right.' It is
supposed to mean, something which you can do, which by its
very nature others can do too, and which the government
should not prevent you from doing.'
However, 'What the new 'rights' definition means is precisely
the opposite of that. It's now being turned into the right of one
particular group to demand things of another, which by their
very nature can't be reciprocated. That goes to the heart of
this.'''
Context The Leader comments on the minority-rights mania that

surrounded the Niasga'a treaty.
Key Issue IAbortion
Date 10/02/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Abortion issue reappears
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Instead, he

accused the Day camp of 'effectively running on a hidden
agenda on a particular issue.'"
Context [TIle Leader on Day's campaign strategy.

Key Issue IAlberta
Date 12/04/2001 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Unity minister heaps praise on

Alberta
Quote [~berta shouldn't lower its guard, that would be foolish."
Context The Leader warns Albertans to be wary of positive comments

about the province made by Stephane Dion.
Jalluary 7, 2004 Page 2 oj 53

Key Issue [Alberta Agenda
Date 26/01/2001 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Alberta treasurer rejects

suggestions
Quote "Clearly there's a market in other parts of the country for anti-
Alberta stereotypes and I'm not interested in those ... I came
to Alberta from another province and was welcomed here and
participated in the development and wealth of this province. I
know Albertans aren't petty and if that stereotype exists
elsewhere, I frankly don't give a damn ... it [the Firewall letter]
will focus on an agenda where Alberta takes the bull by the
horns and decides it's going to govern itself by the priorities
and the culture of the majority."
Context !2:.he Leader explains the intended purpose of the Firewall letter. I
Key Issue IAlberta Agenda
Date 20/03/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire (CBCA) - Stephen Harper's critics

and fans agree he is brilliant
Quote "The premier [Klein] chastised us for the tone, which he found
too negative, and that's probably an accurate assessment ...
but it's interesting how little the ideas have been challenged."
Context The Leader's reflects on the "Alberta Firewall" letter during the
2001/02 leadership race.
Key Issue ~Iberta Agenda
Date 12/04/2001 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Unity minister heaps praise on

Alberta
Quote "Ottawa rates from useless to dangerous to Alberta."
Context The Leader expounds as to why he and the co-authors of the

Alberta Firewall drafted the document.
Key Issue IAtiantic Canada
Date 07/02/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - "Equalization must be revamped"
Quote "If we were to take all the money that we waste on regional
and corporate subsidies and use it to reduce corporate and
personal taxes rates, Canada could reduce its corporate tax
rates by at least another 10 per cent, which would seriously
reduce our tax gap with the United States."
Context The Leader on the need to rethink Canada's economic policy

at a speech given in Halifax during the 200/02 leadership
campaign.
January 7, 2004 Page 3 of 53

Key Issue ~t1antic Issues
Date 14/03/1994 1
Source Western Report - Are mega-city projects dead
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "One important

indicator of the Liberal mind - set, note Messrs. Harper and
Walker, is that they did not cancel the Hibernia project, even
though slumping oil prices and cost over - runs in construction
have made it virtually certain the project will lose money and
Ottawa will be forced to make good on the loan guarantees it
has given to underwrite the project."
Context Although the Leader isn't directly in this excerpt, criticizing

Hibernia may not go over well in Atlantic Canada.
Key Issue IBIOC
Date 07/06/ 1996 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Reform reaffirms unity policy
Quote "I don't think anybody, frankly, in this party is very scared
about pissing off the Bloc."
Context The Leader on a proposed motion put forth at its convention to

ask for the ouster from the House of Bloc MPs preaching
separatism. The motion wasn't passed.
Key Issue !Canada
Date 25/10/1999 1
Source E r t Newsmagazine - I lose, you lose
Quote "The present system is simply not effective enough. Either

Canada will innovate beyond the forms of a traditional nation-
state or it will not survive as a country thr08ugh the first
century of the new millennium."
Context The Leader argues that unless substantive decentralization of

the federation takes place, Canada won't survive in its current
form.
Date 20/12/2001 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Stockwell Days says he is close

to official announcement
Quote ''This political party stands for values that are eternal ... this
country will either adopt our values of it will fail and that's why
we've got to be there to fight for these on an ongoing basis."
Context The Leader urges an audience not to let the Alliance follow the
same path as other western-based parties that have risen and
fallen.

Key Issue ICanadian Alliance
Date 05/04/ 1999 1
Source IBC Report - Flip-flop #1 I

Quote "The party is changing from well-defined positions to one that \
tries to be all things to all people ... and being a centrist party
doesn't necessary mean you are in the middle. It often means
you try to be on both sides of any issue. Maybe they will
support official bilingualism in Ontario and oppose it in Alberta
... The Reform Party will not correct the record on its position
on official bilingualism ... some people may explain vagueness
as part of starting up a new party, but I believe they will pursue
vagueness as a strategy."
Context The Leader argues that the UA process will result in the
watering down of some key Reform policies.
Key Issue ~anAlliance
Date 20/03/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire (CBCA) - Stephen Harper wins

Alliance leadership
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'You have just

voted to move our party forward into the future, Harper told a
cheering crowd after the results were announced at a party
convention. Harper said a transition team will be set up in the
next few days based on the view that the Alliance is a
'permanent political institution here to stay.'"
Context An excerpt from the Leader's acceptance speech at the 2002

leadership announcement.
Key Issue Icanadian Alliance
Date 01/01/2001 1
Source ~ Newsmagazine - Disunited alternative'
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'The Ontario

electorate was not open to hearing the Alliance message.'
Even so, he admits, the Alliance message was incoherent. He
comments, 'As a pragmatist, I say you either adopt a position
and stick with it or get rid of it. What the Alliance did was the
worse of both worlds; it kept the entire agenda but watered it
down and left it vague. Policies couldn't be defended because
the party could no longer articulate what it actually stood for,
which left it open to the hidden agenda charge.' The Alliance
could, he admits, jettison everything that might offend Ontario,
'But that would raise the question of why anyone in the West
should vote for it.'''
Context IThe Leader on the 2000 election debacle.

Key Issue [canadian/U.S. Relations
Date 03/11/ 1997 1
Source IBC Report - The free trade_fa_II_-o_u_t _
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "But National

Citizens' Coalition vice-president Stephen Harper says the
FTA has already done its damage. 'There's always been some
tendencies in parts of the country, particularly in the West, to
see themselves as part of regions that cross international
boundaries. I think the increased interaction brought on by the
FTA has strengthened that.'"
Context The Leader on how the FTA has facilitated greater integration
of Canada and the U.S.
Key Issue [canadian/U.S. Relations
Date C 04/03/20021
Source Hill Times (CBCA) - Harper hopes to change Parliament's
'complete lack of relevance'
Quote "That's too general a question. I don't think further integration

per se is the solution to our difficulties. I think what our
emphasis should be is getting our national government to
perform competently in the functions of a national government,
which the current federal government is not doing."
Context The Leader's answer to the following question: Are you in

favour of further integration with the U.S.
Key Issue Eharter of Rights and Freedoms
Date [ 28/09/ 1994 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Call for scrapping the charter gets I
cold shoulder from Reformers
Quote "I think there are some benefits with the Charter and there are
some problems with the Charter ... if you ask people broadly,
'Do you like the Charter this week?' probably a lot would say
'Yes.' But if you star asking about specific elements of the
charter, you would probably get very different reactions."
Context Reform MPs rejected a grassroots proposal to scrap the

Charter.
Key Issue [Conservatism in Canada
Date 15/02/1999 1
Source IHili Times - Biotechnology debate
Quote "This is an issue [regulating generic engineering] that divides

the right-wing movement. This is a division between people
who are right-wing because they have a libertarian impulse,
versus people who have more of an authoritarian impulse."
Context Admitting that some people are conservatives because they

have authoritarian impulses may prove to be problematic.
January 7, 2004 Page 6 of53

Key Issue Iconstitutional Jurisdiction
Date 21/12/1998 1
Source [Alberta Report - Take the money and run
Quote "It has always been an abomination that the provinces can't
run their social programs ... this thing should not be done
solely for Quebec."
Context IThe Leader on the need for decentralization.
Key Issue ICorporate Welfare
Date 30/04/2001 1
Source ~rt Newsmagazine - Raw wealth
Quote "No matter how closely we integrate with the U.S. economy,
the Americans won't interfere with the CRTC, the provincially
run liquor stores, the gun registry and the entire plethora of
expensive bureaucratic busybodies. Also, take a careful look
at Chapters, the railways, Air Canada and other quasi-
monopolies emerging in this country. Invariably their
managers are closely linked to the Liberals."
Context The Leader on the nature of the regulatory state nurtured by

the Liberals.
Key Issue Icorporate Welfare
Date 14/03/1994 1
Source IWestern Report - Are mega-city projects dead
Quote "The Liberals believe in concepts like "industrial policy' and

'sectoral strategies' ... that's code for taxpayer - funded
subsidies, loans, direct investment and other forms of state
intervention to push the economy in the direction Ottawa
decides it wants."
Context
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Key Issue
Date 30/04/2001 1
Source ~rt Newsmagazine - Raw wealth
Quote "The structure breeds petty corruption and constant currency

devaluations. It certainly cannot generate technology. No
wonder Canada is starting to slide backwards, losing ground
as a technology leader and becoming more dependent on
resources. "
Context The Leader on how interventionist economic policy has

affected Canada.

Date 08/02/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Few turn out for Harper's

'economic spe.:c.e:c.c::.:..hc-- ----.J
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Harper also said

government has to eliminate corporate handouts to make the
country more competitive and put the money into tax cuts
instead. 'Channeling wasteful spending into tax cuts would
stem the flow of dollars from the country, resulting in more
jobs, higher incomes and improvements to the lives of all
Canadians.' the former Reform MP said."
Context The Leader on the need to eliminate corporate welfare at a

speech given in Halifax.
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Source flberta Report - Hold your nose and pay ]
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'This is just
another example why government shouldn't be in the granting
business: says Stephen Harper of Calgary, vice-president of
the National Citizens' Coalition. 'There would be a temptation
to say the government should take a more active role in
reviewing the contents of grants.' But he rejects that idea. 'I
think ordinary people in their roles as taxpayers or consumers,
are more than capable of judging what they want to see and
not see. A lot of the time government grants exist in the first
place because there is not a market for what they're trying to
provide, and this is another example.'''
Context The Leader on the revelation that the Alberta Foundation for
the Arts gave ATP (Alberta Theater Projects) $500,000.
During that season, ATP produced a controversial play
dealing with homosexuality.
Key Issue IElection Financing
Date L 04/03/2002 1
Quote "Probably. I think we do need a full assessment of how we

should be running political financing in the country and I think
that's something we should consider. It has to be done for all
parties."
Context The Leader's answer to the following question: Do you think

Ifinancing of federal leadership races should be disclosed?
January 7,2004 Page 8 of 53

Key Issue IElectoral Reform
Date 04/03/2002 1

Quote "It's [proportional representation] certainly an option. Electoral

reform is an option I would look at. Proportional
representation probably wouldn't be my first choice, but it's
something that I think the party should look at as an option
and I think we should change the current electoral system."
Context The Leader's answer to the following question: If you were in

power, does proportional representation interest you?
Key Issue ····!Electoral Reform
Date 21/04/1997 1
Source IAlberta Report - A leg up for the little guys
Quote The following is an excerpt from at article: "Stephen Harper of

Calgary says he strongly suspects that PR stands mainly for
public relations as far as the party is concerned, not
proportional representation. 'My observation of Reform is that
when it comes to institutional change they are beginning to
remind me of Social Credit: he says. 'There's a lot of talk but
I'm not convinced of any commitment to it. Social Credit
governed Alberta for 35 years without ever implementing its
institutional reform ideas.'"
Context The Leader questions Reform's sincerity about advocating for

proportional representation.
Key Issue IEqualization Payments
Date L. 07/02/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire (CBCA) - Equalization must be
revamped
Quote "We need to do some serious thinking about how to reduce

reliance on Ottawa in the longer term without causing undue
dislocation in those provinces in the short term."
Context The Leader on the need to re-think equalization during a

speech given in Halifax during the 2001/02 leadership
campaign.

Key Issue IEqUalization Payments
Date 07/02/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire (CBCA) - Equalization must be

revamped
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Harper promised

development of a 'pro-growth policy for all Canadian regions
that includes a re-think of how equalization works.'"
Context The Leader on economic reforms during a speech in Halifax

during the 2001/02 leadership campaign.
Date 08/02/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Few turn out for Harper's

economic speech
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: 'We need to look

at broader rejigging of the equalization system so the
incentives are more appropriate and more oriented toward
economic growth,' Harper said before addressing the handful
of student in the auditorium. Harper, an economist, who wrote
much of the old Reform party's policies, suggest the formula
discourages economic development in the Atlantic provinces.
The formula, a constitutionally guaranteed program that
ensues all provinces have enough money to provide
comparable levels of service at comparable levels of taxation,
has been criticized by some governments that say it unfairly
penalizes wealthier regions ... Harper said Ottawa provides
from 35-45 per cent of provincial revenues in the region and
questions whether that hampers the ability of governments to
make decisions in the best interest of their populations."
Context An excerpt about a speech that the Leader gave in Halifax

during the 2001/02 leadership race.
Key Issue
Date 22/10/ 1999 1
Source Report Newsmagazine - Have vote, will travel
Quote "[The Sikh community has simply been] the most pragmatic in
embracing this reality. I don't like in, but I'm going to blame
them for doing this. The parties have asked for it."
Context The Leader on the Indo-Canadian community's cross-partisan

political activities.

Key Issue Eeign Policy
Date 29/06/1996 1
Source Iwestern Report - The right to trade with a thief
Quote "I can understand the concerns about extraterritoriality [Le. the
notion of Washington telling Canadians how to treat a third
country] ... but there are also concerns about the morality of
trading with Cuba and of risking relations with the U.S. to
secure easy access to cheap beach holidays in Cuba.
Unfortunately, this has become almost a motherhood issue in
Canada."
Context The Leader on the Helm-Burton bill - and American bill that
punishes foreign companies that exploits assets confiscated
without compensation by Cuba.
Key Issue
Date 09/12/ 1996 1
Source IBC Report - Operation political embarrassment
Quote "I'm not being facetious these people are disappointed that the
Hutu are returning home and there's no longer any need for
them to be saved by Canadians ... They [the Liberals]
launched the mission purely on the basis of television
footage," he says, "and mined it for public relations purposes."
Context The Leader discusses the debacle that was the UN

involvement in Rwanda. Being overly critical of a military
deployment may be considered a bit rich considering our
advocacy on behalf on the liberation of Iraq.
Key Issue IFOreign Policy
Date 22/05/1995 1
Source IWestern
1
Report - Death before Liberal dishonour ----"
Quote "The UN's objective in the former Yugoslavia was never really
clear ... but in recent months, it's become obvious the UN is
no longer facilitating a peace settlement. The only thing the
peacekeepers are doing is acting as human shields. Is that a
proper role? We don't think so."
Context The Leader argues that as the "UN contingent proved utterly
impotent as fighting engulfed Western Siavonia in Croatia and
southern suburbs of Sarajevo two weeks ago. The Reform
Party, sensing wasted lives and money, now argues that it's
time to bring the peacekeepers home. "

Key Issue IFree Votes
Date 16/12/1996 1
Source Iwestern Report - Rumblings within Reform
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'Personally, I

think we should rethink the policy,' says Calgary Reform MP
Stephen Harper, who bears the reputation of a social
moderate amongst the crusty, traditionalist Reformers. 'The
goal of every MP in the party should be to have these issues
put to public referenda, but in practice it is going to prove
difficult to get all the MPs to vote the constituents' wishes,
even if they sign the pledge.' However, says Mr. Harper, 'I
send a cautionary note to those who feel they simply must
vote their wishes over those of the voters. A lot of people are
going to ask themselves: 'If an MP is not prepared to listen to
me on moral issues, where there's not a lot of technical
expertise required to make an informed judgment, when are
they going to listen?''''
Context The Leader on the difficulty of MPs always voting their

constituents wishes.
Key Issue lGun Control
Date 02/05/ 1994 1
Source ~estern Report - Rock vows to crack down on the innocent]
Quote "I have a lot of reservations about further firearms restrictions

without a concerted attempt to crack down on crime itself ...
the Liberals are very fishy on this issue. Why call for a
nationwide handgun ban as a solution to shotgun murders in
Toronto?"
Context IThe Leader on the gun registry.
Key Issue IHealth
Date 22/03/199j
Source IAlberta Report - Slim patriotism
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Such broad-brush

swipes at people whose behaviour is deemed costly is a
logical extension of a socialized medical system which hides
its real costs from its users, argues Stephen Harper, president
of the National Citizens Coalition. 'The solution,' says Mr.
Harper, 'is to have a healthcare system where people pay
some of the costs themselves,' or a premium system
reflecting lifestyles. 'If we had a healthcare system based on
insurance and we paid for these services out of our own
'pocket, this would be a non-issue.'''
Context The Leader suggests a potential solution to footing the

medical costs of unhealthy lifestyles.

Key Issue IHealth
Date 24/02/2002 1
Source Icanadian Press Newswire - Day won't quit Alliance race
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Harper also said

co-payment by patients, user fees and the delisting of some
medical services would help repair the health-care system.
They are currently restricted under the Canada Health Act. 'I
think the provinces have those kinds of financing options,
provided no-one is denied medically necessary medical
services because of inability to pay,' he said."
Context IThe Leader on potential changes to the health-care system.
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Date 19/01/2002 1
Source ICalgary Herald - Interview with Stephen Harper
Quote ''The Canada Health Act must be opened up. The federal
government is playing an entirely negative role in health care."
Context The Leader's response to the following question: "How do you

get the Alliance back in the health-care debate"?
Key Issue IHealth
Date 04/12/2001 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Stephen Harper embarks on

campaign for CA leadership
Quote "The bottom line is the Canada Health Act must be amended
and the federal government has to give the provinces much
more flexibility."
Context The Leader on the need to re-think the federal role in

healthcare.
Key Issue IJean Charest
Date 26/05/ 1997 1
Source IBC Report - Meech lake, round three
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "The strength of

the Conservative contingent in the next Parliament will also
influence the unity agenda. Mr. Harper says that if Canada
elects a Liberal government with 30 to 40 Conservatives in
opposition, the Tories will pressure Mr. Chretien to do
something about Quebec, and quickly. 'From what I can see of
Charest,' he says, 'if he was leader of the opposition, this
would be the only thing he would focus on.'"
Context IThe Leader on Jean Charest.
January 7, 2004 Page 13 0[53

Key Issue ~n Charest
Date L26/02/ 1996 1
Source IBC Report· Klein catches the patriot virus
Quote "I'm very concerned about this ... Reform is down in Ottawa
fighting for Alberta's interests and I feel Jean Charest is trying
to gun for us from Edmonton."
Context [The Leader on Klein's cosying up to Charest.
Key Issue IJoe Clark
Date 24/05/ 1993 1
Source IWestern Report - Joe the coy sends Campbell into a flap ]
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Stephen Harper,
the Reform party's chief policy adviser, believes Mr. Clark's
indecision reflected the unresolved conflict between his vanity
and his political instincts. Once one of the three or four most
powerful politicians in Ottawa, he had lately been reduced to
fielding questions in the House of Commons about Mr.
Mulroney's boar - hunting escapades with Russian president
Boris Yeltsin. Mr. Clark's equivocations, Mr. Harper believes, \
were really an indication of how his desperation to stay in the r\.
political game conflicts with his knowledge that he is no longer !/'
popular." J
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Context Although the Leader isn't directly quoted, I though it wise to
include nonetheless. I
Key Issue ~e Clark
Date 24/05/1993 1
Source IWestern Report - Joe the coy sends Campbell into a flap
Quote "Joe has no other life than politics ... but, realistically the 'draft
Clark' movement was about on a par with the 'draft
Diefenbaker' movement. Had Joe entered the race it would
have cause nothing but embarrassment."
Context The Leader essentially laughs at Clark's chances if he were to

decide to run for the leadership to succeed Mulroney.

Date 08/03/19931
Source IWestern Report - As for other resignation
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'It also distances

him from Mulroney's record.' Says Stephen Harper, chief
policy adviser to the Reform Party of Canada: 'Listening to Mr.
Clark's self - eulogy, I'm convinced his move is anything but a
retirement. It's a tactical retreat.' Both men think Mr. Clark still
hankers after power, his ego bolstered by recent polls
suggesting the PCs' popularity would leap were they led by
himself instead of Mr. Mulroney."
Context The Leader comments on Joe Clark's retirement from politics

the first time around. The other man referred to in the article
is Tom Flanagan.
Date 08/03/19931
Source IWestern Report - As for other resignation
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Mr. Harper

agrees, adding that the Conservative party is evolving away
from people like Mr. Clark. 'Red Tories like him are being
squeezed out,' says Mr. Harper. 'The 'Progressive' is coming
out of the PC name. In three years, Mr. Clark could find
himself as a walking ambition with nowhere to go.'"
Context The Leader prematurely eulogizes the Red Tory element in the
PC Party.
Key Issue ~Clark
Date [ 08/03/19931
Source Iwestern Report - As for other resignation
Quote "Clark is a centralist Red Tory whose agenda was to transform

his party into a replica of the Liberals ... he attached himself to
the Tories solely because they were the happening movement
in Alberta at the time. He was never a conservative in any
meaningful sense of the word."
Context IThe Leader slams Joe Clark.
January 7, 2004 Page 15 0/53

Key Issue IJudiciary
Date 25/10/ 1999 1
Source [Report Newsmagazine - On the brink
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: 'The judicial and

political elites that are implementing segregation, in Mr.
Harper's view, are driven by a philosophy which he terms 'the
dark side of the '60s Revolution.' If you are judged to have
been oppressed, he says, 'there is nothing that can't be done
for you and nothing that can't be done to others for your
benefit...lt is an ideology that justifies a particular kind of
racism.'''
Context The Leader on the effects of judicial activism with respect to

group rights.
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Key Issue j
Date 28/02/2000 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - What was being said Monday

about the federal budget
Quote "Today's announced tax cuts are an important first step in the
fight to get Canada into the new economy. This bUdget may
not do enough, but it's a hell of a lot better than what we were
looking at six months ago."
Context The Leader gives a relatively positive assessment of the

February 2000 budget.
Key Issue ILiberals
Date [ 04/03/2002 1
Source ~ewsmagazine - A self-hating nation

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at the February 6 leadership debate, went even further,
arguing that the Liberals 'don't see any real difference between
our enemies and our friends, between good and evil,' accusing
them of believing that the 'Americans are just as bad as the
Taliban and AI Oa'eda.'"
Context The Leader on the moral equivalence employed by the

Liberals.

Key Issue ILiberals
Date [ 30/04/2001 1
Source IReport Newsmagazine - Raw wealth
Quote "The Liberal idea of this nation is a welfare state. They strive
to hand out as many cheques as possible, counting on their
dependents to vote for the hand that feeds them, Bring more
money in the country and Chretien will find ways to take it form
those he doesn't favour and give it to his allies."
Context This article discusses the possible impact of increased

American need of Canadian natural resources. The Leader
argues that it won't result in a substantial difference if the
Liberals are still in power.
Key Issue ~scellaneous Gaffe
Date [ 11/01/1999 1
Source [BC Report - An exercise in gender politics

Quote "Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an
attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence
of a democratic society ... it is in fact totalitarianism. I find this
very scary stuff."
Context IThe Leader on "human rights" commissions.
Key Issue !Miscellaneous Gaffes
Date Q1/02/1999 1
Source jAlberta Report - It's our fault

president of the Calgary-based National Citizens' Coalition,
says Canada's policy on Third World debt stems from the
government's readiness to interfere in its own economy.
Furthermore, he says, many Canadian government-sponsored
activities in Third World countries would never be permitted at
home because they distort markets and punish effective local
producers. Nevertheless, such programs are accepted by
Canadians when packaged as Third World aid.
Mr. Harper agrees that Canada's uncollectible debt may
indeed have to be written off, but he adds that hereafter
Canada should make loans on a more businesslike basis, free
from hidden subsidy agendas, either foreign or domestic.
'Most foreign aid is actually domestic industrial subsidy sold to
the public as Third World compassion,' he says. 'We've made
massive grain sales in the eastern Bloc and China, knowing
full well that we will not be repaid because we really wanted to
give subsidies from the Canadian taxpayer to certain
agricultural producers. But we didn't want to tell the Canadian
public that that's what we were doing.'"
Context Who knows? The Liberals may throw in the Leader's face and
claim that it means that he isn't compassionate to the Third
World.
January 7,2004 Page 17 of53

Key Issue IMiscelianeous Gaffes
Date 16/12/19961
Source !Macleans' - Skating on thin ice
Quote "I came to Ottawa with very few illusions, and I leave with that
unchanged."
Context The Leader parting words about Ottawa upon his

announcement of retirement. This may been seen as being
overly pessimistic.
Date 11/05/19981
Source IAlberta Report - The victim's misery

-----------
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Some

conservative critics disagree, however, suggesting that
Reform is using the opportunity to shake its image as a
heartless party. Former Reform MP Stephen Harper does not
go that far, but he does say that 'what's missing from the
debate is someone who is responsible for looking after the
interest of the taxpayers. There are matters of compassion
that play into this, and it's certainly a complex issue-and I'm
not even saying I have a concrete solution,' says the National
Citizens' Coalition chief. 'But what I am saying is the
performance of the opposition has been disturbing ... it bothers
our people that the Liberal Party seems more concerned about
taxpayer liability.'"
Context IThe Leader on the Hepatitis-C compensation controversy. ~
Date 30107/19961
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Reform opens two-day caucus

meeting
Quote "The reason that Chatters and Ringma have been re-instated
prior to the caucus is precisely so we could move on." --- "I
think we've got to move on. I don't think dragging this thing
out will do us any good."
Context I've included these two quotations in light of the recent Larry
Spencer incident. If Mr. Spencer isn't readmitted into caucus,
some may point to these comments and argue that the Leader
isn't being consistent.

Date 11/02/1995 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Reform Party to release shadow

budget
Quote 'We would have to look at everything, you can't spare

anything."
Context I included this quotation as it's been our strategy of late to

criticize Martin for the cuts he made as finance minister. The
document to which the title of the article refers is the
Taxpayers' Budget.
Date 05/11/2001 1
Source Report Newsmagazine (CBCA) - 0 say can you see ... a

nation with the US?
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'These events are

going to drive Canada back to its cultural roots,' he says. That
means the country will unapologetically embrace its Anglo-
American character, and reject the relativistic, multicultural
world view pushed by the Liberals. This phenomenon 'has
clearly taken the Liberals by surprise, ' he states. 'The
Liberals are going to fight a rearguard action against this, and
I think they are going to lose."
Context IThe Leader how the potential fallout from 9/11.
Date 08/09/1993 1
Source IWestern Reporter - The Reform caucus' likely leaders
Quote "I've never been a big fan of Parliament Hill and Ottawa. But it
will be better to be there as an MP,"
Context This quotation may been seen as being anti-establishment,

anti-Ottawa etc.
Key Issue Miscelianeous Gaffes ~

I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _---.-J
Date 04/03/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Christian group backing Harper
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Harper said he

was 'completely comfortable' with Chandler's endorsement."
Context The Leader's response to Craig Chandler, leader of

Concerned Christian Coalition Inc., announced intention to
back the Leader's leadership bid.
January 7, 2004 Page 190/53

Key Issue IMiscelianeous Gaffes. _
Date 16/03/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire (CBCA) - Stephen Harper caught

the eye of ...
Quote "I'm not trying to suggest that one give policy seminars to get
people to vote for you, but this idea that everything is dumbed
down and that the public is just too stupid to understand their
own interest or nay meaningful information, I just think is
wrong."
Context The reason for the inclusion of this quotation is if the Liberals
(or anybody else for that matter) deicide to do some "creative"
cropping.
Key Issue IMP Pay
Date 30/06~
Source Edian Press Newswire - Reform MPs take back pay cuts
Quote "I don't think it's realistic to ask them to entirely fund their own
retirement and then also take a pay cut at the same time ...
we've made an issue of the pension and I think that's where
the battle line is."
Context The Leader argues that there is nothing wrong with Reform
MPs reneging of their commitment to a pay cut (it was in place
for two years).
Key Issue IMP Pay
Date 22/06/1998]
Source IBC Report - Take the money and run
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Reform MP and

National Citizens' Coalition president Stephen Harper,
however, attacked his former colleagues for taking the raise,
saving his harshest criticism for the pension changes. 'If they
really feel a change in compensation is needed, let them say
so before an election, when the people paying the bills can
decide if they are worth it,' he says. Mr. Harper says that most
of the criticism has been focused on Reform because
'everyone expects a skunk to stink, but Reform said it would
be different.'"
Context The Leader on his former Reform colleagues taking a pay

raise and opting into the pension.

Key Issue [MP Perks
Date 30106/19951
Source ICanadian Press Newswire - Reform MPs take back pay cuts
Quote "I will be damned if 1will give them any more unilateral self-
sacrifice."
Context The Leader explains why he has decided not to return he's
excess expense allocation to the feds. He did say later in the
article that he would use the money to make charitable
donations.
Key Issue [ontario
Date 13/03/20001
Source !Report Newsmagazine - Thank Mulroney
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Moreover, says

Stephen Harper, Calgary-based head of the National Citizens'
Coalition, the election of the Harris government in 1995
marked the first time Ontario voters behaved like Albertans
and embraced an 'anti-status quo' administration, 'a regional
government that doesn't see Ottawa as the solution, but as
the problem.'"
Context The applauding of an anti-Ottawa approach may prove

problematic.
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Key Issue Paul Martin
Date 09/07/20011
Source Canadian Business (CBCA) - Tiny talent time
Quote "I have respect for the Liberal party's abilities, if not their
principles ... they know how to pick a winning candidate."
Context [The Leader on Paul Martin and the L_ib_e_r_a_ls_. _
Key Issue [paUl Martin
Date 02/11/19991
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Some reaction to Finance Minister

Paul Martin's financial update
Quote "Canadians must continue to push Paul Martin to allow

common sense to prevail in Ottawa. We will not let the big
spenders win."
Context The Leader praises Martin somewhat for his handling of

Finance.

Key Issue Ipaul Martin
Date 15/09/19931
Source IWestern Report - The same-old Liberal lineup
Quote "Paul Martin talks a more sensible game than many in his
party."
Context - - - - - - 1
Key Issue I,-P_a_u_,M_a_rt_in 1
Date 13/12/1993 1 \
Source
Quote
I~M,- -a_cl:-ea_n_ _,s-'
-_T_h-,e_be_a,---n_coun-te-r:c-:::------,,----
~ave started off in the right direction."
---,II ~(
Context The Leader on the direction of finance policy under Paul
Martin.
Key Issue Ipolitical Correctness
Date 16/04/2001 1
Source IReport Newsmagazine - Prince George asked for it

president of the National Citizens' Coalition, says Ms. Fry and
her ilk have 'convinced themselves that they are so right and
pure, that any opposition has, in fact, to be motivated by
sinister forces.' He likens the current anti-racism climate to
medieval hysteria over witch-craft. 'We're talking about
fighting unseen enemies: he says. 'It's getting spooky.'''
Context IThe Leader and the Hedy Fry/cross burning incident
Key Issue Ipolitical Principles
Date ~/01/20021
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Alliance leadership candidate

Stephen Harper ...
Quote "For the last five years there's been a growing chorus in the
party that power is what matters .. Don't get me wrong, I'm in
the to win ... but this power at all costs has not served us
well. We are no closer today to power than when I left
Parliament in 1997 and we're a lot farther from knowing why
we want to be in power."
Context The Leader reaffirms his stance against merging with the Joe
Clark Tories.

-jPolitical Principles
Key Issue
Date 20/03/20021
Canadian Press Newswire (CBCA) - Stephen Harper's critics

Source and fans agree he is brilliant
"I don't think I'm incapable of changing my views if the facts

Quote change ... being principled doesn't mean you adhere only to
your own inner voice at the expense of the important views of
your supports and who you claim to be speaking on behalf of."
The Leader responds to the charge that he has a reputation of

Context being too inflexible.
Iprogressive Conservative Party

Key Issue
Date 27/06/19941
Canadian Business and Current Affiars - "Reform's 'new

Source politics' look like the old"
The following is an excerpt from an article in Canadian

Quote Business and Current Affairs: "He [Ron Wood - then party
press secretary] even points for proof to MP Stephen Harper
of Calgary West, who was an assistant to Mr. Hawkes in the
mid 1980s. Yet Mr. Harper says he was reluctant to hire
former Tories, who had shown contempt for Reform before
they received their first pay cheques from the party. 'These
are legitimate concerns, but I am not going to attack any
people,' he says."
~ d
This story followed a revelation that 27 former Tory aides work
Context for Reform in Ottawa.
Key Issue Iprogressive Conservatives I (' (\1 i . J:
Date
30104120011 U~~ , r- ~',
Source
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Quote "It is clear the remaining Tories are to the left of the Liberals,
and they have made it clear that the eradication of all Reform-
~_ }J~.
~ £5\.. -1
oriented values is the price of merger, I would say even the
price of talking merger." 6- 1\ ~
Context An article published by the Report in June of that year noted \\~\J " \~ J U- .-
that the Leader declined to discuss the subject. ~C~
Key Issue !progressive Conservatives ~
Date 08/04/19961
Source Iwestern Report - One right-wing party too many
I
Quote ~"Ithink the by-election results make a merger less likely for
the simple reason the Progressive Conservative party as an
institution is getting less and less relevant ... there aren't two
right-wing parties, there is only on. "
The Leader slams the Tories after they failed to do well in 6 by-
Context
elections.

Key Issue IProgressive Conservatives
Date 03/02/19971
Source !BC Report - How to beat the benign dictatorship
Quote 'The great irony of conservatism in Canada is that you have

the Progressive Conservative party, which claims to be
conservative and is almost devoid of any shred of it, and the
Reform Party which is almost entirely conservative in its
agenda and eschews that as a label and guiding philosophy,"
Context
Key Issue !prOgressive Conservatives
Date 10105/19931
Source [western Report - The Reformers are cheering for Campbell
Quote "The thing to remember about all of these Tory leadership

contenders, no matter how tough they talk is that they voted
time after time for government measures that they now say
they want to change,"
Context The Leader slams the candidates running for the Tory
leadership.
Key Issue Iprogressive Conservatives
Date 22/05/20001
Source IReport Newsmagazine - Red Tory Blues
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Most people

figure the odds favour the Alliance over a resurrected
Conservative party. 'Scenarios under which the Tories might
survive are imaginable,' says Stephen Harper, president of the
National Citizens' Coalition. 'They could hobble through the
next election, win a couple of by-elections, and slowly attract
back members of the provincial [Tory] parties.' But none of this
is likely, says Mr. Harper. In fact, he adds, 'for the first time I
now think it is possible they'll be gone before the next
election.'''
Context The Leader on the survival chances of the Tories.
January 7, 2004 Page 24 0153

Date 09/04/19961
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Charest says Reform recruiting

plan a desperation move
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Reform officials

say they are only opening the door to Tories upset at their
party's weak showing in six federal byelections last month. 'It
just seemed to us this was the time to throw open the door to
some of those people,' said Reform MP Stephen Harper. But
Harper said that Tories who want to have a major role in the
Reform party will have to act soon. 'There comes a point at
which you wouldn't really trust someone who comes over very
late in the game or after the next election,' Harper said.
'People who work for the federal Tories in the next election will
never be players in the Reform party.' Harper said the party,
which has avoided setting up provincial wings, is tired of
working to get provincial Tories elected only to see them work
against Reformers federally. 'Provincial Conservatives who
support the federal Conservative party cannot expect the
continued support of Reform,' he said. At the very least,
names of provincial Tory politicians who support the federal
Tory party will be passed on to Reform riding associations,
Harper said. Charest said the Reform plan will backfire. 'It will
only reinforce the resolve of Progressive Conservatives to
continue to build a national political party on things that unite
Canadians and not things that divide them.'"
Context The incident that sparked these comments were a leaked

memo meant to be used by Reformers to win over disgruntled
PCs.
Key Issue IPrOgreSSive Conservatives
Date 10/05/19931
Source Iwestern Report - The Reformers are cheering for Campbell
Quote "Having a prime minister from the West talking in code of

Quebec nationalism would be far worse than having a
federalist from Quebec."
Context The Leader argues that Campbell's decision to align herself

with Quebec nationalists was not a good one.
Key Issue IProgreSSive Conservatives
Date 21/06/ 1993 1
Source Iwestern Report - The Tories' Mr. Fix-it says goodbye
Quote "Maz was a disaster in finance ... [Mazankowski] was as

effective as anyone can be in a system of rigid party discipline
and overwhelming prime ministerial controL"
Context The Leader slams Maz and the rest of the PC party
simultaneously.

Date 31/03/19971
Source ~ Report - Less P, more C
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: '''Combine that

with the Tory attempt to thwart the development of
contingency plans for Quebec separation and, on the unity
issue, this is worse than the Bloc. At least the Bloc doesn't
interfere in the rest of the country.' Mr. Harper says the Tory
document is designed to have its greatest appeal to Ontario
voters who support Tory Premier Mike Harris, but ma vote
Liberal federally. And he thinks it may succee 'My sen '
t s foothold in ontariO Is snaRy,' r;e"says. 'And that
people are looking for ann~a~lt=e~rn~a~ti~ve~th~a!!t.!liUlJiill[leJ:..ut~iU-Il~-t~
Reform.''' -
Context The Leader discusses the Tories obsession with distinct-

society recognition for Quebec.
Key Issue [Pf09f"essive Conservatives
Date 22/05/2000 1
Source IReport Newsmagazine - Red Tory Blues
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: ''The NCC's

Harper, who reports that Conservatives in his organization are
deserting the party for the Alliance 'en masse,' defines the
new party as representative of the 'have' regions of the
country, as opposed to the 'have-nots.' The Alliance 'is strong
where the country is strong,' observes Mr. Harper, while 'the
Liberals are strong where the country is weak.'
Context The Leader argues that Conservatives are leaving their party
in favour of the Alliance.
Key Issue "Egressive Conservatives
Date 22/05/2000 1
Source IReport Newsmagazine - Red Tory Blues _, _
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "His [Harper's)

only complaint is that it is taking so long to supplant the
Conservative party with a truly conservative party, 'I feel a
certain amount of sadness,' he explains, 'but it's not
sentimentality over the coffin of John A. Macdonald. My
sadness is that in this country, unlike the United States or
Britain, it took us 20 years to do what conservatives in those
countries did relatively quickly, and without destroying their
conservative parties.'"
Context The Leader laments that it's taking too long to supplant the PC
Party with a truly conservative party.

Key Issue IProgressive Conservatives
Date 06/04/1998 1
Source Macleans' - Singing the Tory blues
"Many Tories will be leery of anything that smacks of Reform

Quote taking them over ... but survival is not an issue for the Reform
party. It is for the Tories."
Context The Leader argues that the Tories aren't in a position to

dictate the terms if the two parties merger.
Key Issue IprogreSSive Conservatives
Date 25/08/ 1996 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Charest puts election wheels in

'motion
Quote 'We're just curious at this point to see what's seeping these
people afloat."
Context IThe Leader quoted at the 1996 PC policy convention.
Date 28/08/1995/
Source Iwestern Report - Pick a position
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Calgary Reformer

Harper, a former executive assistant to then-Tory MP Jim
Hawkes, says the Tories continue to seek out the middle-
ground, one of the factors which caused him to leave the party
in the first place. 'They try to cast their net as wide as they can
to please everyone,' he says."
Context IThe Leader slams the Tories.
Key Issue -~rogresSive Conservatives
Date 23/01/ 1995 1
Source Iwestern Report - Third option by the carload
Quote ''This is the party of Lucien Bouchard ... this is the party of
Monique Vezia and Marcel Masse."
Context The Leader argues that the Tories can't be trusted with the
Quebec issue again.

Key Issue [prOgressive Conservatives
Date 06/12/ 1993 1
Source IWestern Report - The Tories plot their comeback
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Calgary West

Reform MP Stephen Harper says a few years ago the
Conservatives might have been successful with that strategy.
'But we did it first and we beat them.' He believes the eclipse
of the Conservatives as a federal force is permanent. Says the
former executive assistant to defeated Tory MP Jim Hawkes, 'I
think serious conservatives should join us and Red Tories
should go with the Liberals.'"
Context [The Leader slams the Tories.
Key Issue [QUebeC Issues
Date 16/06/1997[
Source [Alberta Report - The little breakthrough that happened
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "What makes Mr.

Hermanson's loss particularly poignant, notes Mr. Harper, is
that, 'Elwin fought hard for the redistribution, which caused
Quebec to drop below 25% of the House of Commons' seats
for the first time ever.' In the failed 1992 Charlottetown Accord,
Quebec was guaranteed 25% of the seats in perpetuity. The
redistribution ensures that no such guarantee can be made in
any future Quebec-appeasing deals the Liberals might cook
up. 'Elwin did that for the good of the West: observes Mr.
Harper. 'And he paid the price.'''
Context The Leader laments the fact that Reform MP Elwin

Hermanson lost his seat to an NDPer in the 1997. Praising
redistribution that favours the West over Quebec could be
used to paint the Leader as anti-Quebec.
Key Issue [QUebeC Issues
Date 21102/1~
Source [Vik"stern Report - The price of punitive taxation
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Calgary - West

Reform MP Stephen Harper is worried the government's
reaction to tobacco smuggling has set two dangerous
precedents. First he is troubled the government reacted
quickly to demands for lower taxes supported by Quebec, but
opposed by the other nine provinces. He points out Ottawa
failed to move on Alberta's outrage over the NEP or its
demands for lower interest rates after the province's oil and
gas industry began to recover from the 1986 - 87 collapse in
world prices. "
Context Although the Leader isn't directly quoted in this piece, I though
it would be wise to include as it could be misconstrued as
being anti-Quebec.

Key Issue IQuebec Issues
Date [ 02/09/1996 1
Source Iwestern Report - Quebec gets hotter
Quote "I'm convinced a conservative movement exists in Quebec,

but it's become totally submerged within the sovereignty
movement ... the French conservatives tend to be ethnic
nationalists, while the English conservatives tend to be strong,
central government Trudeauites for obvious reasons."
Context IThe Leader on the nature of conservatism in Quebec.
Key Issue IQuebeC Issues
Date 01/08/ 1994 1
Source Western Report - Reform crosses the final frontier, Quebec
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Some western

Reformers worry, however, that Quebec expansion will dilute
or compromise the party's policies -- especially its
commitments to a Triple - E Senate and the constitutional
principle of 10 equal provinces, rather than two founding
nations. 'You cannot change the message,' says Stephen
Harper, MP for Calgary West. "
Context The Leader allays fears that Reform will water down its
policies when it expands into Quebec.
Date 02/08/1996 1
Source !western Report - Quebec gets hotter
Quote "We don't think any government has a role in this, to tell
stores what they can and cannot do."
Context IThe Leader on Quebec's language laws.
Date 23/01/1995 1
Quote "Why do they think Quebec will become independent and we

will continue to pay for it"?
Context The Leader discussing the ADQ's proposal that Quebec and
Canada enter into a decentralized federation like the EU.
Jalluary 7, 2004 Page 29 of 53

Key Issue lQuebec Issues
Date 23/01/19951
Quote "Can Quebec be satisfied short of outright separation? That's

a good question."
Context
Date [ 27105/19961
Source Iwestern Report - Chretien hardens line
Quote "Both extremes here are recipes for civil disorder. If Quebec
says 'We don't care about people's rights or constitutional
authority--we're going to do it this way,' then that creates strife.
But if the federal government says 'The constitution is never
going to change and you're going to stay in Canada,' that
creates strife, too...What we need is a healthy respect for both
the rule of law and for democracy."
Context The two extremes to which the Leader refers are the role of
law and the role of t_he_m~a-,-jo_r_it,--Y. -,
Key Issue iQuebec Issues
Date 29/04/19961
Source ~ Report - A new definition for ridiculous

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Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Reform Party

unity spokesman Stephen Harper has nothing kinder to say
about 'Ie foyer principal' than about 'distinct society.' He
observes that while politicians thrash about for language to
make acceptable the unacceptable, what has not changed is
that the entire distinct-society idea hinges on upon the
assertion from Quebec politicians that Canada does not
'recognize Quebec's different language, culture and legal
system. 'And it is asserted that if we did, the sovereigntists
would go away,' he says."
Context The Leader on the Quebec wing of the the federal Liberals
decision to drop the demand for 'distinct society' and instead
replace it 'Ie foyer principal.'

Date 01/04/20021
Source IHili Times (CBCA) - "Harper just doesn't get it"
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'The French

language is not imperiled in Quebec,' he [Harper] said, adding
that calls for a 'vague special status' in the constitution is
wrong-headed. 'The core assertion of its proponents -- that
special status is needed to protect the French language in
Quebec -- is simply false.'"
Context This is an excerpt from a speech that the Leader gave during
the 2001/02 leadership campaign to an audience of
Anglophones invited by the Anglo-rights organization Alliance
Quebec in Montreal.
Key Issue
Date 14/04/19961
Source ICanadian Press Newswire - Quebec Liberals
Quote "I just think this whole debate over terminology is a bunch of
nonsense ... I'm mystified as to why a so-called federalist
government continues to repeat the separatist myth that
Quebec's language and culture is not recognized."
Context The Leader on the Quebec wing of the the federal Liberals
decision to drop the demand for 'distinct society' and instead
replace it 'Ie foyer principal.'
Key Issue ~c Iss_u_e_s ~

Date 24/01/19941
Source ~estern Report - Pancakes with the enemy
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Calgary Reform

MP Stephen Harper, who along with Prof. Flanagan has often
been suspicious of party strategy, has confidence in the recent
moves. He simply urges voters and Reformers to watch 'when
we start speaking French. Do we continue to refer to equal
provinces and equal treatment, or do we start to refer to
'equitable' provinces and 'equitable' treatment? The party
speaks for the democratic right, and if the party doesn't do that
effectively, then it will end up the same way the Conservatives
did.'"
Context The Leader argues that Reform can't water down its message
when in it campaigns it Quebec.
January 7,2004 Page 3] of 53

Date 13/11/19951
Source Iwestern Report - Appeasement revisited
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Reform Party

unity critic Stephen Harper says that rather than appeasing
Quebec, distinct society status will only further inflame
nationalistic passions. 'We will acknowledge that they are a
special people,' he says. 'And 'people' are capable of
independence. But then we will deny them a state.'"
Context IThe Leader argues that distinct society won't appease Quebec. 1
Date 26/05/19971
Source ~ort - Meech Lake, round three
Quote The following is an excerpt of an article: "Stephen Harper,

now a vice- president with the National Citizens Coalition, says
the Bloc's current troubles are irrelevant. He notes that the
separatists have shown remarkable staying power in trying
times. 'How soon we forget,' he says. 'Everyone was talking
about the sovereigntists being dead in the week before the
last referendum and during t he first two weeks of the
campaign.'"
Context The Leader argues that separatism in Quebec is a potent

force. This contradicts more recent comments he's said on
the subject (i.e. separatism is a dying force).
Date 19/02/19961
Source !Western Report - A province of bastards
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "And ironically,

says Mr. Harper, that same aspect of Quebec's social
distinctiveness is what makes it unsuitable for independence.
'The only real independence is economic independence,' he
says. 'When you don't have that, you don't have anything. '"
Context This article examined on Quebec is a socially liberal, but

heavily statist province.
Date 19/01/20021
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Alliance candidate Stephen

Harper says French not threatened in Quebec
Quote "I still believe that (constitutional) approach threw a poorly

though-out sop to the separatists."
Context The Leader on the ineffectiveness of constitutional solutions to

addressing Quebec concerns.

Date 09/03/ 1998 1
Source IBC Report - The 'exit clause' or chaos
Quote !The following is an excerpt from an article: "'Clause five

grants special powers to Quebec to preserve the French
language and culture, while clause six says any power granted
to one province should be given to all,' explains NCC president
Harper, one of the declaration's harshest critics. 'Well, how
does the ability to promote the French language help the other
provinces?' In effect, the document simultaneously offers
special status to Quebec and equality for all the provinces. If
the former is true, it will not fly in Canada. If the latter is true, it
will crash in Quebec. 'If anything at all even comes of this,
which seems very unlikely,' says Mr. Harper, 'I don't see how
you can reconcile the two ... we have been trying to come up
with plums to keep the separatists happy for 30 years now ...
it won't happen. They do not want more power; they want their
own country and offering them more and more only legitimizes
their position.'''
Context !The Leader on the problems with the Calgary Declarations
Date 25/05/ 1998 1
Source IBC Report - Preston Manning, stepfather of confederation
Quote The following in an excerpt from an article: "'It's really the

Seinfeld declaration, it's the package about nothing,' he
(Harper] says of the deal hammered out by the English
premiers last year that simultaneously calls for provincial
equality and recognition of Quebec's 'unique character.' Mr.
Harper says the vagueness of the declaration has allowed
Reform to define it in a way that suits their proposals, namely
emphasizing the equality provisions. "
Context IThe Leader criticizes the Calgary Declaration.

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Key Issue ~beclssues
Date 12/02/1996 1
Source IBC Report - Liberals Reform their policy
Quote "If anglophones, allophones and aboriginals initiate violence,

they will lose the support of Canada and the international
community ... if you want to stay in Canada, do it
democratically and don't take up arms. Otherwise, you will get
no support from Reform."
Context The Leader on the possibility of a Yes vote in the 1995

referendum.

Date 01/12/1995 1
Source Icanadian Press Newswire - Reform doesn't rule out violence
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'We're not trying

to scare people,' said MP Stephen Harper, one of the principal
architects of the document. The draft document says the
federal government should allow referendums in the 'smallest
possible potential jurisdiction' that would not want to stay in an
independent Quebec. That might include areas such as the
Outaouais region near Ottawa, the west end of Montreal island
and the aboriginal communities in northern Quebec which are
strongly opposed to separation. 'The government has the legal
obligation to protect the rights of Canadian citizens who don't
want to leave the country,' he said Friday outside the House.
He was asked if that means the government should use
military force if necessary. 'I'm suggesting that if anybody
initiates violence it would be the government of Quebec which
would have to impose an illegal regime on those citizens since
they won't separate voluntarily,''' he said.
Context The Leader on what may happen if the Yes side prevailed in
1995.
Key Issue !QuebeC Issues
Date 29/09/ 1997 1
Source IAlberta Report - What's in it for us?
Quote "Quebec has had a prime minister from their province for the
last 29 of 30 years, and a Quebecker in almost every key
federal institution and ministry. They have also been net
beneficiaries in terms of it's economic role and transfer
programs ... what you've got here is a resuscitation of distinct
society using other terms ... you can argue they are watered
down terms, but as Daniel Johnson says, it opens the door to
distinct recognition ... what is interesting is the West's
constitutional agenda was reduced to a single phrase, equality
of provinces. I don't see how anything in this deal will mean
the provinces are more equal, how regional representation will
be enhanced, how the West will be treated better in terms of
fiscal and economic terms. It is really funny how everybody's
been debating whether or not people could settle for a 'two-E'
senate, now they're getting a 'no-E' senate."
Context IThe Leader on the Calgary Declaration.
January 7,2004 Page 34 0/53

Date 12/02/1996]
Source Iwestern Report - If you can't beat 'em, rob 'em
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'If you listen to

him closely it's a Quebec Liberal view, not a federalist view.
He has a vision of Quebec within Canada, but he has no real
vision of Canada.'
It makes Mr. Harper deeply distrustful of the Liberals' apparent
conversion. 'I think they're using these tough moves as
another way of selling special status for Quebec,' he says.
'The Liberals want to get the old Meech agenda through, and
they're saying that if distinct society and a veto are accepted,
none of the tough measures will be necessary.'''
Context The Leader on Stephane Dion's view of federalism. ~

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Date 20/12/1999 1
Source ~eport Newsmagazine - Is Mario the man?
Quote "It's important that it is not a sop to Quebec ... it's to make the
country as a whole work better, and to appeal equally to all
Canadians."
Context The Leader argues that decentralization can't be primarily

intended to mollify Quebeckers.
Key Issue IReform
Date L 03/05/19931
Source ~stern Report - Canada's new party of conscience
Quote "I would define power as having an agenda and seeing it

adopted rather than necessarily getting into power."
Context Some may say that the Leader's involvement in the creation
of the new Conservative Party makes him bit of a hypocrite.
Key Issue
Date [ 15/10/1995 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Reform's crusade for a new

Canada
Quote "Even if parties are regionally based, people want to see you
trying to be a national party."
Context The Leader argues that even if the party doesn't make inroads
into Quebec, the optics of at least trying are good.
January 7,2004 Page 35 0153

Key Issue IReform Party
Date 29/06/19981
Source [BC Report - Principle vs. the porkbarrel
Quote "Now Reform operates like any other party. There's no

difference ... Reform just found it couldn't change the system,
so now they've changed to fit the system."
Context The Leader's response to reports of increased caucus

discipline within the party (and also that 5 MPs were
considering to opt into the pension).
Key Issue Isenate
Date 28/01/ 1996 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Patronange appoitnments create

little stir
Quote I"we [Reform) don't support any Seante appointments."
Context
Key Issue ISexual Orientation
Date 26/12/ 1994 1
Source Iwestern Report - Reform grapples with gay rights
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'I really got

burned in the press on this one,' says Mr. Harper. His personal
position on gay rights, only partially reported, is 'don't ask,
don't tell.' Homosexuals should be protected from
discrimination in commercial or employment practices, he
believes, but like the rest of his caucus, he would prefer the
wholesale 'de - categorization' of human rights protection. He
would accept the inclusion of 'sexual orientation' in the CHRA
if it were clearly defined, but not if it were used a precedent for
further benefits like marital status. Mr. Harper is now polling
his constituents. "
Context The Leader response to a Southam headline "Two Calgary

Reformers back gay rights." In 1994, Allan Rock announced
his intention to include sexual orientation in the CHRA. It was
argued in the article that Southam was trying to present the
issue in a way that made it appear there was a major schism
in the Reform caucus.

Key Issue ISocial Conservatism
Date 11/08/1997 1
Source jAlberta Report - Alberta's new family policy
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'If there doesn't

start to be a defined agenda soon, it opens up space for all
kinds of people,' says Stephen Harper, vice-president of the
National Citizens' Coalition and an ex-Reform MP. 'And if the
agenda is one that's hostile for social conservatives, it could
open up the growth of a party like Social Credit or some kind
of conservative alternative ... Klein should take seriously the
fact that the Socreds did take 7% of the vote in the last
provincial election, which for a fourth party is an amazing total,
especially considering how little publicity they got,' says Mr.
Harper. 'It shows Klein can't assume that conservatives, and
especially social conservatives, can be taken for granted'."
Context The Leader argues that Klein ignores so-con concerns at his
peril.
Key Issue !Social Conservatism
Date 18/03/2002 1
Source IMacieans' (CBCA) - Religion and the right
Quote "Stockwell Day is running a clever campaign· he's a smart

guy - but it's focused entirely on getting the support of outside
organizations to win this race."
Context The Leader on the fact on Day's tactics of drumming up

support amongst so-cons.
Date 07/03/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - No love lost as Alliance

leadership frontrunner square off on Newsworld
Quote "I think you've made us vulnerable once again to the charge
that we may claim that we don't have a moral agenda but in
fact, there it is for all to see and it will be the leader's agenda if
you're [Day) elected."
Context The Leader argues that by concentrating on shoring up

support from religious groups, Day is making himself beholden
to them.

Key Issue ~ocial Conservatism
Date 25/10/19991
Source ~ort Newsmagazine - Have vote, will travel
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'It's because of

the liberal media's bent,' says Stephen Harper of Calgary,
president of the National Citizens' Coalition. 'Somebody
pointed out to me quite rightly that the concerns about the
involvement of activist Christians in U.S. politics did not arise
until it was the religious right. When it was liberal Christians
pursuing their agenda under Jimmy Carter, everything was all
right.'"
Context The Leader explains why those on the right who are religious
are criticized so harshly by the media.
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Key Issue
Date [ 24/07/20001
Source IReport Newsmagazine - "Stockmania"
Quote "Canadians are remarkably conservative for a country that has

never had an effective and consciously conservative leader ...
the whole spectrum in western politics has shift [from
economic) to social-moral cultural values."
Context
Key Issue IStockwell Day
Date 26/02/20021
Source Canadian Press Newswire (CBCA) - Day accuses Harper of

double standard on Christian fundamentalist support
Quote "I really wish you'd knock this off 'I'm the best Christian and of
you're Christian you've got to support Stockwell Day,' Harper
said on Vancouver's Rafe Mair show. 'You know this race is
not about religion, it's about choosing a leader for this party
which is going to have a range of religious view in it."
Context ~he Leader criticizes Day's leadership campaign strategy.
Key Issue ITom Long
Date 20104/20001
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Ernie Eves has quit federal

Conservative party to back Tom Long
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Long will not only
be able to hold onto Reform's support base, said Harper, he
will' bring a significant chunk of the Ontario party into this
race.
And 1think, in the process, he is going to deal a mortal wound
to the federal PCs.'"
Context

Key Issue lunite the Right
Date 21/03/2002 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire (CBCA) - Harper sets out to fix

Alliance's woes
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "On Thursday,

Harper said he'd discuss co-operation with Clark, but added
he's 'skeptical' of the Tories' sincerity."
Context The Leader on what he perceives to be the chances of uniting

with the Tories.
Key Issue lunite the right
Date 16/02/2002 1
Source !National Post - "Tory-Alliance merger 'virtually impossible.'''
Quote "My interpretation ... is that this was simply an attempt to

position Joe Clark to appeal to a wide electorate including
some Alliance voters. In other words, a hostile act."
Context The Leader on the announcement that the ORC would adopt
certain Alliance policies on such issues as Senate reform and
free votes in the House.
Key Issue IUnite the right
Date 16/02/2002 1
Source [t'§1onal Post - "Tory-Alliance union 'virtually impossible.'''
Quote "Part of the mission in the Alliance continues to be to find

ways to co-operate with Progressive Conservatives, but
obviously what Joe is doing makes formal institutional co-
operation with PC Party, at least under his leadership, virtually
impossible."
Context The Leader on Joe Clark's announced plan to remain on as

PC leader.
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Key Issue
Date 22/03/2002 1
Source !National Post
Quote "We have always said that if there is any possibility at all of
anything happening in terms of co-operation between the
parties - and I think it is a long shot - it is when we get in a
position of strength."
Context

Date 07/02/2002 1
Source Winnipeg Free Press - "Alliance candidates clash over right-

wing vote split"
Quote "9Progressive Conservative leader) Joe (Clark's) life-long

dream is it form a second Liberal party ... And I say, ladies
and gentlemen, let him have his second Liberal party - we will
be the sole democratic, conservative party."
Context The Leader on the chance of achieving unity with Clark at the
helm of the Tories at the debate in Mississauga.
Key Issue ~e_ri_gh_t _
Date 21/01/2002 1
Source [Montreal Gazette
Quote "I don't see a potential marriage with the Tories right now ...
We've made offers for four years to Joe Clark and the Tories,
and they have either been rebuffed or we've had no response.
I would be open to other options if I thought they were there.
But it's clear to me it's not."
Context The Leader on the chances of achieving unity as long as Clark

remains leader of the Tories.
ii~y-i;;~-----""lunite the right
Date 11/01/2002 1
Source Regina Leader Post - "Harper discourages merger"
Quote ["one-sided mating dance"
Context The Leader on the Alliance's past overtures to the Tories
Date 11/01/2002 1
Source Regina Leader Post - "Harper discourages merger"
Quote "Joe is not going to deal with us ... Joe is a principled guy in
his own way. And he has stood on principles different than
this party for his entire political career. He doesn't agree with
us on any major issue. As long as we chase him, we just put
ourselves in a position of weakness because he doesn't have
to deal with us."
Context The Leader on the chances of achieving unity with Clark at the
Tories' helm.

Date 12/12/2001[
Source ICalgary Herald
Quote "My position is that this party can and should move forward ...
While we're open to realistic accommodation with the Tories, I
think we have to also be realistic that it just isn't going to
happen under Joe Clark, so we have to be prepared to move
this party forward."
Context [The Leader on his position concerning approaching the Tories. [
Key Issue [Unite the right
Date 25/03/2002 1
Source INational Post
Quote "We will welcome responsible corporate support from the

corporate community, but the corporate community can't use
its financial support to blackmail a politician or a party ... We
would never allow the corporate community to say, 'you must
do this or you must do that.' That's not how things are
supposed to work in a democratic society."
Context The Leader on why Bay Street et al. will be unable to influence
the CAfTory merger.
Key Issue junite the right
Date 07/02/2002 1
Source National Post - "Harper, Day dismiss unity with Clark's 'soft'
Tories."
Quote "I don't believe that we will get that offer of co-operation from
Joe Clark's party because of the sole reason that Joe's life-
long dream has been to create a second Liberal party ... I say
let him create a second Liberal party. We'll continue to be the
sole conservative party."
Context The Leader said that he would not rule out any kind of
arrangement with the Tories, but that Joe Clark had indicated
that he had no interest in joining forces with the Alliance.

Date 18/03/2002 1
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: It's been a strange

campaign, says Mr. Harper. Two candidates, Mr. Hill and Ms.
Ablonczy, say the Alliance "has not future" and must align with
the Tories. The question of building a national, conservative
option to the reigning Liberals is a primary issue, he says, "but
you don't make yourselves contingent on another political
party endorsing you, which is what a couple of the candidates
would have us do." Better to watch the Tories "gradually
atrophy," he says.
Context
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Key Issue
Date 25/01/2002 1
Source IVanouver Province
Quote The following is an excerpt from a column by Jim McNulty: "If

Clark wants to run 301 candidates, so should we, said Harper,
adding that the Alliance should stop trying to 'reinvent and
rebrand' itself and instead run on tired-and-true Reform
policies. Harper insisted there is only 'one choice' to advance
conservatism in Canada, and that is the Alliance."
Context Although the Leader was not directly quoted in the article, I
thought it wise to include nonetheless.
Date 01/02/2002 1
Source IEdmonton Journal
Quote "The Red Tories under Joe Clark would be no better as a

government than the Liberals."
Context
Date 25/03/2002 1
Quote "I am convinced that is the only option right now [moving
forward without the Tories]. It is very unusual for parties to
unite."
Context

Key Issue junite the right
Date 18/03/2002 1
Quote ''The priority of the next leader should be to get this party
ready for an election, not figure out how to not run
candidates," Mr. Harper said, adding that it is up to the
membership to authorize co-operation with the Tories.
Context The could prove to be problematic as the recent merger was

initiated without gaining the grassroots' approval beforehand.
Key Issue !unite the right
Date 16/02/2002 1
Quote "My interpretation ... is that this [Tory-DRC initiative] was

simply an attempt to position Joe Clark to appear to a wide
electorate, including some Alliance voters. In other words, a
hostile act."
Context
Date 04/02/2002 1
Quote "We're going to take this party out of the hands of the spin
doctors and the lobbyists and the bagmen who got control of it
during the United Alternative process."
Context
Date 25/03~
Quote "We could get every Tory vote in the country and we couldn't
be a majority government. What this party needs to do is get
more votes, and its opponents - including the Liberals - need
to get less."
Context
January 7,2004 Page 43 0153

Date 21/03/20021
Source Icalgary Herald
Quote "This party will be dedicates to the principles and policies of its
members," Harper said, adding the Alliance is "a permanent
political institution that is here to stay."
Context
Date 14/01/20021
Source ~algary Herald
Quote "I think it [the Alliance) will get its support back," Harper adds.
"If it continues to wallow in internal factionalism, if it continues
to debate its own existence, if it continues to have senior
people in the party say it's not viable, not only the public but its
own people will lost confidence in it."
Context
Date 12/02/20021
Quote "I want to move the party forward based on all that it has built
in the past."
Context
Key Issue !Unite the right
Date 25/03/20021
Quote "I say it would be highly unusual to put all the eggs in the
basket if uniting this institution with another political party.
That kind of event almost never happens in a democracy.
think there are others ways to move forward."
Context IThe Leader argues that the Alliance was move forward.

Date 16/01/2002 1
Source IHamilton Spectator· "Harper plans to return to Alliance roots"
Quote "I think it's fairly clear this party needs to extend its electoral
base (but) I think it's a mistake to jump from that to say we
need to make an institutional deal with the Tories and say
that's the only way we can move ahead ... Fundamentally, this
party hasn't made progress in the past couple of elections, not
because, not because the Tories were there ... the essential
barrier was that this party didn't run good election campaigns
and didn't project a clear message to voters and clear sense
of competency and ability to form a government."
Context The Leader argues that the Alliance doesn't need Joe Clark's
Tories to win over the nation's fractured right-wing voters and
form a federal government.
Key Issue Iunite the Right
Date 06/04/ 1998 1
Source IAlberta Report - Waiting for the aftershock
Quote "Both parties must realize that there is no possibility either will
be able to mount a serious challenge to the Liberals ... if they
want to cooperate, there are any number of ways they can do
that, but if they don't, there are any number of roadblocks that
they can throw up ... political parties almost never merge ...
even just talk of merger brings out the fiercest hostility in
parties."
Context In the article, it notes that merger are either achieved through
a pre-arranged agreement or by a hostile takeover. The
Leader argues that the latter is the far more likely of the two.
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Date 23/11/ 1998 1
Source ~acleans' - The Manning prescription
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "He [Harper)

worries that the attempt to merge with Tories will result in a
watering down of core Reform tenets. For example, he
wonders if the principle of equality of the provinces can be
maintained in a new party that would include federal Tories,
like White, who have long contended that Quebec's special
place in Canada needs to be recognized. That is a position
many activist, small-c conservatives in the West and Ontario
reject. Harper told Maclean's the NCe's 45,000 members are
looking for 'something they recognize as distinctively
conservative--not just a party that seeks to replace the
Liberals.'"
Context The Leader criticizes the potential end product of the UA

process.

Key Issue IUnite the Right
Date 23/11/ 1998 1
Source [Macleans' - Alternative power brokers
Quote "By admitting that Reform is not capable of winning the next
federal election, and by being increasingly bold about what he
is willing to do about it, Manning is giving opponents of the
Liberals at least a ray of hope."
Context IThe Leader criticizes the UA movement.
Date 30/11/1998 1
Source [BC Report - An unlikely whaler
Quote "What concerns me is that in the rush to create an alternative

to the Liberals, the party doesn't end up being an empty
opposition vessel."
Context The Leader skeptical assessment of the potential end result of

the UA process.
Date 07/02/2002 1
Source Winnipeg Free Press - "Alliance candiates clash over right-

wing vote split"
Quote 'What they're saying is 'you've been right and we've been
wrong and we are moving towards your policies.'"
Context The Leader on the ORC's announced intention to adopt certain

Alliance policies.
Key Issue [gilite the right
Date 18/02/2002 1
Source National Post - "Five premiers urge Tory, CA union"
Quote The following is an excerpt from a National Post article: "Mr.

Harper says he believes many Tories are sincere about
coalition with the Alliance, but he said Mr. Clark's decision to
'drop the veil' on his leadership intentions 'confirms that he
intends to of after Alliance voters, not co-operation with the
Alliance party."
Context The Leader in to Clark's announcement that he would ask the

PC Party's national convention in August 2002 to give him a
mandate to lead them into the next election.

Date 08/02/1999 1
Source IAlberta Report - Populism versus partyism

a Calgary Reform MP before he decided not to seek re-
election in 1997, is another critic of the muzzling. Right now,
he says, it seems that Quebec nationalists and old-guard
Tories have latitude to contribute whatever they like to the UA
debate, while Reformers are supposed to refrain from
advancing the ideas upon which their MPs won office. 'We'd
better hear something very different at the UA assembly: Mr.
Harper warns, 'or the whole idea should be forgotten.'
Context The Leader argues that the UA process seems to be about

adopting what is acceptable to Tories while disowning Reform
policies.
Date 19/01/2002 1
Source Icalgary Herald - Interview with Stephen Harper
Quote ''Weill think policy books, especially in the traditional parties,

are king of meaningless documents, they just had to cover all
the bases. What has impressed me more, and one of the
things I was doing at the National Citizens' coalition, was that
we were tracking the policy positions on the major parties and
quite frankly we found the Canadian Alliance and the
Progressive Conservatives tended to disagree far more often
that they agreed -- whether you are talking about enhancing
regional transfers or industrial development programs or
unemployment insurance."
Context The Leader's response to the following question: "When we

look at the policy books for the Alliance and the Tories side by
side during the campaign, there was a lot of overlap. What
fundamental differences do you think Joe Clark has relative to
the Alliance party"? As a big part of our strategy to push
merger, has been the line "our policies books are virtually the
same," I though that this would be wise to include.
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Date [ 19/01/20021
Source Icalgary Herald - Interview with Stephen Harper
Quote "First of alii am running for leadership within the Canadian

Alliance not the Conservative party. So I am not seeking Joe
Clark's blessing. I gather many other candidates will be. That
is just one thing that is so unusual about the race. I am not
opposed in any way to try to broaden the coalition of this
organization and it has to be broadened to form a
government. My position is this: For four years the party has
made various offers of co-operation with Joe Clark but he has
not response to any of them. The party talked about joint
leadership races, coalition arrangements, the protocol on joint
candidates. Joe has not endorsed any of these nor has he
made any counter proposals. It is clear that he is not going to
and I think rather than chasing him and playing phone tag, we
should simply get on with our own party."
Context The Leader's answer to the following question: "What do you

say to those who say you are not interested in a merger with
the Progressive Conservatives"?
Key Issue [Unite the Right
Date 05/03/20021
Source Canadian Press Newswire (CBCA) - Day sets summer

deadline for Tories to agree to run joint candidates
Quote "People understand that this (race) is about the leadership and
the future of this party. It's very clear to me that this party has
two radically different futures depending on who wins this
race - either Stockwell Day or myself."
Context The Leader on Day's sudden interest in running joint

candidates. Prior to making the above statement the article
noted that the Leader mentioned that the Alliance membership
had not endorsed merger with the Tories.
Date 12/12/20011
Source ICanadian Press Newswire - Stockwell Day resigns
Quote "Those who support the incumbent (Day), those who support
moving the party forward under new leadership and those who
support moving toward Joe Clark's Tories."
Context The Leader on how the leadership race was shaping up (Le.
he, pay, and Abloncy)

Date 04/12/2001 1
Source National Post - "Forget unification with Tories under Clark,

Harper says"
Quote "I wouldn't characterize their actions as being in the drive for
[political) unity. What they have done is divide the stronger
party and try to blow oxygen into the tent of the weaker one ...
1do think the actions of the ORC, creating your own caucus
[and) making a deal with another political party, these are
actions that are unacceptable in any disciplined political
organization."
Context The Leader on the ORC. 1

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Key Issue Ete the right ~
Date 04/12/2001 1
Source National Post - "Forget unification with Tories under Clark,

Harper says"
Quote "I just think that it is transparently clear that this is a waste of
our time and energy. I don't doubt that there are lots of people
in the Tory party who do want to have meaningful dialogue,
but until we can be sure that they are sincere and supported
by their leadership, I am not going to advocate that be our
focus."
Context The Leader on the chances of achieving unification with Clark

~ thehelm of the Tories.
Date 04/12/2001 1
Source Toronto Star - "Harper to woo Ontario"
Quote "I think the grassroots is divided on this ... but they have to
come to the realization that no matter how much people want
it to happen, it's not going to happen ... Joe's done a number
of things to make this impossible ... I am a supporter of the
idea that this party should be a broad coalition of small-c
Conservatives ... but it's clear to me, in the short term, any
kind of instituional deal with the Tories is not going to happen
and it will not happen whil Joe Clark is leader."
Context The Leader on why unity can't be pursued as long as Joe

Clark is leader of the PCs.

Date 09/12/2001 1
Source Edmonton Journal - "Harper hopes to lead return to Reform's

right-wing roots."
Quote 'We've got five times the number of seats as the Tories, we've
got ten times the memberships, we've got an electoral base
that can actually deliver a substantial-sized caucus. If Joe is
unafraid to charge into the next election and says he can
move forward, it absolutely mystifies me why this party won't
take the same stance. We're in a far better position to do it."
Context The Leader argues that the Alliance should stop chasing the
Tories and instead focus on moving ahead.
,uulUnite the Right

Key Issue
Date 30/07/20~
Source IReport Newsmagazine - Winding to a close
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "He [Harper)

maintains, 'I'm not convinced there is a merger happening.' He
adds, however, 'things are moving towards the dissolution of
the Canadian Alliance - which amounts to the same thing' ...
'I don't hesitate in saying that Joe Clark is literally the
antithesis of everything the Reform/Alliance has attempted to
achieve in the past 14 years, much more than the Liberals.'"
Context !The Leader on the then-sorry state of the Alliance.
Date 04/12/2001 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Stephen Harper embarks on

campaign for CA leadership
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "He questioned yet

another rebranding of the Alliance through a unity effort,
saying Canadians want to see some consistency. Harper's
candidacy will be controversial for party members who would
to move quickly into an arrangement with the Tories. But he
said Monday the party must first restore itself, and rushing
quickly into a new arrangement smacks of defeatism. Clark
'has a view of where his party should go and that is clearly
incompatible with this party,' said Harper."
Context The Leader on those who wish to obsess with uniting with the
Tories.

Key Issue lUnite the Right
Date 04/12/20011
Source [Canadian Press Newswire - A sketch of Stephen Harper
Quote "I think we're wasting our energy, out time and resources
obsessing over a merger agenda with Joe."
Context [The Leader on uniting with the Clark Tories.

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Key Issue lunite the Right
Date 04/12/20011
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Harper's bid for Alliance

leadership won't build Eridges critics say
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "The Toronto-born

Harper said the Alliance made a mistake in trying to soften its
image to make it more palatable to those in Central Canada.
'We've always had a funny view that we somehow have to be
a different party in other parts of the country to move forward,'
he said. 'I don't share that view and think that has gotten us
off track.'''
Context The Leader on the received wisdom that the Alliance most
soften its image in order to succeed in eastern Canada.
Key Issue • m. lUnitetheRighl
Date Q9/0~
Source Canadian Press Newswire • Alliance leadership candidate

Stephen Harper ...
Quote "This is what the unity candidates aren't telling you, that there
is no way of achieving this ... I believe it's not possible in the
short term because I believe very strongly that Joe Clark in
particular as leader of that party does not share our principles
and policies."
Context The Leader of the futility of pursuing merger talks with the Joe
Clark Tories.
Key Issue Iwelfare State
Date 22/01/20011
Source IReport Newsmagazine - The medicare morass
Quote "Those who like an existing policy know why they like it, and
there's a whole demographic out there that has, for better or
worse, come to rely on the current system. That's the welfare
state· it breeds dependence."
Context The Leader on why Canadians are so fearful of addressing

problems with social programs like healthcare.
January 7, 2004 PageS] of 53

Key Issue IWelfare State
Date 19/02/1996 1
Source IWestern Report - A province of bastards
Quote "It always addresses social problems, but its cure exacerbates
all the causes of those same problems,"
Context The Leader on the "ironic link between the moral laxity of
Quebec and its unwillingness to give up the nanny state."
Key Issue IWestern Alienation
Date 08/09/1993 1
Source IWestern Reporter - The Reform caucus' likely leaders
Quote The following in an excerpt from an article: "Mr. Harper joined

the Reform Association in May 1987 while working on a
graduate degree in economics at the University of Calgary. He
says that at the time he was a 'disaffected westerner' who was
disillusioned with the Tories. "
Context This may be used the Leader as being to western-centric.
Date 11/12/1995 1
Source IWestern Report - Vetoes No one wanted
Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'Alberta and B.C.

would both oppose it, but the other provinces could ram it
through," he says. 'The conclusion we've reached is that you
have to have approval for constitutional amendments in all
sections of the country.'
Mr. Harper says that even though the Reform proposal does
not give Alberta a veto unto itself, the RPC believes a five-
region veto is the optimal balance between giving all provinces
a veto or having no vetoes at all. 'If you give six vetoes, then
you're on your way to 10,' he says, adding that universal
vetoes would be unworkable. "
Context The Leader's that the 7-50 amending formula may not always
protect the West's interests.
Key Issue Iwomen Issues
Date 21/03/1995 1
Source Canadian Press Newswire - Women better represented in

Senate
Quote "Obviously the government thinks it's being clever by

appointing women."
Context The Leader argues that Chretien deliberately appointed

women so that his critics would be ,ore muted in their criticism.

Key Issue !women's Issues
Date 06/03/1995]
Source Iwestern Report - How to rout an army
Quote "We're concerned about anything that detracts from the merit
principle in hiring, whether civilian or military ... things like
"diversity surveys' are obviously thinly-veiled moves to
introduce characteristics other than merit to hiring and
promotion."
Context The Leader on the affirmative action hiring of women into the
military.
January 7, 2004 Page 53 0[53

Harper Quotes
Context Quote Date Key Issue Source
During the 2001 Alberta "Its mandate will be to push )2/2001 Alberta Agenda Edmonton Sun - "Send
election, the NCC ran an ad the Alberta agenda ... and Message to Ottawa:
campaign that turned up the to get the province moving Coalition"
heat on the Alberta agenda. ahead in that direction."
The Leader's thoughts on "It displays a prejudicial 1/2000 Campaign Finance Calgary Sun - "Outrageous
the decision of the Supreme bias .. It calls into question Court Ruling"
Court to uphold election (the Supreme Court's
spending limits. neutrality and open-
mindedness. "
Page 1 of6
"Isn't it time taxpayers has a )6/1998 MP Pay Edmonton Sun - "Letter to
say in MPs' pay? Mps the Editor"
recently rammed a report
through the House of
Commons that boosted
their pay, doubled their
expense allowance and
sweetened their severance
package and pension
options. MPs say they
needed the money, but
shouldn't Canadian
taxpayers have the final
word on this matter? After
all, MPs are supposed to
work for us. Isn't it the
taxpayers whop pay them?
Certainly MPs has a perfect
opportunity to raise the
com pension issue during
the last election. But they
didn't. Not a single party
mentioned any form of
compensation increase in
its platform in the last
election - just one year
ago. They just begged us
for their jobs back. And
why wouldn't they? MPs
earn about $106,000 a year
in salaries and allowances
and can look forward to
collecting a super-rich
pension or a generous
severance package, among
other employment benefits.
Mps were in a conflict-of-
interest situation. Any
increase in compensation
should not have bel;ln
implemented until the next
Parliament, after MPs have
sought re-election on the
new rules. We taxpayers
Page 2
can't give ourselves a raise
and neither should MPs."
The following is a quotation )4/1998 Canadian Alliance Ottawa Sun - "Get it

from an article on the together"
United Alternative: "He [the
Leader] credits Manning for
at least calling for a united
alternative but notes the
option is 'seriously flawed'
be9.cl.U~e it is essentially a
Retprmploy. totak~over
the Conservative Party."
July 22, 2003 Page 3 of6

Considering the Leader's The following is a excerpt 2/2001 MP Pensions (amongst Edmonton Sun - "Harper has
past comments on MP pay from a Edmonton Sun other things) eyes on Stornoway"
and pensions, this could article: "The former Reform
prove to be quite MP now seeking the
troublesome. leadership of Reform's
political successor, the
Canadian Alliance, last
night told an Edmonton
crowd of about 250
supporters that he'd accept
the MP's pension and take
up residence in the
Opposition leader's
mansion in Ottawa. Both
the pension and the official
residence are issues on
which the Alliance members
have flip-flopped in the
past, eaming themselves a
lot of derision. 'That was
never a policy of the party,'
Harper said of the position
initially taken by movement
founder Preston Manning,
who publicly scoffed at the
home called Stornoway,
suggesting it would be
better used as a bingo
palace than a taxpayer-
supported residence. Later,
when Manning became
leader of the Opposition, he
moved into Stornoway,
which was assessed at $2
million in 1997. Ti"lepa.rty's
initial rejection of MP
pension was 'a mistake,'
Harper told the supportive
crowd. Reformer vowed to
refuse the lucrative MP
pension payment plan
because they believed the
move would shame Liberal
MPs into dumping it as well,
July Page4of6
he said. Instead, it focused
attention on themselves,
and chose them support
when members eventually
bought back into a revised
retirement plan."
The Leader responds to "The Jundamentalstrategy )6/2003 Liberals Vancouver Province - "West
Martin's promise to end olthe. Liberal party f6rthe will roast Martin if he calls
western alienation. last 30 years remains screw early election."
theWest, get the rest."
The Leader response to a "It's a little harder to read )3/2003 Iraq Fox News Sunday
question as to how many you know, we have kind of
Canadians actually support all Liberal media sponsored
the United States' position polls here."
on Iraq.
This article appeared during "The PC Party, in the past, )3/1998 Unite the right Toronto Sun - "Harper eyed
the time of speculation that has been successful at for Tory Job"
the Leader would run for the pulling together coalitions of
PC leadership. different conservatives.
That's the real challenge."
July 22, 2003

The Leader comments of "The federal government's 2/1997 Canada Post Ottawa Sun - "Letter to the
the end of a recent postal legislated end to the postal Editor"
strike. strike is only a hallow
victory for Canadian
consumers. True,
Canadians will get their mail
service back but they will
still be forced to put up with
an archaic postal
monopoly. Back-to-work
legislation only treats a
symptom and not the real
problem with postal service
in Canada. The real
problem is the double
monopoly in postal service.
The government gives post
office management a
monopoly over Canadians'
mail, and then Canada Post
gives CUPW union bosses
the labor monopoly power t
shut the service down.
That threat still hangs over
the heads of all Canadian
families and businesses.
It's time to end the double
monopoly and to give
Canadian consumers a
choice when it come to mail
service. Only ending the
monopoly will ensure that
Canadians are never held
hostage by another postal
strike."
luly 22, 2003 Page

Harper Quotes 2
Date Key Issue Quote Source Context
3/03/1995 Defence "I want to spend my time mainly on the Hansard - March 23, 1995 Part of the Leader's speech responding
issue of the infrastructure rationalization to a supply day motion put forth by
and Calgary's role in that. I doing so I Reform MP Jack Frazer that called for
~
. do not intend to dispute in any way the.. more accountability among senior otticals
need for defence cuts 'and the need for at the DND. On May 2, 2003, Geoff
govemment spending cuts in general. Regan took a third of one of these
All parties in the House have sentences and commented during his •
recognized that, although the Bloc S.O. 31, "In case there is any doubt, I
Quebecois is very open to defence cuts want to quote what the current Leader of
as long as not a penny of if is in the Opposition said at the time: "I do not
Quebec. I do not share that view. I do intend to dispute in any way the need for
not share a not in my backyard defence cuts". So, I am somewhat
approach to government spending puzzled today when the Alliance
reductions. " members suddenly pretend to be the
champions of the Canadian military."
1/05/2003 BSE Crisis "You have to wonder, why was this The Calgary Sun - "Quotable" The Leader did not make this comment.
brain sitting some place for over three This was incorrectly attributed to the
months"? Leader is QuickScan, as the his name
appeared above the quotation (his real
quotation appeared above his name).
2/03/2003 Defence "Now we're pulling it ott the table ... It The Calgary Sun - "Woe Canada! We These comments concern how the Sea
points out how decayed the state of out Stand for Nothing ... " King crash on the Iroquois - which
miliatry really is." resulted in a delay in Canadian
deployment to Afghanistan -
unfortunately reflected the sorry state of
Canada's military.
1/01/2003 Campaign Finance Reform The following passage is from an The Edmonton Sun - "Political The Leader comments on C-24, and how
Edmonton Sun Financing Law Panned" individual may make donations of up to
article: $10,000. Who knows, perhaps this
comment could be misconstrued to show
the Leader agreeing with the Liberal's bill.
"Alliance Leader Stephen Harper also
expressed concerns yesterday, saying
donations shouldn't have such a high
limit that they cause 'undue influence.'"
June 26, 2003 Page 1 of 19

8/01/2003 Jack Layton " ... obviously Mr. Layton's leadership The Edmonton Sun - "Jack Plans The Leader offers Layton some praise
poses some interesting dynamics for Attack ... " after slamming the NDP chances of
the federal political scene." making inroads with Alliance voters in the
West.
6/01/2003 MP Perks "I would like to know how a minster of The Calgary Sun - "What's to Hide ... " An excerpt from a letter written in
the Crown can claim $180,000 in response to the fact that Sheila Copps
expenses without providing a single cashed almost $180,000 in expense
shred of evidence other than a self- cheques over two years without
serving statement that these expenses submitting receipts.
had been made on government
business. If ministers of the Crown
spend our tax dollars, then Canadians
have a right to know exactly how their
dollars are spent."
1/05/2000 "For years, they have despised and The Toronto Star - "Why the Tory The Leader slags the Tories.
mocked everything Reform and its defectors pin hopes on Alliance"
supporters have stood for and they
can't understand why these people
won't come back."
9/03/2000 Social Conservatism "There are lots of people in Ontario who The Toronto Star - "Alliance contest The Leader discusses the strategic
would support certain of those views .. I gives new hope to pro-life camp" advantage of Stockwell Day's socially
don't think having a view that is conservative views.
different than the population would
automatically cause the population to
vote against you. But if they believe
you and impose those views in the face
of strong public opposition, that would
be a significant problem."
6/01/2000 Unite the right "[The Environics poll] confirms that the The Toronto Star - "Reformers divided The Leader pessimistic take on the
Reform-UA has become a house on UA" chance of electoral success for the UA.
divided against itself. It would be tragic The poll mentioned above suggested that
if a process designed to bring die-hard Reformers and Tories would
conservatives together ended up remain loyal to their respective parties.
dividing them instead. Both sides have·
to. make efforts at reconciliation ...
otherwise the next election will be
devastating for small-c conservatives."
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3/02/1999 Untie the right "If you like the policy in a party that was The Toronto Star - "New party faces a The Leader's pessimistic take on the
heavy with policy and now you're left race against time" UA's potential appeal to Reformers.
with something that has very little
policy, you're going to be concerned."
4/08/1998 MP Pensions The following is an excerpt from a The Toronto Star - "Manning pressed to The Leader comments on Reform MPs'
Toronto Star stand down" about-face on the issue of pensions,
article:
"Former Mp Stephen
Harper, frequently cited as Manning's
heir apparent, issued a statement last
week calling the pension issue 'a
defining moment for the party.' Opting
out of the pension was 'a huge issue for
both the party and its incumbents in the
last election' andReform will have zero
credibility on everything else if it backs
do'llll1, said Harper, now president of the
'W<
""'r
, right-wing National Citizens Coalition.
tvlPSWhO. optback in should be expelled
frqm the caucus, he said."
June 26, 2003 Page 3 of19

9/01/1998 MP Pay Your Dec. 30 editorial, Time to give The Toronto Star - 'Change MPs' role A letter to editor by the Leader in which
MPs a good pay raise, failed to answer before giving them more money" he suggests MPs are undeserving of a
one important question. pay raise.
If MPs, as The Star argues, are

underpaid and overworked, why is it
none of them asked for a pay raise
when they ran for re-election less than
one year ago? Instead, MPs begged
and pleaded with voters to give them
their jobs back.
That surely suggests MPs must be

content with their current remuneration.
And why not?
When you include their tax-free

allowances and Cadillac benefit plans,
MPs are paid well over $100,000 a
year, which puts their salaries in the top
10 per cent of households in the
country.
True, executives in the private sector

may have higher salaries than MPs, but
unlike most MPs, executives are paid to
make decisions and then to take
responsibility for those decisions. The
majority of MPs, by contrast, simply do
not perform an executive function.
In fact, most MPs are bit players in

teday's parliamentary system, with the
average backbencher merely acting as
an ombudsman for constituents on non-
partisan issues and as a local sales
representative for his/her political party
on the big issues.
That's why we believe that before MPs

demand more money, they should
reform the system and give themselves
a role that's deserving of more money.
JUlie
And that's why, instead of pleading on
behalf of MPs, The Star should try
speaking out for those who truly need
help - overburdened taxpayers.
Stephen Harper
The National Citizens'
Coalition
Toronto
1/08/1997 Reform Party "Reform spent a lot of time during the The Toronto Star - "Manning's fall job The Leader on the apparently changing
election attacking the Liberals for jar to the Reform party leader" priorities of Reform.
spending cuts, which was a big shift ...
They went from being the party of fiscal
responsibility to one that was much
more ambivalent. It will be interesting
to see where Reform positions itself
now. II
7/06/1997 Unite the right "The gulf there is unbrigable." The Toronto Star - Untitiled . The Leader on the prospect on
cooperation between Reform and the
Tories after Jean Charest called the
former bigoted because of its infamous
"No more politicians from Quebec" ad
campaign.
6/04/1997 Social Conservatism "It's the most dangerous road (for The Toronto Star - Untitiled The Leader expresses concern over the
conservatism) ... A Buchananist direction that the Reform is taking on
becomes a non-socialist critic of the social issues.
system, of certin aspects of the market
economy .. It's hard to know know
where Manning stands. Like all
politicans, he's able to do opposite
things at the same time. But my sense
is that the party is heading towards
Buchananism, although the party
platform isn't that way."
4/12/2001 Health "The federal government doesn't run The Toronto Star - "Harper to woo The Leader supports Klein and Harris'
the health-care system, it didn't creat it Ontario" effort to take on the federal government
and it's not going to fix it." over its lack of funding for the public
health-care system.
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0/0212001 Alberta Agenda The following is an excerpt from a The Toronto Star - "What is it that Although the Leader isn't directly quoted
Toronto Star Alberta really wants"? in this article, I thought it would be wise
article: to include it nonetheless.
Others,
including National Citizens Coalition
chief Stephen Harper, say the answer
is not outright separation but a Quebec-
style intransigence.
Solution to what? Answer to what? I

phoned Harper in Calgary to find out
what exactly the problem is he's trying
to solve.
His answer was that Ottawa extracts

too much of Alberta's money to
subsidize poorer provinces. By this,
Harper is referring to Canada's
elaborate tax and transfer system in
which money from the three richest
provinces Ontario, Alberta and British
Columbia flows to the other seven.
I've never understood why Albertans

begrudge helping out their less
fortunate neighbours in Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and elsewhere. But they
do. When federal money flows into, say
a canoe museum in Prime Minister
Jean Chretien's riding of Shawinigan,
Albertans really get hot under the collar.
Ontarians don't to the same extent. Yet

Ontario remains the biggest contributor
to national transfer programs.
Harper says Ontario doesn't mind

because the money flows back. A
newly employed Shawinigan canoe
museum worker, for example, might
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take out a mortgage. But the mortgage
would be held by a bank centred in
Toronto.
Alberta and B.C., he points out, don't

have bank headquarters (True. But
when Alberta money helps an
unemployed Manitoba labourer pay his
heating bill, guess where the oil comes
from?)
Anyway, Harper goes on, Albertans

wouldn't mind as much if they were
guaranteed a spot in the central
government. But they're not. Compared
with Ontario and Quebec, Alberta
doesn't have many voters. In this
sense, the province finds the
democratic principle of one-person-one-
vote inconvenient.
The solution that Harper, former

Reform guru Tom Flanagan and others
propose is to have Alberta's provincial
government take control of all of
programs it is constitutionally entitled to
operate.
That would include opting out of the

Canada Pension Plan to set up
Alberta's own, replacing the RCMP with
a provincial police force, collecting the
province's income taxes.
How does that stop Ottawa from

spending Alberta's money on those
undeserving Manitobans? Harper
acknowledges it doesn't, although he
says that opting out of the Canada
Pension Plan could cause the federal
government so much trouble it would
be forced to pay more attention to
Alberta.
June 26, 2003 70119

0/01/2001 Alberta "The last election made it perfectly The Toronto Star - "View from the West" This quotation, in which the Leader
clear that we have no voice within the expresses frustration with the outcome of
current political framework, and we are the 2000 election, stems from an article
frustrated with the situation."Albl:ll1ar:ls~' on Alberta separatism.
should decide that it is timeto''Seek a~
new relationship with Canada.~ .
0/12/2000 Alberta "We have deep cultural divisons in this The Toronto Star - "Liberals recognize The Leader on the Liberals' "Bash the
country and the Liberal campaign need to woo Westerns" West" campaign strategy.
deliberately emphasized those divisions
in order to win. That will have
consequences. "
2/03/2002 Canadian Alliance "We're still a long way from power if The Toronto Star - Will all policy and no The Leader's take on the CA's health at
we're honest, but we're not close to play make Stephen Harper a good the time of the leadership campaign.
death. We're a permanent political leader"
institution. "
7102/2003 Health "Provinces will always say it is not The Ottawa Sun - "Premiers snub The Leader offers the Liberals some faint
enough but frankly ... the provinces health deal" praise its $17.3 health deal with the
signed an agreement, they agreed to provinces. The above quotation could be
the amount of money involved and now seen as belittling the provinces concerns.
it is incumbent upon them .. To sit down
and make this agreement work."
0/01/2003 Campaign Finance Reform "Our view is that this solution is the The Globe & Mail - "PM's donation ban The Leader comments on Bill C-24.
worse than the problem." to cost $11 O-million"
8/01/2003 Iraq "We should not rule out any options. The Globe & Mail - "Iraq: The Weapons The Leader commenting on Chretien
The Prime Minister's position today Report ... " then stated positon that he was keeping
seems to be exactly our position." his options open (I.e. He wouldn't rule
out military intervention without the UN's
approval).
26,2003 Page 8
Health The following excerpt is from an article The Toronto Star - "New Alliance leader The Leader's take on the yet to be
in The Toronto rips health care ... " released report from the Romanow
Star: commission.
"I don't view the

Romanow commission as a particularly
promising vehicle of reform," he said.
Harper said he believes Ottawa has two

functions in the health care system - to
provide adequate long-term funding,
"which it has failed to do repeatedly
over a very long period of time" - and to
work with the provinces on reform of
the system.
Harper's views are consistent with

positions taken in his caucus and with
the separatist Parti Quebecois
government, which is boycotting the
Romanow commission while the former
Saskatchewan premier is in Quebec,
dismissing his hearings as a waste of
time and money.
Provincial Liberal Leader Jean Charest

did testify, but he echoed the PQ
position.
"It's not up to the federal government to

tell the Quebec national assembly how
to organize its health system," Charest
said.
Harper is an advocate of more

autonomy for the provinces - a position
that led him to join other prominent
Albertans in calling for a "firewall"
around the province following the last
federal election.
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"Doctor-patient care, hospitals, these
are the day-to-day responsibilities of
the provincial government," he said.
Until the federal Liberals are prepared

to seriously ask the provinces what they
need in health care funding and work
with them to create a framework for
care "we're not going to get on with
fixing this problem," he said.
"Part of my skepticism with the

Romanow commission," he said, "is the
idea that you can somehow just do a
study and consult a lot of people.
"Ultimately, there is going to have to be

experimentation and working with some
solutions to find out whether they pan
out or not."
JUlie 26, 2003 Page 10 of 19

5/10/2000 Gag Laws The following is an excerpt from a The Toronto Star - "Ottawa wants This article appeared just prior to when
Toronto Star spending limits back" an Alberta appeals court was to hear the
article: federal government's as to why spending
should once again be imposed on third
parties (an Alberta court had recently
found "gag laws" to be unconstitutional).
At the same time

as he granted the injunction against the
government, Cairns warned his final
judgment may not find the law
unconstitutional. But coalition president
Stephen Harper is confident the gag
law will ultimately be judged an
unreasonable breach of free speech.
Harper doesn't swallow the argument

ads exert undue influence on voters.
"Nothing in this legislative scheme

prevents you from buying a politician, it
prevents you from buying an ad to
express your own views," said Harper in
an interview from Calgary.
"Studies have shown over and over

again that people can hear political ads
in all kinds of volume and make up their
own mind.
"This whole idea that the voters can't

decide, and the voters might vote
wrong is a fundamentally undemocratic
notion." The spending limits were part
of a package of reforms to the Canada
Elections Act that were passed in May
and took effect Sept. 1.
4/06/2003 Progressive Conservative Party "Ddtheyreally want to work ina The Canadian Press - "Tories get first The Leader's initial take on the MacKay-
coalition with David Orchard, Maude look at backroom deal" Orchard deal.
Barlow and that gang of socialists"?
JUlie Page 11 of19

6/05/2003 Western Alienation "[Premiers] are always in their rights to CanWest News Services - "Butt out, Klein had accused Ottawa of "messing"
try to defend a province's interests ... PM tells Klein" around in provincial affairs, and the PM
The prime minister's reaction explains responsed as he typically does (ie. shove
why there's western alienation. Premier it). The above are the Leader's thoughts
Klein raises valid areas of provincial on this spat.
jurisdiction and the interests of
Albertans, and he's simply dismissed in
Ottawa."
0/04/2003 Anne McLellan "Brutally incompetent (McLellan) misled The Calgary Sun - "McLellan Lashed for Some (Susan 0' Reily at least) accused
the House and she should resign over Crisis Action" the Leader of going over the top with this
her handling of this." comment.
June 26, 2003 Page

2/05/2003 Alberta Agenda wing is an article by Preston Winnipeg Free Press - "Should the Mike Donison asked me to include this as
criticizing the Leader's Alberta West build firewalls of bridges"? it might provide ammo to the Liberals and
the press during the election.
SOME time ago, a

group of Western Canadian academics
published an open letter to Alberta's
Premier Klein calling upon him to "build
firewalls" to insulate the province from
the pernicious effects of ineffective and
misguided federal programs and
policies.
In particular, they proposed that Alberta

collect its own income taxes and
establish its own health care, pension
and police services rather than relying
on Revenue Canada, the Canada
Health Act, the Canada Pension Plan
and the RCMP for such purposes.
These proposals are yet another

expression of Western alienation from
the federal system -- a sentiment which
will continue to grow unless specifically
and positively addressed.
Attractive as the "firewall strateg}''' rnay

appear to some Westerners, there are
two major reasons why I believe it
would be unwise to pursue it. The first
is that "building firewalls" will ultimately
divide rather than unite the West itself.
While there is significant interest and

support for "firewall building" in
southern Alberta, there is much less
support for it in Edmonton and the
northern part of the province. And
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British
Columbia are simply not in a financial
June 26,
position to contemplate, let alone
pursue, such a strategy.
If the aim is to secure public policies

which strengthen the West rather than
weaken or frustrate it, there is a better
alternative than building firewal.ls. That
alternative is to "build bridges"·--
positive links and alliances among
potential allies across the W est and in
the other regions of the country to
obtain national policies which are in the
best interests of both the West and the
country as a whole.
A united West will be more effective in

changing national policies than a
divided West, and uniting the West
requires increased attention to forging
stronger links among the Western
provinces themselves.
For example, strengthening electricity

transmission links between Alberta and
British Columbia, and among the Prairie
provinces, would enable us to get a
better balance between the hydro
power resources of B.C. and Manitoba,
and the thermal power resources of
Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Not only would this enable us to offer

more competitive power rates to our
own people and industries, but it would
also enhance our capacity to increase
power exports to the vast and lucrative
U.S. market.
The time has also come for the four

Western provinces to get serious about
"one system planning" of Western
highway infrastructure, and new
approaches to financing such
infrastructure developrnent, including
the twinning of the TransCanada and
June 26, 2003 Page 14

Yellowhead highways.
The New West of the 21 st century must

also build new bridges between itself
and the provinces of Atlantic and
Central Canada.
The West and Atlantic Canada have

always had at least one thing in
common: the feeling that Ottawa and
Central Canada are often ignorant of
and indifferent to the concerns and
aspirations of the "outer regions." But
instead of perpetually lamenting this
state of affairs, are there not some
concrete things that the West and
Atlantic Canada can do together to
improve their status and influence?
For example, now that there is a

growing East Coast oil patch as well as
a western one, cannot the western and
Atlantic provinces work more effectively
together to advance a national energy
strategy which is in the interests of all
of Canada, and to promote reform of
the way in which the federal provincial
equalization formula treats provincial
petroleum revenues?
For many years the West and Quebec

have had a major constitutional interest
in common, namely greater
decentralization of the federation. As
long as Quebec had a sovereignist
government, it was difficult for western
leaders to pursue this common interest
without appearing to support
separatism. But now that Quebec has a
new provincial government whose
leader, Jean Charest, has expressed an
explicit interest in rebuilding links with
the rest of the country, there is a new
opportunity for the West and Quebec to
make common cause to reform
June 26, 2003 Page 15 of 19

Canadian federalism.
In building bridges on this front, the

premiers of the western provinces and
Quebec might benefit from the
experience of the Reform party in
campaigning nationally for the reform of
federalism in the 1990s. We found
significant support for decentralization
in the West and in Quebec, but not in
Ontario and Atlantic Canada where it
was feared that decentralization would
mean a weakening of the national
government.
We therefore broadened our approach

to call for a "rebalancing of the powers"
between the federal and provincial
governments •• a strengthening of the
provinces in their primary areas of
jurisdiction like health care, education,
social assistance and control of natural
resources, and a strengthening of the
federal government in such areas as
defence, foreign relations, international
trade and justice.
This approach produces a consistent

message on "reforming federalism"
which can be vigorously promoted by
both the West and Quebec, but which
will also resonate well in all regions of
the country.
Finally, the West must find some key

issues on which it can make common
cause with Ontario. Manitobans, living
in the keystone province which links the
West to Ontario, might give particular
attention to this challenge.
For example, the West and Ontario are

the two regions which will be most
heavily damaged by any disruption or
diminution of Canada-U.S. trade. Both,
June 26,2003 Page of 19

therefore, have a vested interest in
working more closely together to
overcome the damage created by the
Chr tien government's mismanagement
of Canada-U.S. relations.
And environmental issues might

provide another opportunity for fruitful
cooperation. It is in the interests of
Canada's biggest hydrocarbon-
consuming province (Ontario) and the
country's biggest hydrocarbon-
producing province (Alberta) to come
up with some constructive altemative to
the federal government's flawed
approach to implementing the Kyoto
Accord.
Western Canadians need to think hard

about whether the best approach to
building a strong and vibrant West is
through building firewalls or building
bridges. Personally, I'm for
strengthening the West by building
bridges to better link the New West to
itself and the rest of the country.
6/06/2003 Progressive Conservative Party "Many Progressive Conservatives have CanWest News Service - "Canadian The Leader argues the Tories are at an
long hoped to rebuild their venerable Alliance leader woos Tories" important crossroad.
political organization into the kind of
party it once was. The events of recent
weeks make it obvious that that is not
going to happen. Should the PC party
be rebuilt at all, it will be a very different
kind of instituion. The status quo, even
in its most desirable form, has been
obililerated. The PC party will be a new
kind of coailtion. Either it will be a
coalition with David Orchard or it will be
a coalition with the Canadian Alliance."
June 26, 2003 Page 17 of 19

1/06/2003 Social Conservatism "... we need to rediscover Burkean or Citizens Centre Report - "Redisocvering The above is an excerpt of the speech
social conservatism because a growing the Right in Canada" the Leader gave at Civitas. In this
body of evidence points to the damage section he discusses how social
the welfare state is having on your most conservative values are necessary for a
important institutions, particularly the health society.
family. Conservatives have to gove
much higher place to confronting
threats posed by modern liberals to this
building block of our socirty."
3/05/2003 Unite the Right "We're certainly willing to discuss it with The Toronto Sun - "Harper Set to Unite Harper response to Mulroney's
the future leaders ... I'm encouraged Willing to Work With ~Boss" suggestion that whoever the Tory leader
that Brian MUlroney would see it that
way and would certainly encourage him
'ltd, is should make uniting the right his top
priority.
to persade Peter MacKay - whi I think is
the key actor here - to get on that
bandwagon ... We'll see what Mr.
MacKay thinks about this and what tact
he's prepared to take once he's elected
... The bottom line is that we want to
see a single slate of candidates.
There's not time to have a full merger of
the parties, that is not possible between
now and the next election."
JUlie 26, 2003 Page 18 of 19

1/05/2003 BSE Crisis "I would understand that their [the The Toronto Star - "Beef Ban Could The Leader's initial reaction to the BSE
United States] priority should be the Wreak Havoc ... " outbreak. It can be seen to be a positive
same as ours, which to put the health assessment of the federal government's
of consumers first. But I think that the handling of the situation in its initial
initial indication is that there's no stages.
evidence that anything has entered into
the marketed product, and to the best
of our knowledge, governments have
this under control ... The government of
Canada took the initiative to notify
people, notify our trading partners about
this, so 1don't think they cab be
accused to this point of withholding any
inforrnation. What 1 see at the moment
is that we have a good safety and
inspection system, and that they are
doing what is necessary, but 1think the
situation requires our vigilance and
attention. Obviously, all questions have
to be answered not only for our own
market, but for the American and other
markets."
June 26, 2003 Page 19 of 19

Harper Quotes
The Leader's response to a "I don't give a damn about )4/2003 Iraq Ottawa Citizen
question concerning a poll the polls."
conducted by Ipsos-Reid,
which found that only 15%
of Canadians thought that
Canada should contribute
troops to a unilateral attack
on Iraq.
This quotation is the "The Canadian Alliance is )4/2003 Iraq CanWest News Service
Leader's response to the one party in this country
Manley's accusation that it that has stood by our
was the Alliance and it , American friends through all
fixation with anti-American of this, at every moment,
comments that were really what John Manley is doing .
damaging Canadian-US is kind of like the
relations. information ministetof the
govemment of Iraq. They
slander our American
friends. They refuse to
apologize for it. They say it
is free speech, and then
they try and blame their
internal opposition for the
problem. I mean; this is a
communications tactic
worthy of Saddam Hussein."
June 26, 2003 Pagel

The Leader expresses his "I think it was an interesting 14/2003 Iraq (Canadian Politics with Don Newman
opinion on Canada's PR stunt, but I think Compromise)
diplomatic efforts at the UN. effectively put itself outside
of the coalition of the
willing. And frankly, outside
the coalition of the
recalcitrant around France
and just ended up in this
middle path that ultimately
is not going anywhere and
ultimately led to the
muddled position we had
during the war."
The Leader's response to "I think the UN Security )4/2004 Iraq (UN) Politics with Don Newman
the following question from Council, the role that some
Newman (not verbatim): had hoped it would play
What happens if the US post-Cold War is dead. Not
doesn't want to use the UN just because of this but
in the future. Because of because of Kosovo.
our [Canada's] special NATO's role is also in
relationship with the US, doubt."
should we follow suit?
This was a joke told by the "You all saw that video that 212001 Miscellaneous Gaffes Excerpted on CBC Radio's
Leader was on the came out, a little bit The House
campaign trail during the controversial, Stockwell
leadership race. Some may Day, I wasn't listening
consider it to be in poor carefully, he was talking
taste. about the caucus, he was
talking about walking amid
the destruction and the
devastation and the
wreckage. Then I realized
that was actually the World
Trade Centre."
June 26, 2003 Page

A oft reported incident in "It was probably not an )4/2003 Iraq (John McCallum and The Daily News (Halifax)
which the Leader used appropriate term [the Jean Chretien)
"immoderate" language. A Leader was heard calling
day later it was reported in McCallum.an idiot during
The Toronto Star that the QP], but we support the war
Leader had called Chretien effort and believe we should
a Coward. be supporting our troops
and our allies and be there
with them doing everything
necessary to win. And then
this clown [McCallum) gets
up and makes these
ridiculous defences about
how you can have troops in
the field and somehow
they're not your
responsibility and somehow
you're not part of the war.
Quite frankly, any minister
who has any integrity would
resign from his position if he
was forced to parrot lines
that stupid in front of the
Canadian public."
The above quotation stems Harper accused Chretien's )4/2003 Iraq (CBC) AdvanceNews (Langley)
from comments made by Liberals 'and frankly some
the Leader during his elements of our national
stopover in Langley on April broadcasting corporation' of
11. apparently wanting to prove
that 'the America of George
Bush is not better than the
Iraq of Saddam Hussein.'''
June 2003 Page 3 of8

This quotation stems from "In recent months this party, )3/2003 Iraq (France) Hansard
the Leader's response to the Canadian Alliance, has
the supply motion put forth been strongly supportive of
by the Bloc on the topic of these diplomatic efforts.
military intervention in Iraq. However, it is clear now that
It may been seen as being in some cases Saddam
anti-French. Hussein has guessed right.
For example, Jacques
Chirac and the Gaullists of
France have once again
been preoccupied more
with agendas targeted on
the Anglo-American word
[sic ?] than on the regime of
Saddam Hussein."
JUlie 2003 Page 4

The Leader's response to "Mr. Speaker, I will not )3/2003 Iraq (NDP) Hansard
Blaikie's rebuke of the debate every historical
Leader's argument point. I will just point out
regarding the CCF/NDP's that the NDP's tradition of
history of pacifism ( Le.. pacifism has a tendency to
The CCF caucus (minus its go much farther than that.
leader) supported The NDP missed Saddam
intervention in 1939 and in Hussein in 1991, just as it is
Korea. This quotation missing him today. We all
stems from the Leader's remember that. For much of
response to the Bloc's the cold war, that party
supply motion on military missed or downplayed the
intervention in Iraq. evil represented by the
Soviet empire. As the
member concedes, the
NDP leader of the day did
miss the threat posed by
Adolf Hitler. I would
concede the CCF voted for
the war at the very end. I do
not know what it did during
the 1930s, but I do
remember well my father
and grandfather and
relatives telling me how
during the 1930s people of
that persuasion ignored the
evils of Adolf Hitler and told
them that Adolf Hitler was
just helping the German
working man and this kind
of thing.
And it is even today. The

NDP has a history of this.
At these kinds of moments,
it not only has a history of
being on the wrong side of
the issue, but as it has
done in the House today, it
targets all its criticisms at
the good guys and all its
criticisms at what they may
do. I urge the NDP to
June 26, 2003 PageS

reconsider, to consider how
serious the threat of
Saddam Hussein is for the
world and for Iraq and to
stand by the removal of that
regime."
The Leader's opening line "Mr. Speaker, we do not )3/2003 Iraq (France) Hansard
of a question regarding the believe in sacrificing our
Liberal's insistence on tying friends and our interests to
foreign policy to the UN. a veto of Jacques Chirac."
JUlle 26, 2003 Page 6

Part of the Leader's speech "The other source of anti- )4/2003 Iraq Hansard
on the Alliance's supply Americanism, I believe, is
motion. Some of the more psychological. The
comments, IF taken out of fact is that we are different
context, COULD prove to and our differences
problematic (I.e.. Americans sometimes have irritated
are overbearing and and, yes, sometimes even
Canadian are a little under frightened others. When we
whelming). go to the United States,
even as English speaking
Canadians, as much as
many of us love the United
States, have friends,
acquaintances and even
close relations there, we
know Americans are
different. We know
Americans can sometimes
be, if I can be honest, loud,
boastful, aggressive, maybe
overbearing and certainly
overwhelming, but we also
know they have hearts as
big as this planet.
What other great power

has ever rebuilt the
enemies it has defeated?
Even with the trade
difficulties we have, what
other great and huge
country throws open its
market in a way similar to
what the United States
does? What other dominant
force has ever so clearly
stood for the hopes, the
dreams and the common
good of ordinary people
everywhere?
However if the
Americans can occasionally
be overbearing and
June 26, 2003 Page 70f8

overwhelming, we in this
country, if we want to be
frank, can sometimes be a
little under whelming.
Let me frank about this,

in reference to something
my office has prepared.
This multiple page
document is a litany of anti-
American comments
emanating from
govemment benches in only
the past few weeks and
only over this particular
conflict. I could add much
more outside of that
context. This litany of
insults and outrageous
abuse of our American
friends contains quotes that
range from the incredibly
stupid to the truly vile. That
is the only way I can put it.
This is nota testament to
our independence. It is a
testament to a streak of
immaturity and
irresponsibility thatthis
party does not share and
will never embrace."
The Leader explains "It's clear that in Quebec, )4/2003 Iraq (Quebec) Fox News (this clip was
Quebec's pacifist history to it's probably a different repeated on Global News
an American audience, and matter. Quebec has a long the next day)
suggests that the feelings history of different views of
of other Canadians these kinds of issues, a
shouldn't be extrapolated past of this tradition. I think
from this fact. outside of Quebec, I really
believe very strongly that
the silent majority of
Canadians is strongly
supportative of our
American and British allies."
June 26, 2003 Page8of8

Harper Quotes
The above quotation could "...we [Alberta) are the ony )2/2001 Canada NCC Fundrasing Letter
be construed to be an province in Canada keeping
example of the Leader pace with the top tier
bashing Canada. countries in the world. Now
we must show that we will
not stand forasecond·tier
country run be a thrid-world
leader with fourth-class
values."
August 28, 2003 Page

This letter is in support of "Yet predictably, education )6/2001 Education NCC Fundraising Letter
the Harris Tories plan for bureaucrats, teacher union
school tax credits. bosses, the opposition
parties and the liberal
media oppose giving
parents more choice and
freedom. The Left is pulling
out all the stops to quash
the conservative plan ...
The Left doesn't want
school reform, they simply
want control - at our
children's expense. When
Harris tried to overhaul the
existing public school
system, we all know union,
liberal media and educrats
fought him all the way then.
These vested interests
resisted any attempt to
change a flawed system.
Now, thankfully, the
Conservatives will forge
ahead with a different
approach. Our campaign
will rally support for this
policy among the majority of
Ontarians who are not
represented by the anti-
choice views of the Left and
the union/bureaucratic
establishment. With your
help, we'll push for more
freedom in Ontario's
classrooms ... It's time to
give public school unions
competition and give
parents the freedom of
educational choice for their
children."
August 28, 2003

The letter solicited funds to '''The jackasses at Elections )8/2001 Elections Canada NCC Fundraising Letter
aid in the defense of British Canada are out of control'
Columbian Paul Bryan who Please excuse my
posted election results from language, but when I
Eastern Canada in real time learned Election Canada's
(this is illegal under the bureaucrats have pressed
Canada Elections Act) on charges against a Canadian
his personal web site. citizen, I just blew my cool.
That is the exact language I
used ... This is not the first
attack on freedom by
Elections Canada. Its
heavy-handed chief, Jean-
Pierre Kingsley, has been
an advocate of the most
minute of controls and
regulations - and stiff
punishments - on every
aspect of 'free' elections."
This letter solicited funds to "Of course, the attitude of )8/2001 Jean-Pierre Kingsley NCC Fundraising Letter
aid in the defense of British Kingsley shouldn't surprise
Columbian Paul Bryan who us. After all, he's the chief
posted election results from backer of Bill C-2 - that
Eastern Canada in real time other election gag law -
(this is illegal under the which makes it a crime for
Canada Elections Act) on citizens to spend their own
his personal web site. money to promote their own
views during federal
elections. That too is
another example of
Kingsley trying to control
information. Simply put,
Kingsely is a dangerous
man. It is appropriate that
jounalists have dubbed him
Canada's 'Chief Electoral
Idelogue,' and 'Chief
Electoral Nanny.'"
August 28, 2003

The sentence that preceded "There's tremendous 15/1997 Parliamentary System Globe & Mail - "Election
this quotation was as pressure, there's a need for Agenda"
follows: "Mr. Harper the team to appear to be
believes the traditional speaking the same
parliamentary system does message and that leads to
not help the situation. all kinds of contortions."
Great stress is put on the
caucus cohesion, forcing all
MPs (in the same party) to
sing the same tune, as if
they could sublimate their
personal beliefs."
The Leader on the "Take all the federal 12/1998 Canada Pension Plan Globe & Mail - "The
boondoggle potential on economic boondoggles that Provinces Prairies
Paul Martin's suggested have ever happened and Suspicions about the new
reforms of the CPP. multiply them 1DO-fold and CPP"
you've got the CPP
investment board .. To
these guys, Cape Breton
heavy-water projects will
look like a sound
investment ... But if it
succeeds in operating 'just
like the private sector,' then
there's no real reason for
govemment to run it at all."
The Leader on politicians "Don't go around saying )8/2003 Religion Kingston Whig - Standard -
like Chretien and Martin you're Catholic if you don't "Same-sex unions 'a moral
who ditch their Catholic believe in it." decision': Harper
beliefs the moment they
become inconvenient.
The Leader on the latest "They're [EKOS) are the 17/2003 EKOS Red Deer Express - "Poll is
EKOS poll that has the CA single pollsters, I believe, 'propaganda' Alliance leader
at between 9-11 % support. for the Liberal government says"
... I think it reflects what the
Liberals want the Tories to
believe - that they don't
need to work with the
Canadian Alliance ... It's all
Liberal propaganda."
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August 28, 2003 Page 5 of 11

The Leader on what should "We should not be guided )8/2003 Iraq National Post - "Harper
guide our decision-making by intemational consensus, ValleyGTA"
in the arena of foreign but by our own moral
affairs and defense. values."
The Leader on the then- "To propose right from the )4/1998 Unite the right Globe & Mail - "Harper
nascent United Alternative outset that a united rejects run at Tory
project. alternative can be achieved leadership"
simply by mobilizing the
Reform organization,
policies, name and
leadership - and needs little
more from the Tories than
their votes - is to label it a
'takeover' and to doom it to
rejection and failure."
The Leader on Reform "This is the wrong time for )4/1998 Reform Globe & Mail - "Reform stalls
losing its seat in the 1998 Reform to lose a seat in its drive to unite right after B.C.
by-election in Port Moody- own base ... People who federal by-election"
Coquitlam. Considering would be (thinking of) going
possible parallels that could Reform are looking at
be drawn to Perth- whether it's got a shot at ...L.--.
Middlesex, I though it would challenging for F'::k-F
, . ( •. +Jlfl A '\
be wise to include it.

~~~~~~;;~~~ldTi~~i~~;e'> ~~~lP-
precisely the opposite." (u r jv 0
The Leader referring to "That's the most 0/1999 MP Pensions Globe & Mail - "MPs join
Reform MPs who opted disappointing part of this. ranks of those eligible for
back into the pension plan. Not only are these people pensions"
prepared to abuse the
public trough, but they're
also prepared to abuse the
public trust."
This quote is from an "When I was an MP, I was )9/2001 Canadian Alliance Globe & Mail - "Harper in
unnamed source who thoughtful moderate. NoW" Ottawa to test water for
attributes it to the Leader. I'm a radicalideologue who leadership bid"
In it the Leader is making wants to retreat into a right-
light of the view that he wingNDP."
hopes to influence policy
rather than govern.
August 28, 2003 Page 6

The Leader, quoted from an "The plan will save money )6/2001 Education Globe & Mail - "School tax-
NCC fund raising letter, on ... Premier Harris credit plan hailed as a
the benefits of Harris suggested the government money saver"
controversial school tax· will save about $7,000 for
credit. ach student who does not
attend a union·run public
school."
The Leader's pessimistic "If the goal of the Reform )3/2000 Canadian Alliance Globe & Mail - "Day can win
assessment of the CA's Alliance is to form a Alliance leadership"
(prior to its leadership national government ... it
election) chances of seems to be difficult to
forming government. The make the argument that he
Leader is indirectly quoted can achieve that ... It's
as saying that the CA would virtually impossible."
probably do better under
Day than under Manning,
but he still holds
reservations about Day as
he is untested on the
federal stage.
The mentality to which the "But why has this mentality 111999 Quebec Issues NCC Fundraising Letter
Leader refers is that of fully ruled Quebec year after
bilingual separatists like year unopposed? Because
Bouchard and Parizeau who no political party has had
believed that English· the backbone to stand up
language rights must be against a .few ethnic
restricted whenever nationalists."
possible.
This quotation stems from a "On the prairies, we [NCC] )2/2000 Canadian Wheat Board NCC Fundraising Letter
membership renewal letter. demand marketing freedom
The term "Soviet-style" may for farmers. The Soviet·
be considered to be styled Canadian Wheat
immoderate. Board [CWB] monopoly has
suppressed free enterprise
and value-added production
for too long ... Let's
unshackle western farmers
from the CWB. That's the
only real 'Farm Crisis'
solution."
August 28, 2003 Page 7 of 11

This fundraising letter "You, like many Canadians, )1/2001 2000 Election NCC Fundraising Letter
argues for the need to were probably very
defeat gag laws. disturbed by the tone of that
election campaign. Frankly,
the personal attacks,
unsubstantiated slanders,
and left-wing media fear-
mongering reduced the
exercise to the level of
farce."
This letter deal with the " ... that most biased of )1/2001 Elections Canada NCC Fundraising Letter
NCC's fight to overturn the government agencies,
federal election gag law. Elections Canada."
The preceding part of the
sentence is as follows: "We
never wavered, even after
receiving a thinly veiled
"scare" letter from ... "
The purpose of this letter "On November 27, voters in )2/2001 2000 Election NCC Fundraising Letter
was to solici! funds for the central and eastern Canada
Alberta Agenda (aka gave Jean Chretien's
Firewall Letter). This Liberals a massive majority
quotation could be seen to government. Theytumed a
be too pre-Western in tone blind eye to the scandals,
(Le.Those buggers in the abuses of power, and
East just don't get it). The misuse of tax dollars that, in
mention of Atlantic the eyes of most
Canadian and Quebec Westerners, make the
voters being bought with Liberal Party a corrupt and
transfer payment dollars unacceptable option. They
could also prove rewarded a Prime Minister
problematic. whose campaign featured
vote-buying orgies in
transfer-dependent
provinces, media reports of
Shawinigan slush funds,
vicious attacks against any
kind of democratic reform,
and the ridicule of any
sense of morality of politics."
August 28, Page 8

From a letter promoting the "...Iooking at Alberta's )8/2001 Alberta NCC Fundraising Letter
Alberta Agenda. Who strong economy and
knows, this quotation may budget, he [Chretien] claims
be seen as being too that our wealth has actually
Alberta-centric. been created by the federal
government. In other
words, he believes Alberta's
wealth belongs to Ottawa."
August 28, 2003

This quotation stems from a "Our first opportunity to take )8/2001 Alberta Agenda NCC Fundraising Letter
letter soliciting funds for the a stand will be in the
Alberta Agenda. Imploring upcoming provincial
Albertans to vote for a party [Alberta] campaign. In this
exposing a message of election, it is our intention to
separatism over the more go across the province on
federally minded Liberals radio, television, and
could prove to be newspaper to ask Albertans
problematic. In fairness to to send a blunt warning to
the Leader, he goes on to Jean Chretien and the
state that the Alberta Liberal Party: all things
Agenda has nothing to do Liberal are unacceptable in
with separation. this responsible,
respectable, freedom-loving
province. We are asking all
Albertans to vote for
Alberta. What does that
mean? For those who
support the government,
clearly that means backing
Premier Ralph Klein. For
those who oppose the
government, that means
supporting the Alberta
alternatives to that
government - parties like
the Social Credit Party, the
Alberta First Party, of the
Alberta Independence
Party. But under no
circumstances should
Albertans support the
Liberals - a party that
stands four-square against
everything positive that
Alberta represents."
August 28, 2003

This quotation stems from a "The Parti Quebecois 1/1999 Parti Quebecois NCC Fundrasing Letter
fundraising letter soliciting designed this law [Bill 101]
for money for Montreal to suppress the basic
lawyer Brent Tyler's case freedoms of English-
against Bill 101. speaking Quebecers and to
ghettoize the French-
speaking majority into an
ethnic state."
August 28, 2003

Harper Quotes
During the 2001 Alberta "Its mandate will be to push )2/2001 Alberta Agenda Edmonton Sun - "Send
election, the NCC ran an ad the Alberta agenda ... and Message to Ottawa:
campaign that turned up the to get the province moving Coalition"
heat on the Alberta agenda. ahead in that direction."
The Leader's thoughts on "It displays a prejudicial 112000 Campaign Finance Calgary Sun - "Outrageous
the decision of the Supreme bias .. It calls into question Court Ruling"
Court to uphold election (the Supreme Court's
spending limits. neutrality and open-
mindedness."
2003 Page 1 of6

"Isn't it time taxpayers has a )6/1998 MP Pay Edmonton Sun - "Letter to
say in MPs' pay? Mps the Editor"
recently rammed a report
through the House of
Commons that boosted
their pay, doubled their
expense allowance and
sweetened their severance
package and pension
options. MPs say they
needed the money, but
shouldn't Canadian
taxpayers have the final
word on this matter? After
all, MPs are supposed to
work for us. Isn't it the
taxpayers whop pay them?
Certainly MPs has a perfect
opportunity to raise the
compension issue during
the last election. But they
didn't. Not a single party
mentioned any form of
compensation increase in
its platform in the last
election - just one year
ago. They just begged us
for their jobs back. And
why wouldn't they? MPs
earn about $106,000 a year
in salaries and allowances
and can look forward to
collecting a super-rich
pension or a generous
severance package, among
other employment benefits.
Mps were in a conflict-of-
interest situation. Any
increase in compensation
should not have been
implemented until the next
Parliament, after MPs have
sought re-election on the
new rules. We taxpayers
September 2, 2003 Page 2 of6

can't give ourselves a raise
and neither should MPs."
The following is a quotation )4/1998 Canadian Alliance Ottawa Sun - "Get it

from an article on the together"
United Alternative: "He [the
Leader] credits Manning for
at least calling for a united
alternative but notes the
option is 'seriously flawed'
because it is essentially a
Reform ploy to take over
the Conservative Party."
2003 Page 3
Considering the Leader's The following is a excerpt 2/2001 MP Pensions (amongst Edmonton Sun - "Harper has
past comments on MP pay from a Edmonton Sun other things) eyes on Stornoway"
and pensions, this could article: "The former Reform
prove to be quite MP now seeking the
troublesome. leadership of Reform's
political successor, the
Canadian Alliance, last
night told an Edmonton
crowd of about 250
supporters that he'd accept
the MP's pension and take
up residence in the
Opposition leader's
mansion in Ottawa. Both
the pension and the official
residence are issues on
which the Alliance members
have flip-flopped in the
past, earning themselves a
lot of derision. 'That was
never a policy of the party,'
Harper said of the position
initially taken by movement
founder Preston Manning,
who publicly scoffed at the
home called Stornoway,
suggesting it would be
better used as a bingo
palace than a taxpayer-
supported residence. Later,
when Manning became
leader of the Opposition, he
moved into Stornoway,
which was assessed at $2
million in 1997. The party's
initial rejection of MP
pension was 'a mistake,'
Harper told the supportive
crowd. Reformer vowed to
refuse the lucrative MP
pension payment plan
because they believed the
move would shame Liberal
MPs into dumping it as well,
September 2, 2003 Page 4 of6

he said. Instead, it focused
attention on themselves,
and chose them support
when members eventually
bought back into a revised
retirement plan."
The Leader responds to "The fundamental strategy )6/2003 Liberals Vancouver Province - "West
Martin's promise to end of the Liberal party for the will roast Martin if he calls
western alienation. last 30 years remains screw early election."
the West, get the rest."
The Leader response to a "It's a little harder to read )3/2003 Iraq Fox News Sunday
question as to how many you know, we have kind of
Canadians actually support all Liberal media sponsored
the United States' position polls here."
on Iraq.
This article appeared during "The PC Party, in the past, )3/1998 Unite the right Toronto Sun - "Harper eyed
the time of speculation that has been successful at for Tory Job"
the Leader would run for the pulling together coalitions of
PC leadership. different conservatives.
That's the real challenge."
September 2, 2003 Page 50f6

The Leader comments of "The federal government's 2/1997 Canada Post Ottawa Sun - "Letter to the
the end of a recent postal legislated end to the postal Editor"
strike. strike is only a hallow
victory for Canadian
consumers. True,
Canadians will get their mail
service back but they will
still be forced to put up with
an archaic postal
monopoly. Back-to-work
legislation only treats a
symptom and not the real
problem with postal service
in Canada. The real
problem is the double
monopoly in postal service.
The government gives post
office management a
monopoly over Canadians'
mail, and then Canada Post
gives CUPW union bosses
the labor monopoly power t
shut the service down.
That threat still hangs over
the heads of all Canadian
families and businesses.
It's time to end the double
monopoly and to give
Canadian consumers a
choice when it come to mail
service. Only ending the
monopoly will ensure that
Canadians are never held
hostage by another postal
strike."
September 2, 2003 Page 60f6

Index to Stephen Harper
Quotation Database
• Aboriginal Issues • CBC

• Abortion • Charter of Rights and
• Advocacy Groups Freedoms
• Agriculture • Child Poverty
• Alberta • Child-Care Benefits
• Alberta Agenda • CRST
• Alberta Liberal Party • Conservatism in
Canada
• Atlantic Canada
• Constitution and
• Being Elected
Meech Lake
• Bigotry
• Constitutional
• Bilingualism
Jurisdiction
• Bill Phipps
• Corporate Welfare
• Bloc
• Culture
• Brian Mulroney
• Defence
• Broadcasting
• Deficit
• Budget Legislation
• Distinct Society
• Calgary
• Dollar
• Campaign Donations
• Campaign Finance • DRC
Reform • Economy
• Education
• Canada
• Election Financing
• Canada Pension Plan
• Election Gag Laws
• Canada Post
• Electoral Reform
• Canadian Alliance
• Employment Insurance
• Canadian Millennium
• Environment
• Partnership Program
• Equalization Payments
• CanadianIU.S.
Relations • Ethics
• Capital Punishment • Ethnic Voting/Liberals
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• Extremists • Miscellaneous Gaffes
• Ezra Levant • MPPay
• Family • MP Pension
• Finance • MPPerks
• Foreign Aid • MPs
• Foreign Policy • National Citizen
• Free Market Coalition
• Free Votes • National Council
• Fundraising • National Security
• George Bush • NDP
• Grassroots • NEP
• GST • Ontario
• Gun Control • Opposition Parties
• Health • Parliamentary System
• House of Commons • Party Politics
• Immigration • Paul Martin
• Industrial Policy • Pay Equity
• Infrastructure • Personnel
• Interest Groups • Pierre Trudeau
• Internal Trade • Political Aspirations
• Iraq • Political Correctness
• Jane Stewart • Political Parties
• Jean Charest • Populism
• Jean-Pierre Kingsley • Preston Manning
• Joe Clark • Progressive
• Joe Clark/DRC Conservative Party
• John Ralston Saul • Property Rights
• Junkets • Provinces
• Kyoto Accord • Provincial Wings of the
• Labour Party
• Leadership Style • Quebec
• Liberals • Quebec Separatism
• Louis Riel • Question Period
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• Ralph Klein
• Referenda
• Reform Party
• Regional Veto
• Religion
• Saskatchewan
• Senate
• Sexual Orientation
• Social Conservatism
• Social Policy
• Stockwell Day
• Stornoway
• Taxes
• The Left
• Transport
• Unite the Right
• United Church
• United States
• Unity
• Vote Splitting
• Welfare State
• Western Alienation
• Women's Issues
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ABORTION (page 3):
Overall, the comments are consistent with the idea that abortion is not and will not be an
election issue. Also, that the CA would not be sponsoring any anti-abortion legislation.
ALBERT AI ALBERTA AGENDA (page 8-29) :

December 18/00 (page 11): "I too am one of these angry westerners... let's make the
province (Alberta) strong enough that the rest of the country is afraid to threaten us."
No date: (page 17): NCC Online article:

"The CA will be under considerable pressure to rid itself of any tinge of a Western
agenda or Alberta control. This we must fight."
March 12/00 (page 22): "Let us do what Quebec has done - create for which the rest of
Canada, out of sheer fear, will do anything to keep in the country."
These comments perpetuate the belief of some that the CA is a regional, western-based
party that has little ability (or even desire) to break into the rest of the country; that the
party's agenda will be centred on western interests.
The issue of the ''firewall around Alberta" plan will be an issue. There is need to have
concise answers for those questions. In an article from January 2002, SH states clearly
that the firewall argument is about the federal government refocusing on "its own
responsibilities as much as it is about giving provinces greater control over their
responsibilities." - which is a message that should resonate in other provinces, as well.
ATLANTIC CANADA (page 32-38):

November 19/87 (page 35): "... reduced it to a state of permanent dependency."
January 10/97 (page 34): "Now their only prospects are of more government handouts
and people who now believe that they can only survive on other people's money."
May 29/02 (page 33): "...there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome."
The point to these comments is that the federal government has stunted possible growth
in Atlantic Canada. That is not the message that has been received, however.
BILINGUALISM (page 41-43):

October 02/98 (page 42): "I know other bilingual politicians and I understand the I-am-
better-than-you attitude they have toward other Canadians."
May 06/01 (page 42): "...bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness,
produces no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions."
Other quotes on bilingualism are consistent - that the majority of Canadians are not
bilingual (especially in western Canada) which is leading toward unfairness (ie:
government hiring).
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BILL PHIPPS/UNITED CHURCH (page 44/346):
June 01/99 (page 346): "After all, the Moderator of the United Church has nothing to do
with religion."
May 07/02 (page 44): Globe & Mail article that quotes SH as saying he "despises"
Phipps.
CAMPAIGN DONATIONS (page 48):

November 05/00: "Frankly, making donors names available is an unethical practice and
it should be forbidden."
Reason for inclusion: non-Alliance lists were used for solicitation purposes during SH's
leadership race.
November 16/87: should be an end to tax credits for contributions to political parties. No
longer party policy.
CANADA PENSION PLAN (page 54):

February 23/97: says that Canadians should have the opportunity to invest in their own
pension plans, instead of the federal system.
CANADIAN ALLIANCE (page 58-76):

September 20/00 (page 60): says that the Liberals and Alliance have more in common
than the Alliance and Tories; including a promise to increase social spending.
':§?f!l'D,~;,~I!~~~,,(RClg~ 62):,Jh~~lJI~ngc~J"§"gri'{,,en by ''the religigus right" and,is pursuing a'

"niaoemaqenda". Both are terms that the Liberals use against the CA. .
There were other statements by SH on the previous state of the CA - that as a party, it
promoted process over policy; how to win political power instead of deciding how that
power should be used. No harm in these statements - shows that SH is aware of past
problems and is also aware of what is needed for future success.
February 05/01 (page 358): "...the Alliance might have ...some odd views on religion."
Just an odd comment.
CANADIAN/US RELATIONS (page78-81):

January 30/03 (page 79): SH referred to Canada as being a client of the US; research
thought this might be problematic. I disagree - the definition of client is customer/
consumer/ purchaser - which Canada is.
SH's message on Canada's relationship with the US has been consistent. I have no
quotes from prior to summer of 2002.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (page 81):

Only one quote available - same message as abortion: not an issue the CA will be
campaigning on.
CHILD POVERTY (page 85-86):

January 06/97: "... in other cases, there are cases of simple parental neglect or
irresponsibility."
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Taken on its own, could be interpreted as blaming parents. In context, it's prefaced with
other reasons for poverty, including the government's inability to establish adequate
economic growth that would ensure employment and stability for families.
CULTURE (page 96-99):

Comments are consistent - that the definition of culture in Canada has become the
"protection of narrow arts and media interest groups based in Toronto" and does not
reflect the general public. Money given to culture should reflect public interest and any
groups receiving should be held accountable.
DEFENCE (page 99-105):

February 02/02 (page 101): calls for the re-evaluation of Canada's role (cost and
benefits) as peacekeepers in a post-9/11 world; conflict and violence are more prevalent.
Other comments are consistent - Canada's military is underfunded and neglected;

coupled with Canada's lack of a clear foreign policy makes Canada irrelevant on the
national stage.
DISTINCT SOCIETY (page 106-111):

Comments are consistent - that Quebec should not receive special status; that special
status is not necessary for the retention of the French language; Quebec's economy
depends on Canada (not the other way around); it is not a Quebec issue, it is a
Canadian issue.
ECONOMY (page 116-120) and FINANCE (page 141-142):

June 27/01 (page 141) and July 07/01 (page 118): "...the federal government continues
to insist upon the maintenance of its own distinctive currency and monetary policy."
Could be interpreted as calling for an integrated system with other countries (possibly
the US). In context, it refers to Liberal policies being self-promoting while damaging the
Canadian economy.
March 15/99 (page 120): "...we need these changes (ie: lower taxes, a stronger dollar)
fast. Otherwise, Hockey Night in Canada might soon become Hockey Night in Dixie."
Could be read as calling for special breaks for hockey teams when it really calls for a
stronger economy that would make these teams viable.
EDUCATION (page 120-121):

September 15/00 (page 121): "I think we've vastly over-invested in universities ....the
vast majority of young people should be going through non-university, post-secondary
training." Both Martin and Manley have come out saying education is a priority (which
really falls under provincial jurisdiction). However, SH's comments don't seem to view a
university education as a priority (he calls for smaller, more specialized institutions).
ELECTION FINANCING (page 121-122):

February 26/02: "...all solutions contain problems."
ELECTION GAG LAWS (page 123-128):

Comments consistent - obviously, Liberals have tried to use the NCC court challenge
against SH.
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EQUALIZATION PAYMENTS (page 132-136):
Comments are consistent. SH sees the need for reducing provincial reliance on Ottawa
in order to ensure long-term growth.
February 17/94 (page 136): possibly an incentive program that would tie payments to
provincial fiscal performance.
ETHNIC VOTING/LIBERALS (page 138):

January 22/01: the majority of Liberal voters west of Winnipeg are "recent Asian
immigrants or recent migrants from eastern Canada: people who live in ghettoes and
who are not integrated into western Canadian society."
SH is showing that the Liberals have no real voter base in western Canada, but could be
seen as anti-ethnic (that they live in ghettoes: ghettoes in the negative, slum-like,
traditional sense rather than similar people living in a specific area).
GUN CONTROL (page 150-151):

SH voted in favour of the gun bill at second reading but ultimately voted against the bill.
On voting SH said: October 27/93 (page 148): "If there is a conflict between my party's
view, my personal view and the wishes of a clear majority of my constituents, it is the
latter that ultimately must prevail." - which is what he did on the gun bill (consistent with
Party policy).
~~~E.Ai..fH(page 151-160):
August 17/97 (page 153):>lflrE:l~P'<:)P§.E:lJ8.~QE:l.iqH~,§tjonof a parallel private health care
system in Canada, SH said that it is a good idea.
Same interview: "The best system means having a system where you have as many
tiers as possible."
Same interview: "...when you have a private second tier alternative ...you have a strong
incentive for the public system to be maintained at a higher quality of service ..."
Not consistent with recent position of alternative delivery within a publicly funded health
system.
<HOUSE OF COMMONS (page 160-164):
January 18/94 (page 162): call for a more polite, civilized H of C: but has recently called
McCallum a "clown" and an "idiot".
IMMIGRATION (page 164-166):

June 24/01 (page 165): Immigration standards are not based on economics; federal
immigration policy has "drifted from economic criteria to a racial element ... it's a vote-
buying scheme."
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This might not sit well with ethnic groups. Seems to dismiss their potential economic
contributions to Canada.
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IRAQ (page 172-174):
Comments consistent. One concern research had was SH's use of "clash of
civilizations" in one of his questions. This term was originally used by French president,
Chirac; French foreign minister, De Villipen; and Prime Minister Chretien: any unilateral
action against Iraq by the US would be seen as nothing more than a "clash of
civilizations". (V Sun, March 28/03; C Herald, March 01/03; Sunday Herald, March
16/03). SH was throwing that back at the government.
KYOTO (page 179-183):

September 06/02: only concern is SH calling into question the science on Kyoto (saying
it's fuzzy). Not a strong argument for us.
:I\1IPPAY/PENSIONS/PERKS (page 195-209):

October 25/99 (page 201): Reform MPs prepared to "abuse the public trough" and to
"abuse the public trust."
July 02/00 (page 202): "So how can voters now believe Alliance MPs? By what
evidence are they to trust that the Alliance has a higher moral standard than the Liberals
when it comes to using public money?"
June 04/00 (page 203): "Alliance MPs may have to decide whether they are friends of
the taxpayers, or friends of the Liberals."
June 16/00 (page 204): Alliance MPs did "something stupid like flip-flop on the MP
pension issue ...Alliance has surrendered its principles and credibility ...that's not the
kind of Alliance Canadian taxpayers are looking for."
June 29/97 (page 208): "With a mansion, servants and a chauffeur, it will be interesting
to see whether Reform can continue to be the fiscal conscience of Parliament."
Not exactly a glowing review of the Party, its members and principles.
OPPOSITION PARTIES (page 217):

April 16/01: they represent mere "alternative dictatorial choices".
PAUL MARTIN (page 221-223):

June 24/02 (page 221): "Paul Martin at least displayed some achievement, some degree
of capability, some degree of ability to articulate ideas, and now he's gone."
January 07/00 (page 222): "...Arguing quite sensibly that the surplus really belongs to
taxpayers, Martin wants to put huge spending programs on the backburner so he can
give Canadians a tax cut...Unlike Martin, the prime minister has little sympathy for
overburdened taxpayers."
July 24/05 (page 223): "Paul Martin is obviously on top of his area ... he's just a very good
performer as well."
All quotes praise Martin and his performance.
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POL.lTICALASPIRATIONS (page 226-227):
April 01/98: "I have zero interest in leading this new entity or any existing party...While I
don't regret that (participation in partisan politics) at all, I have no desire to do it over
again. In fact, there is almost nothing I would rather do less."
October 05/96 (page 227): "It has never been my intention to seek a second term or to
become a career politician."
October 05/96 (page 227): "I can state categorically that I would not be a candidate in
any future leadership contest."
Reason for inclusion: some might question his sincerity or commitment now.
QUEBEC SEPARATISM (page 241-268):

There are numerous quotes on this issue as SH was the unity critic for the Reform.
Comments are consistent - that Quebec cannot unilaterally decide its own fate; that it is
tied to Canada; Quebec should be under no illusions - a vote for independence doesn't
mean they can negotiate "sovereignty-association" with Canada.
One that may be problematic: April 15/91 (page 264): In light of Quebec's demand for
more power - that if that's the case, SH might prefer a Canada without Quebec
altogether (not verbatim - excerpt from a Maclean's article).
REFORM! WESTERN POLITICS (page 272-282):

November 16/87 (page 272): ". /;we<l'eql.Jire!a political party to put pursuit of the West's
a.genda at the top of the list."
March 21/95 (page 280): "The truth is that Reform serves its core constituents quite well.
You can define them as narrowly as you want, perhaps as little more than the "g-issues"
- guns, gays and government grants - but those people are happy with Reform."
June 07/97 (page 281): "If Reform knew how to break into Ontario, it would have done
so my now... Reform is permanent - and yet has no obvious pathway to power, at least
in normal times."
Reason for inclusion: although the quotes are attributed to Reform, people may try to
carry these over and apply them to the CA (as many don't see the difference between
the two).
SEXUAL ORIENTATION (page293-299):

Comments are consistent: not something that will be part of party policy; own view on
marriage is based on traditional definition; political parties should be open to all
(tolerance for diversity of opinions); should be afforded protection under Canadian
Human Rights Act.
Problem: October 23/02 (page 295): Comments in the House re: Svend Robinson's
pictures up in nicer places than police stations.
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STORNOWAY (page 308-309):
June 07/97 (page 308): Talks about not using Stornoway as a functioning residence.
"Unless someone has a better idea that will not cost the taxpayers more money, they
should sell it."
August 27/97 (page 309): "I don't think it's necessary for him (Manning) to live there."
August 31/97 (page 309): On Manning's decision (flip-flop) to move into Stornoway:
"what does that say about what you may do on other issues?"
But: May 18/02 (page 308): On SH and family moving into Stornoway: "it's certainly a
perk of the job."
Media and politicians made use of the "call for the bingo hall" by Manning. SH did a
similar flip-flop on view of Stornoway.
UNITE THE RIGHT (page 316-346):

The main thrust behind comments on uniting the right is that while it is probably
necessary to unite into one strong national conservative party, the Alliance will not
appease the Tories (and Joe Clark in particular) in order to accomplish that; questions
Clark's sincerity and support for a true coalition/union (unity efforts are stuck in a "one-
sided mating ritual in the vain hope of finally getting Mr. Clark's attention.")
January 01/98 (page 316): SH suggests the formation of a separate Ontario

conservative party that would then cooperate with the western Reform movement.
May 31/98 (page 317): praises the PC's ability to build coalitions.
Contradictions:
April 09/98 (page 340): "...those documents (election platforms) reflected some
remarkable similarities both in their (Reform and Tory) priorities and in their substance ...
very real dangers for the Reform and Progressive Conservative parties if they fail to
recognize the opportunities available to them ...without an explicit attempt to build a
broader coalition, neither Reform nor the PCs will launch a credible, national challenge
to the Liberals in the next federal election."
January 24/02 (page 325): "Joe Clark and his red Tories don't agree with a single thing
this party stands for."
July 12/95 (page 329): SH doesn't see that Reform needs the Tories in order to succeed
federally.
January 01/98 (page 331): "...merger seems to us to be simply out of the question."
June 29/97 (page 332): "...there will be no merger between these two parties ...even if a
merger were possible, would that necessarily be a good thing for Canadian
conservatives? The answer is no."
June 25/01 (page 334): "...the eradication of all Reform-oriented values is the price of a
merger."
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April 18/98 (page 335): "...only if the Reform and Progressive Conservative parties are
able to make the accommodations necessary to work together will they demonstrate to
the public the ability to make the accommodations necessary to govern."
March 25/03 (page 342): "... it is very unusual for parties to unite."
There seems to be two sides to SH on this issue - the need to unite on one hand and
the impossibility of that happening on the other.
WESTERN ALIENATION (page 353-358):

November 16/87 (page 356): "If the partners are not willing to live up to the requirements
of a partnership, fairness requires that they pursue an equitable dissolution of the
partnership." This comment could be misconstrued as the "west wanting out".
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Harper Quotesl
Key Issue IAbOriginal Issues
Date 18/02/2003 1
Quote "Well we have and I think if you look at the kind of things
they're spending on, you can say these are noble objectives.
But lots of money is spent in these areas already and I think,
by and large, the consensus is that we're not getting good
value for money there. And are more programs and more
spending really the answer, particularly on, you know,
separate, distinct programs? We're pretty skeptical about that
spending."
Context The Leader responding to a question about the $2 billion to be

spent on aboriginal initiatives over the next five years
contained in the budget.
Source ICBC Newsworld -- Politics Don Newman
Key Issue IAbortion
Date 19/03/2002 1
Quote ''I'm not ashamed to say that, in caucus, I have more pro-life
MPs supporting me than supporting Stockwell Day."
Context
Source ICPAC -- Talk Politics
April 11, 2003 Page 1 of359

Key Issue !Abortion
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote "Well my ... position, Mary Lou, is that I don't that...the leader
should be focusing on his abortion views. I think that if... I've
said that il...1 were primer minister, I don't think the
government should table abortion legislation. I don't think we
should have an abortion referendum. That's up to the voters
across party lines. So I'm not...I'm you know, I'm basically not
focusing on my views on abortion or those sorts of issues,
because I don't think it's party position, and it should not be
the leader's position that's at issue."
Context The Leader responds to a question about where he stands on

the abortion issue.
Source lese Radio News -- "Harper to Run for Alliance Party"
April 11, 2003 Page 2 of 359

Key Issue IAbortion
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote Harper, who plans to file his official candidacy papers within
days, made clear in an interview he will make no effort to court
social conservatives who might expect him to lead a campaign
to outlaw abortion. 00"1 do not believe this party as a party
can be focused on the abortion issue," Harper said, shrugging
off news a Christian-based political network has again decided
to vigorously back the anti-abortion Day. ooHe said he was
willing to make the commitment that as head of the Alliance
party, and possibly some future Alliance government, he
would not sponsor legislation on the abortion issue. 00"1
think it's important that when you get to these narrowly defined
moral and religious issues that I would make a commitment
that I don't think an Alliance government would sponsor
legislation in those areas," Harper said. OOHarper, who says
he leans toward a pro-life stance, said he supports the
Alliance's policy of allowing citizen-driven referendums on
such sensitive issues as capital punishment and abortion. But
the Albertan pointedly stressed he wants the referendum " ...
policy clarified before the party fights another election. ?'1i
Context Article entitled: Harper fired up for Alliance Race
Source IStar Phoenix
Key Issue IAbortion
Date 02/02/2002 1
Quote "I see lots of evidence on the ground that what he is actually
pushing is essentially the same thing as his last election --that
this has to be a pro-life party," Harper said in an interview.
"Obviously, the pro-life organizations are campaigning for him."
Context As the race for the March 8 leadership vote takes on a more
personal edge, Harper said Friday the former Alliance leader
is relying on the same anti-abortion vote that helped him win
the leadership 18 months ago.
April 11, 2003 Page 3 of359

Key Issue IAbortion
Date 04/02120021
Quote "Obviously, I think it's important that the party's position is that
we don't have a party position on abortion -- that it's not a
litmus test and that we're open to people with a wide range of
views on that issue."
Context Mr. Harper argued the party should be neutral on abortion if it

is going to attract voters in an election.
Key Issue IAbortion
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote "I, as leader, am not going to focus this party on the abortion
issue or on the leader's personal moral and religious views.
That's a fundamental decision the party is going to have to
make."
Context Harper distances himself from Day on the charged abortion

issue.
Key Issue IAbortion
Date 20/01/2002 1
Quote "My own view Charles, I guess I'm one of those Canadians on
this issue in the muddle middle, I'm you know, neither interest
group would embrace me. I describe myself as moderately
pro-life but I'm not sure as I say that the pro-life groups will
necessarily share that view."
Context The Leader explains his personal position on abortion.
Source IGIObal Sunday -- "Rivals on the Right"
Aprilll, 2003 Page4of359

Key Issue IAbortion
Date 05/12/2001 1
Quote "I, as leader, am not going to have an agenda on abortion. I

don't want this party focused on abortion. If 1were Prime
Minister, we would not table government legislation on
abortion. We would not sponsor a government referendum on
abortion."
Context IThe discusses his opinion on abortion.
Source IcsC News -- "Profile of Stephen Harper"
Key Issue IAbortion
Date 07/01/2002 1
Quote "My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and
neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would
probably be comfortable with my views. I just leave it there."
Context The Leader responds to the question of what his personal

views on abortion are.
Source IReport Newsmagazine -- "Stephen Harper: The Report Intervi
Key Issue IAbortion
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote "I do not believe this party, as a party, can be focused on the
abortion issue. I think it's important that when you get to these
narrowly defined moral and religious issues that I would make
a commitment that I don't think an Alliance government would
sponsor legislation in those areas."
Context Harper distances himself from Day on the charged abortion

issue.
Source IVictoria Times Colonist
April 11, 2003 Page 501359

Key Issue IAbortion
Date 04/03/2002 1
Quote The Leader, declares himself to be "moderately pro-life"
Context The Leader explains his personal stand on abortion. The

article notes that he once openly declared himself to be pro-
choice.
Source IReport Newsmagazine -- "Leadership by mutually bad example I
Key Issue IAbortion
Date 14/09/2000 I
Quote "What they are really trying to so is outlaw opposition to

abortion. That's where it leads."
Context In the aftermath of the July 11,2000 stabbing of a Vancouver

abortion provider, pro-choice advocates demand extreme
action be taken to deal with the "anti-choice" climate in which
pro-life rhetoric results. The Leader argues that this would
constitute an attack on basic freedoms.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "Criminal convictions"
Aprilll, 2003 Page 601359

Key Issue IAbortion
Date 14/09/2000 I
Quote "What they are really saying, if you extend their logic, is that
an extra penalty is needed because they believe that being
opposed to abortion is, in and of itself, a crime."
Context In the aftermath of the July 11,2000 stabbing of a Vancouver

abortion provider, pro-choice advocates, including Alexa
McDonough, called for Ottawa to amend the Criminal Code so
that those convicted of attacking abortion providers could
receive harsher sentences. The Leader comments on this
possibility, noting that these advocates won't likely rest until
they further limit dissent through toughened human-rights
regulation -- Le. more restrictive bubble zones.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "Criminal convictions"
Key Issue IAdvOCacy Groups
Date 13/02/2000 I
Quote "'Getting elected' is so important to them that they will invent

and reinvent every aspect of their policies and principles.
Staffed increasingly be life-long professionals who must gain
power to stay employed, their constant switching of ideas and
ideals leaves voters angry, confused and alienated."
The Leader argues that those in the public who are politically
Context
inclined are turning away from parties in favour of advocacy
groups.
Source The Calgary Sun -- "Parties Losing Their Appeal: Voters Turni
Aplilll,2003 Page 70f359

Key Issue IAgriculture
Date 07/10/20021
Quote "I must be honest in saying that I did not quite find the same
thing everywhere I went [despair because of drought]. I had a
strange summer in that wherever I spoke this summer on the
Prairies, it rained, including in the drought-stricken areas. I
was actually caught in a torrential downpour."
Context The Leader cracks a joke during his speech on the need to
provide more funding for the country's farmers.
Source IHansard -- Emergency debate (S.O. 52) on agriculture
Key Issue IAlberta
Date
Quote In one policy area after another, the province of Quebec, with
much less financial independence than Alberta, has taken
initiatives to ensure it is controlled by its own culture and its
own majority. Such a strategy across a range of policy areas
will quickly put Alberta on the cutting edge of a world where
the region, the continent and the bloc are becoming more
important than a nation-state.
Context Article entitled: It's time for Alberta to seek a new relationship
with Canada.
Source INCC Online
April 11, 2003 Page 8 of 359

Key Issue IAlberta
Date 12/03/2000 1
Quote "Westerners, but especially Albertans, founded ? ~A a '~W'e.-S-te({\H~t'i

Reform/Alliance to get 'in' to Canada. The rest of the country
responded by telling us in no uncertain terms that we do not
share their 'Canadian values.'"
Context In the article, the Leader advocates strengthening Alberta

through provincial channels.
Source IThe Calgary Sun -- "Time to Rethink Our Role. Easterners Rej I
Key Issue IAlberta
Date 19/08/1996 1
Quote "Albertans have been part of the national majority far less
often than Quebec. Alberta's minority position has often
resulted in punitive treatment. The response of Albertans has
not been demands for special, separate or distinct status.
Rather, Albertans have demanded equality and sought
changes that speak not only for themselves but to others."
Context This quotation stems from a refutation of a argument made by

Stephane Dion -- namely, the fact that Quebec is a French-
speaking province qualifies it for special recognition embodied
by some form of distinct society clause.
Source IThe Calgary Herald -- "Quebec MP's arguments are hit and my I
April 11, 2003 Page 9 of 359

Key Issue \Alberta Agenda
Date 19/02/2001 1
Quote "The proof that Alberta contributes more is proof that Alberta
has money that it shouldn't have in the first place. Every
benefit that Alberta has is attributed to the fact that Alberta
has oil ... Alberta has the wealth it has because of what it has
done with its resources. Saskatchewan has an abundant
resource base and has managed to take that and turn itself
into not just a have-not province but one with no long-term
prospects of growth whatsoever through a long-term series of
government polices that drove industry after industry out and
replaced them with incompetent crown corporations ... The
reaction to our letter validates everything in it, I think to some
degree the central Canadian Liberal establishment is
frightened by what we're saying. They must try and denounce
the debate itself because they have no reply ... Confederation
is not about sharing with this part of the country;
Confederation is about taking. If it was necessary for the flow
to go the other way, the system would break down."
Context The Leader comments on the economic injustices that exist in

the federation, and discusses the reaction the "Alberta
Agenda" has elicited from the central Canadian elites.
Source IReport Newsmagazine -- "Alberta first: Six prominent citizens
April 11, 2003 Page 10 of359

Date 19/01/2002 1
Quote In his first major policy speech of the campaign, Harper says
the federal government has proven since Sept. 11 that it has
failed in matters such as national defence, airline policy, the
dollar and immigration. D"Given Ottawa's gross failures in its
own jurisdictions, does it really make sense for it to try to do
things that the Constitution assigns to provincial governments
(like health and education)?" says a portion of his speech
made available to the Vancouver Sun. D"The call for firewalls
is about refocusing the federal government on its own
responsibilities as much as it is about giving provinces greater
control over their responsibilities."
Context Article entitled: Harper defends 'firewall' vision of Canada
Date
Quote
18/12/2000 1
"I too am one of these angry westerners. The Liberals

tiemonized the West and Alberta in particular ... we may love
Canada, but Canada does not love us ... We have to build a
stronger Alberta to become 'masters in our own house,' like
Quebeckers ... I'm not suggesting a debate about separation,
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Context The Leader expresses his disappointment with the outcome of

the 2000 election, and suggests that in order to protect its
interests, Alberta should take advantage of its constitutionally
awarded areas of jurisdiction.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "The Ontario curse"
April 11, 2003 Page 11 of359

Date
Quote [Since the 2000 federal election it is time] to begin building
another home - a strong and much more autonomous Alberta,
It is time to look at Quebec and to learn, What Albertans
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Source IN_C_C_o_n_li_ne 1
April 11, 2003 Page 12 of359

Date 02/02/20011
Quote Albertans are getting a raw deal from Ottawa and Premier
Ralph Klein needs to construct a "firewall" to protect against
current and future raids on our treasury. This was the key
suggestion that we, along with a number of other Albertans,
made in an open letter to the premier last week. But just how
raw a deal is Alberta getting?
Any examination of Alberta's contribution to Canada must

begin with the equalization program. Through equalization,
Ottawa tops up the revenues of Canada's less well-off
provinces so that all provinces have roughly the same amount
of money to spend on each of their citizens. Looking back to
1997 (the latest year for which complete data is available),
Ottawa sent Newfoundland $1,971 in equalization payments
for every man woman and child. New Brunswick received
$1,474 per person and $191 went to Saskatchewan.
As a result, every provincial government in Canada had at

least $5,516 in combined federal and provincial revenues to
spend on each of their residents.
Many analysts have suggested that equalization is flawed

because it leads provinces to depend on Ottawa rather than
strengthening their own economy. But because equalization is
mentioned in the constitution, it could not be changed by
Alberta alone.
But for many Albertans, equalization itself is not the principal

source of angst. Rather, the angst arises, or rises, because
Ottawa regularly engages in "super-equalization" -- it uses
nearly every program at its disposal to tilt the fiscal balance
away from Alberta, and toward regions more likely to provide
votes for the incumbent party.
The biggest offender is the unemployment insurance program.

In 1997, according to the C. D. Howe Institute, families in
Alberta were net payers to the tune of $1,000 for
unemployment insurance, while families in Newfoundland
were net recipients to the tune of $2,100. Families in the rest
of Atlantic Canada were also net recipients of at least $416.
Quebecers were net payers to the tune of $150.
April 11, 2003 Page 13 of359

And it's not just that they have higher unemployment rates. If
you remove the impact of differing unemployment rates,
Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces received between $50 and
$405 per person while each Albertan paid $52. And it is worth
noting that since 1997, Ottawa has relaxed the tighter eligibility
rules so these disparities have widened.
Ottawa distorts more than just the benefits portion of the

program. Unemployment insurance premiums fund a myriad
of labour-force programs that not only have a disastrous track
record, but infringe on provincial jurisdiction. That they even
exist is odd enough, given Jean Chretien's 1995 promise to
transfer labour force programs to the provinces.
The expenditures for these labour-force programs follow a

familiar pattern. In 1997, Albertans got an average of $23 per
person while Quebec got $52 per person and Newfoundland
got $140. (Incidentally, residents in Saskatchewan were net
payers for benefits with $616 and received only $33 per capita
in labour-force programs.)
Ottawa also operates a number of "shared-cost" programs.

These are special deals where Ottawa goes to provinces
where it "prefers to do business" and agrees to fund a portion
of a program in areas such as agriculture, culture,
environment, health, housing and transportation -- all are
areas of provincial jurisdiction. These programs are buried
deep in Ottawa's public accounts, but a vigilant researcher at
the C. D. Howe Institute reported that in 1996, Alberta
received $44 per person in such programs, while
Saskatchewan received $133 per person, Quebec $77 per
person and Ontario $70 per person. P.E.1. and Newfoundland
received about $250 per person.
And where did Ottawa get all this money to slush around the
rest of the country? In 1997 Ottawa collected more than
$10,000 per household from Alberta, but only $6,500 to
$7,500 per household in the Atlantic Provinces and Quebec.
So Alberta paid more and got back less -- much less -- even if
you exempt the constitutionally protected equalization program.
Nearly all of the super-equalization detailed here (and we have

ignored disparities in farming bailouts, export development
grants, Canada Health and Social Transfers and the Canada
Pension Plan) arises because Ottawa has found ways to
invade provincial jurisdiction. While Quebec grumbles about
April 11, 2003 Page 14 of359

Ottawa sticking its hand where it does not belong, the other
provinces too often ignore the constitution, grab the cash and
run.
This has to end. Alberta must forcefully reject the Orwellian

notion that while all Canadians have to share equally, some
have to share more equally than others. Alberta may well find
allies among other "more equal" provinces as well as in
Quebec, though for different reasons. And Ottawa must
redirect its efforts at finding ways of buying off politically loyal
regions (which is a major source of distortion in these regional
economies) into an effort to boost growth in all regions of the
country. If it did that, all Canadians would be better off.
One more thing. Wasn't 1997 an election year?
Ken Boessenkool was a policy adviser to provincial treasurer

Stockwell Day and has authored a number of commentaries
on federal-provincial transfers for the C. D. Howe Institute.
Stephen Harper is the president of the National Citizens'
Coalition. They are two of six signatories of a recent open
letter to Ralph Klein promoting an "Alberta Agenda."
Context In an article co-written by Ken Boesseskool, the Leader once

again argues the necessity of the Alberta Agenda
Source IThe Calgary Herald -- "Some provinces are more equal than ot I
Aplilll,2003 Page 15 of359

Date
Quote Stephen Harper OThe latest dribblings from the mouth of
Canada's Prime Minister suggest Alberta's wealth can be
attributed to the federal government. While there is clearly no
merit to the claim, we must not ignore the implied threat: If
Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.OOThis is just
one more reason why Westerners, but Albertans in particular,
need to think hard about their future in this country. After
sober reflection, Albertans should decide that it is time to seek
a new relationship with Canada.DDObviously, I come to this
conclusion after long watching the Reform movement and
witnessing its most recent rejection by the very electorate that,
in creating the Canadian Alliance, it had twisted itself into a
pretzel to please.DOI use the term "rejection" rather than
"failure" to describe the Canadian Alliance's fate. Many will
want to attribute the Alliance's poor showing in Eastern
Canada to a badly run campaign. They are not without
evidence(l-he CA did indeed run a weak campaign by any
measure. It lacked any clear strategy, policy focus, or co-
ordinated rebuttal to predictable attacks) Din the end,
however, this had little if anything to do with the election result.
The Alliance was devastated by a shrewd and sinister Liberal
attack plan. The strategy -- sometimes subtle, but sometimes
blatant -- was to pull up every prejudice about the West and
every myth about Alberta that could be dredged.OOThat such
an approach could even be contemplated, let alone
successfully executed, shows it has an enormous market in
this country. There is no reason to believe the same strategy
could not be repeated at any time under any circumstances
against any political movement perceived to have a Western,
but especially an Alberta, identity.ODFor many of us, this
federal election has stripped away any veneer of openness to
reforming Canada. Those who conceived the Reform party,
and helped nurture it through its transformation to the Alliance,
have not discovered a path to power; they have hit a
wall.OOThis is perhaps not surprising. Alberta and much of
the rest of Canada have embarked on divergent and
potentially hostile paths to defining their country.DDAlberta
has opted for the best of Canada's heritage -- a combination of
American enterprise and individualism with the British
traditions of order and co-operation. We have created an
open, dynamic and prosperous society in spite of a
continuously hostile federal government.OOCanada appears
April 11, 2003 Page 16 of359

content to become a second-tier socialistic country, boasting
ever more loudly about its economy and social services to
mask its second-rate status, led by a second-world strongman
appropriately suited for the task.DDAlbertans would be fatally
ill-advised to view this situation as amusing or benign. Any
country with Canada's insecure smugness and resentment
can be dangerous. It can revel in calling its American
neighbours names because they are too big and powerful to
care. But the attitudes toward Alberta so successfully
exploited in this election will have inevitable consequences the
next time Canada enters a recession or needs an internal
enemy. 0 DHaving hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang
our heads against it. It is to take the bricks and begin building
another home -- a stronger and much more autonomous
Alberta. It is time to look at Quebec and to learn. What
Albertans should take from this example is to become
"maltres chez nous."DDln one policy area after another, the
province of Quebec, with much less financial independence
than Alberta, has taken initiatives to ensure it is controlled by
its own culture and its own majority. Such a strategy across a
range of policy areas will quickly put Alberta on the cutting
edge of a world where the region, the continent and the globe
are becoming more important than the nation-state.DDlt is
true that any achievement by Alberta will only generate more
hostility from other quarters of Canada in the short term, but it
will just as certainly put them under considerable pressure to
evolve and progress. 0 DOn the other hand, we should not
mimic Quebec by lunging from rejection into the arms of an
argument about separation. As that province has shown,
separation will simply divide our population in a symbolic
debate while, still part of the country, it isolates us from any
allies. 0 o Separation will become a real issue the day the
federal government decides to make it one. 0 DNeither should
Albertans shun federal politics, but we must carefully guard
our interests. Much about the Canadian Alliance is worthy of ~ L ~ C. '.
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tinge of a Western agenda or Alberta control. This we must / -.J

fight)1f the Alliance is ever to become a party that could be
lead by a Paul Martin or a Joe Clark, it must do so without us.
We don't need a second Liberal party.DDWesterners, but
especially Albertans, founded the Reform/Alliance to get "in"
to Canada. The rest of the country has responded by telling us
in no uncertain terms that we do not share their "Canadian
values." Fine. Let us build a society on Alberta values.
April 11, 2003 Page 17 of359

with Canada
Source INCC Online
April 11, 2003 Page 18 of359

Date
Quote Open letter to Ralph KleinooStephen Harper, Tom Flanagan,
Ted Morton, Rainer Knopf!, Andrew Crooks andoKen
BoessenkoolooHon. Ralph KleinooPremier of
AlbertaooDear Premier Klein:OORe: The "Alberta
Agenda"ooDuring and since the recent federal election, we
have been among a largeonumber of Albertans discussing the
future of our province. We were notDdismayed by the
outcome of the election so much as by the strategy
employedOby the federal government to secure its re-election.
In our view, theoChn:ltien government undertook a series of
attacks not merely designed toodefeat its partisan opponents,
but to rnarginalize Alberta and AlbertansOwithin Canada's
political system. 0 DOne well-documented incident was the
attack against Alberta's health careosystem. To your credit,
you vehemently protested the unprecedented attackOads the
federal government launched against Alberta's policies --
policiesDthe Prime Minister had previously found no fault
with.ooHowever, while your protest was necessary and
appreciated by Albertans, weObelieve it is not enough to
respond only with protests. If the government inoOttawa
concludes that Alberta is a soft target, we will be subjected to
muchOworse than dishonest television ads. The Prime
Minister has alreadyosignalled as much by announcing his so-
called "tough love" campaign for theoWest.oOWe believe the
time has come for Albertans to take greater charge of our
ownofuture. This means resuming control of the powers that
we possess under theoConstitution of Canada but that we
have allowed the federal government tooexercise. Intelligent
use of these powers will help Alberta build aoprosperous
future despite a misguided and increasingly hostile
government inOOttawa.OOUnder the heading of the "Alberta
Agenda," we propose our province moveoforward on the
following fronts: 0 0 1. Withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan
to create an Alberta Pension Planooffering the same benefits
at lower cost while giving Alberta control overDthe investment
fund. Pensions are a provincial responsibility under
Section094A of the Constitution Act, 1867; and the legislation
setting up the CanadaoPension Plan permits a province to run
its own plan, as Quebec has done fromDthe beginning. If
Quebec can do it, why not Alberta?oo2. Collect our own
revenue from personal income tax, as we already do
forO corporate income tax. Now that your government has
April 11, 2003 Page 19 of359

made the historicDinnovation of the single-rate personal
income tax, there is no reason toO have Ottawa collect our
revenue. Any incremental cost of collecting our ownDpersonal
income tax would be far outweighed by the policy
flexibilityDAlberta would gain, as Quebec's experience has
shown.DD3. Start preparing to let the contract with the RCMP
run out in 2012 andDcreate an Alberta provincial police force.
Alberta is a major province. LikeDthe other major provinces of
Ontario and Quebec, we should have our ownDprovincial
police force. We have no doubt Alberta can run a more
efficientDand effective police force than Ottawa can -- one that
will not be misusedDas a laboratory for experiments in social
engineering.DD4. Resume provincial responsibility for health
care policy. If OttawaDobjects to provincial policy, fight in the
courts. If we lose, we can affordDthe financial penalties
Ottawa might try to impose under the Canada HealthDAct.
Albertans deserve better than the long waiting periods
andDtechnological backwardness that are rapidly coming to
characterize CanadianDmedicine. Alberta should also argue
that each province should raise its own Drevenue for health
care .- i.e., replace Canada Health and Social TransferDcash
with tax points, as Quebec has argued for many years. Poorer
provincesDwould continue to rely on equalization to ensure
they have adequateDrevenues.DD5. Use Section 88 of the
Supreme Court's decision in the Quebec
SecessionDReference to force Senate reform back on to the
national agenda. Our readingDof that decision is that the
federal government and other provinces mustDseriously
consider a proposal for constitutional reform endorsed by "a
clearDmajority on a clear question" in a provincial referendum.
You actedDdecisively once before to hold a senatorial
election. Now is the time tODdrive the issue further.DDAIl
these steps can be taken using the constitutional powers
AlbertaDpossesses. In addition, we believe it is imperative for
you to take aliDpossible political and legal measures to reduce
the financial drain onDAlberta caused by Canada's tax and
transfer system. The most recent AlbertaDTreasury estimates
are that Albertans transfer $2,600 per capita annually toDother
Canadians, for a total outflow from our province
approachingD$8-biliion a year. The same federal politicians
who accuse us of not sharingDtheir "Canadian values" have
no compunction about appropriating our CanadianDdoliars to
buy votes elsewhere in the country.DDMr. Premier, we
acknowledge the constructive reforms your government made
inDthe 1990s -- balancing the budget, paying down the
provincial debt,Dprivatizing government services, getting
Albertans off welfare and intoDjobs, introducing a single-rate
April 11, 2003 Page 20 of359

tax, pulling government out of the businessDof subsidizing
business, and many other beneficial changes. But
noD government can rest on its laurels. As economic
slowdown, and perhaps evenDrecession, threatens North
America, the government in Ottawa will be temptedDto take
advantage of Alberta's prosperity, to redistribute income
fromDAlberta to residents of other provinces in order to keep
itself in power. ltD is imperative to take the initiative, to build
firewalls around Alberta, toDlimit the extent to which an
aggressive and hostile federal government canDencroach
upon legitimate provincial jurisdiction.D DOnee Alberta's
position is secured, only our imagination will limit
theDprospects for extending the reform agenda your
government undertook eightDyears ago. To cite only a few
examples, lower taxes will unleash theDenergies of the private
sector; easing conditions for charter schools willDhelp
individual freedom and initiative improve public education; and
greaterDuse of the referendum and initiative will bring
Albertans into closer touch Dwith their own government. DDThe
precondition for the success of this Alberta Agenda is the
exercise ofDall our legitimate provincial jurisdictions under the
Constitution ofDCanada. Starting to act now will secure the
future for all Albertans.DDSincerely yours,DDStephen Harper,
President, National Citizens' Coalition; Tom
Flanagan,DProfessor of Political Science and former Director
of Research, Reform partyDof Canada, Ted Morton, Professor
of Political Science and AlbertaDSenator-Elect; Rainer Knopff,
Professor of Political Science; Andrew Crooks, DChairman,
Canadian Taxpayers Federation; Ken Boessenkool, Former
PolicyDAdviser to Stockwell Day, former Treasurer of
Alberta.DDPS: This letter represents our personal views and
not those of anyDorganizations with which we are or have
been connected.
Context IArticle entitled: Open letter to Ralph Klein
Source INee Online
April 11, 2003 Page 21 of359

Key Issue !Alberta Agenda
Date 12/03/2000 I
Quote "Westerners, but especially Albertans, founded

responded by telling us in no uncertain terms that we do not
share their 'Canadian values.' Fine, let us build a society on
Alberta values. Let us do what Quebec has done -- create for
which the rest of Canada, out of sheer fear, will do anything to
keep in the country."
Context Discusses the 2000 election result, and how its results
necessitate that Alberta focus its energies on becoming
stronger and more autonomous. Although the Leader is
emphatic in the article that he does not support Alberta ~
separation, taken out of context, the final sentence could be ~
misconstrued as an endorsement of the threat of separatism.
April 11, 2003 Page 22 of359

Date 12/09/2001 1
Quote OLIVER: Mr. Harper, it seems to me there's a basic

contradiction at the heart of your candidacy. You want to be a
national leader, and yet everything you're saying is saying
provincial power and taking away power from the government
which you might one day hope to lead.
STEPHEN HARPER (Canadian Alliance Leadership

Candidate): Well, I'm not saying that at all. I am saying that
the federal government should pay attention to its own areas
of jurisdiction, Craig. You know, obviously in areas like health
care, I think the federal government should get out of the way
and let the provinces deal with their jurisdiction, but, you know,
the federal government's got a lot of important jurisdictions
and if you look at all of them, whether we're talking about
transportation policy, monetary policy, the dollar, national
defence and security, immigration and refugees, I could go
through the list, but every single federal jurisdiction is an area
where successive federal governments have done nothing or
so badly mangled the jurisdiction that they might as well have
done nothing. So the federal government has a lot to do. It just
should spend some time on its own problems, which are pretty
large.
OLIVER: But by attacking the national government of

whatever party, aren't you going into this campaign looking like
too much of a regional candidate in a party that used to want
to broaden its base?
HARPER: I don't put it that way at all. We're looking at

national solutions to national problems in the federal
jurisdiction. I don't think governments look national when they
turn around and attack provinces and interfere in provincial
jurisdiction whether it's the federal government attacking
Alberta over its resources or attacking over provinces, Ontario,
over its running of health care. I don't think this is a national
government. I think this is a, you know, this is the problem
with the federal Liberals. Their definition of Canada is a
combination of anti-province and anti-American, and quite
frankly, that doesn't get us anywhere in terms of building a
strong federal government or a strong country.
GREENSPON: Will you, I mean, in the famous fire wall letter,
you advocated Alberta withdraw from the CCP and withdraw
April 11, 2003 Page 23 of359

from the RCMP. Are you still advocating those positions?
HARPER: Well, those are decisions for the Alberta

government to make, but, certainly having, you know, having
your own police force is something that is already the case in
the big provinces. I say to Alberta, and it's my home province, ' ;
I say rather than complain about being alienated, if you feel ~
alienated in confederation, which Albertans do, become a first-
class province. Deal with your own jurisdictions. I don't think
that's a threat to anything else, and frankly, I think the best
defence, you want to talk about a fire wall, the best defence
for Albertans and for all Canadians against an irresponsible
federal government is to change the federal government in
Ottawa. So, that's what we're working on doing.
OLIVER: So it sounds to me like you're trying to make the

point that it's the Liberals you're against, not the idea of
national government. Although, it sounds an awful lot like
you're saying any national government is a threat to the
provinces.
HARPER: No, no, of course not, Craig. This is, you guys are
breathing too much air in Ottawa. The federal government has
its own jurisdictions, as I've said, they're pretty important.
There are things that can't be done by a foreign country,
things that can't be done by provinces. Ottawa should get on , ~ /\. _
with doing them, but it shouldn't spend its time attacking the (" V"'~\.~()}eK
provinces' resources and jurisdictions, and that's, you know,
we live in a federal country, not a unitary state. You guys in
Ottawa are going to have to learn that.
Context The Leader defends the Alberta Agenda, and more generally
respect for provincial areas of jurisdiction, in an interview that
took place during the leadership campaign.
Source ICTC News -- "Interview with Stephen Harper"
April 11, 2003 Page 24 of359

Date 03/12/2000 1
Quote "When I moved to Alberta in 1978, I didn't think of myself as

ceasing to be Canadian. In thus federal election, I was
informed that I was wrong. This is the message I have taken
from the 2000 election campaign. Eastern Canadians did not
simply reject a Western-based, Alberta-led party on election
night. They rejected the West and they vented contempt for
Alberta ... political incompetence cannot fully explain what
happened to the Alliance. The Liberal Party's strategy in this
campaign, though electorally shrewd and successful, was truly
sinister. In their assaults on the Canadian Alliance and its
leader, Stockwell Day, the Liberals employed an obvious
subtext -- sometimes openly stated, sometimes implied -- that
the Alliance and Day were from the West, from Alberta in
particular, and 'they are a different type' ... suffice it to say that
the Liberals, along with some elements of the central
Canadian media, dredged up every fear of the West and every
prejudice about Alberta they could muster. But more
importantly, Eastern voters were all too willing to buy it ... as
much as we may love Canada, Canada does not particularly
like us. It is sad to say this, but perhaps it is a natural
development. After all, Alberta and much of the rest of the
country have embarked on divergent paths in a world where
the region, the continent and the globe are becoming more
important than the nation-state. Alberta has become a gem in
the Anglo-American world. Our relatively small society has
combined the best of American enterprise and individualism
with the British traditions of order and co-operation. We have
created an open, dynamic and prosperous society in spite of a
continuously hostile federal government ... so Albertans must
rethink their role in this country, because the attitudes toward
Alberta so successfully exploited in this election will have
inevitable consequences the next time Canada enters a
recession, perhaps even before that ... we must instead turn
our energies to building a stronger and much more
autonomous Alberta. We must continue to develop a strong
economy regardless of bad federal policy. And we must
consciously create a society freer and more responsible than '>
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the rest of the country. We must indeed become as 'different' r
as possible ... Westerners, but especially Albertans, founded
responded by telling us in no uncertain terms we do not share
their 'Canadian values.' Fine, let us build a society on Alberta
April 11, 2003 Page 25 of359

values. Let us do what Quebec has done -- create a society
for which the rest of Canada, out of sheer fear, will do anything
to keep in the country."
Context Discusses the 2000 election result, and how its results
necessitate that Alberta focus its energies on becoming
stronger and more autonomous.
Source IThe Calgary Sun -- "Time to Rethink Our Role. Easterners Rej 1
Date 04/02/20011
Quote "Alberta has no significant role or voice in the regional spoils

system that has become the federal government -- other than
to fork over the onerous taxation and transfers that finance the
Liberals' agenda ... What we must ask is this: Having not
elected the Liberal government, are we going to let it govern
us, or are we going to govern ourselves? Will we build an
Alberta that is prosperous, strong and free, or just follow the
feds down a crooked path of inevitable decline? Will we keep
faith with Canada's founders, or allow the Liberals to separate
us from them, and from our future?"
Context This opinion piece discusses the deleterious effect Liberal rule
has had on Canada. It then goes on to argue for the "Alberta
Agenda."
Source IThe Calgary Sun -- "Wake Up to Real Separatists: Group of AI I
April 11, 2003 Page 26 of359

Date 26/01/2001 1
Quote A group of prominent Alberta conservatives is urging Ralph

Klein, the Premier, to fight federal "attacks" on its jurisdiction
by introducing sweeping political reforms that include creating
a provincial police force, withdrawing from the Canada
Pension Plan and openly defying the Canada Health Act.
DO
In a letter to Mr. Klein, the six high-profile academics and
political activists call on the Premier to build a political
"firewall" around Alberta to prevent Jean Chretien, the Prime
Minister, from launching a raid on the province's wealth with
costly federal programs. OOThe letter also proposes Alberta
collect its own income tax and use the Supreme Court's
Quebec secession ruling to force Ottawa to accept the
province's longstanding demand for a triple-E Senate. OD"As
economic slowdown, and perhaps even recession, threatens
North America, the government in Ottawa will be tempted to
take advantage of Alberta's prosperity, to redistribute income
from Alberta to residents of other provinces in order to keep
itself in power," says the letter, whose authors include
Stephen Harper, a former Reform MP and now president of
the National Citizens' Coalition, and Tom Flanagan, a
University of Calgary political scientist and former Reform
strategist. OO"lt 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." OOThe letter to Mr. Klein
was also signed by Andy Crooks, chairman of the Canadian
Taxpayers Federation, Ken Boessenkool, former senior
advisor to Stockwell Day during his tenure as Alberta's
treasurer, Ted Morton, a University of Calgary political
scientist and Canadian Alliance "senator-elect," and Rainer
Knopff, a University of Calgary constitutional expert. DOWith
an election expected in Alberta in March, the group is hoping
to pressure Mr. Klein into a more aggressive stance against
an "increasingly hostile" federal government. In their letter to
Mr. Klein, the conservatives argue Mr. Chretien and the
federal Liberals marginalized and demonized Alberta during
last fall's election campaign by running television ads accusing
the province of allowing U.S.-style two-tier health care.
DO
Those advertisements were a portent of future aggressions to
which Alberta -- currently in the midst of an economic boom
April 11, 2003 Page 27 of359

fuelled by high energy prices -- is vulnerable, the letter says.
DO
"In our view, the Chretien government undertook a series of
attacks not merely designed to defeat its partisan opponents,
but to marginalize Alberta and Albertans within Canada's
political system," it says. "If the government concludes that
Alberta is a soft target, we will be subjected to much worse
than dishonest television ads." ODin an interview with the
National Post, Mr. Flanagan says he fears Ottawa is eyeing
Alberta's oil and gas riches and may seek to redistribute those
riches across Canada with a 21 st century version of the
National Energy Program. DD"I'm worried about future raids
on Alberta's income and wealth. Any time you get a relatively
small population that is doing very well, it becomes politically
exposed when you have much bigger voting majorities
elsewhere in the country," Mr. Flanagan said. "Alberta is kind
of riding the crest of a wave right now ... It is going to be
extremely tempting for politicians elsewhere to try and cut
themselves a slice of that." DDAdds Mr. Harper: "The
message that came out of that election was extremely
threatening. The Liberals sent a real strong signal that Alberta
is a legitimate whipping boy and will be if the country enters a
recession." DDThe letter's authors say they hope to channel
post-election feelings of Western anger into "positive" action in
Alberta. While the letter-writers propose increased autonomy
for the province, they are distancing themselves from other
movements such as the fledgling Alberta Independence Party.
00
Mr. Harper said the NCC hopes to establish a non-partisan
Alberta affiliate that will advocate ideas similar to those
proposed in the letter to Mr. Klein. ODMr. Flanagan and his
colleagues say their proposals are both politically achievable
and affordable because of the strength of Alberta's economy.
The steps can be taken using the province's existing
constitutional power, the letter says. OOThe most
confrontational proposal suggests Mr. Klein and the Alberta
government ignore orders -- or threats of financial
punishment -- from Ottawa when considering future health
care reforms. 0 OAlberta and Ottawa clashed last year over
the province's Bill 11, which allows private surgical clinics.
Alberta should fight in the courts any federal challenge to its
health care policy, the letter says. Mr. Klein is also being
urged to ignore federal threats to cut health care transfer
payments. DD"lf we lose, we can afford the financial penalties
that Ottawa may try to impose," the letter says. 0 oThe group
also urges a more aggressive campaign to "force Senate
reform back on to the national agenda" by holding a
April 11, 2003 Page 28 of359

referendum asking Albertans whether they favour an elected,
equal and effective Senate. The Supreme Court decision
setting out rules for secession would require Ottawa to
respond because it requires the federal government to
"seriously consider a proposal for constitutional reform
endorsed by a 'clear majority on a clear question.' " OOThe
group proposes Alberta collect its own income taxes and
divorce itself from the CPP, replacing it with its own plan
"offering the same benefits at lower cost." OoFinally, the
group proposes Alberta let its contract with the RCMP expire
in 2012 and replace it with a new provincial service, similar to
Ontario's and Quebec's. 00"1 frankly think there is nothing
that Albertans can't do better in Alberta that can be done for
them in Ottawa," said Mr. Harper. 0
Context Article entitled: Klein urged to trim ties to Ottawa: Albertans

make a case for radical reform.
Date 19/02/2002 1
Quote "It was to this arrangement that I, along with five co-authors,
referred last year, when we wrote a letter to the premier of
Alberta, stressing the need to develop what we called
"firewalls" between the federal and provincial levels of
government. The clear delineation of powers that we called for
is a part of Canada's original design. It is time to recognize the
wisdom of that original design in a country as geographically
and culturally heterogeneous as Canada."
Context IEditorial by SH
April 11, 2003 Page 29 of359

Key Issue IAlberta Liberal Party
Date 04/03/20011
Quote "There are other reasons why Albertans don't vote Liberal in
particular. Since 1921, Alberta governments have faced
powerful opposition. Unlike most provinces, that opposition
has not been centred in the legislature where 'official
oppositions' have often been small. Instead, the real
opponent has usually been a deeply hostile Liberal party
based in Ottawa. This type of opposition has not provided
democratic accountability in our provincial government, but
simply endless confrontation and threats against the vital
interests of most Albertans."
Context In this opinion piece, the Leader defends the NCC's campaign
to convince Alberta voters to vote anything but Liberal in the
upcoming provincial election.
Source IThe Calgary Sun -- "Liberals' Strategy Exposed: Albertans Seel
Date
Quote "We hoped Albertans who support the government will
continue to back Premier Klein. But we also hope Albertans
who oppose the government consider supporting non-Liberal
alternatives such as the Alberta First Party, the Social Credit
party or independent candidates.
Context NCC campaign add urges Albertans to vote anything but

Liberal.
Source INCC Online
April 11, 2003 Page 30 of359

Date 01 105/200 11
Quote "We said 'don't vote Liberal' because of the close relationship
between the Alberta and federal Liberal parties, a connection
we believe is dangerous for this province."
Context The Leader explains the NCC's "Vote anything but Liberal in
the upcoming provincial election" campaign. At the time,
some pundits claimed the campaign was advocating a one-
party, undemocratic Alberta.
Source Alberta Beef Magazine -- "Calling a spade a spade, even when
Date 05/03/20011
Quote "Every vote for the Alberta Liberals foolishly invites the federal
Liberals to continue pillaging and wasting western taxpayers'
money."
Context The Leader responding to Nancy MacBeth's, then leader of

the Alberta Liberal Party, assertion that the provincial Liberals
are a different party than their federal counterparts. During the
election campaign, the NCC conducted an anti-Liberal ad
campaign.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "Ralph goes for a hat trick"
April 11, 2003 Page 31 of359

Date 20/09/2000 1
Quote "The Tories are not in a 'fight for the right.'
Actually, Joe Clark has long bragged about not being on the
'right.'
More troubling, though, is that Clark is now actually in a fight

for the left against the NOP. Clark has to beat the NOP in the
Atlantic politics of subsidies and hand outs if he wants his
party to make gains in that region."
Context The Leader on the Tories strategy of being pro-handout in

order to appeal to Atlantic Canadians.
Source INanaimo Daily News -- "Clark can't face the reality"
April 11, 2003 Page 32 of359

Date 29/05/2002 1
Quote "I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the

decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat
that we have to overcome," Mr. Harper said in one of his first
interviews for an Atlantic audience since he took his seat in
the House of Commons last week. OO"lt's the idea that we
just have to go along, we can't change it, things won't
change," he added. "I think that's a sad part, a sad reality the
traditional parties have bred in parts of Atlantic Canada."
DO
But he vowed that if he were prime minister he would follow
through "dramatically and very rapidly" on promises to end
regional development programs in favour of tax cuts and
investments in infrastructure. OO"Traditional regional
development programs are not very successful," he argued.
"They grossly distort the market and they not only fail to
develop a lot of profitable enterprises, but over a long period of
time they have detrimental effects on potential opportunities."
DO
Mr. Harper said Atlantic Canada also needs to see its gap in
wealth with the rest of the country begin to narrow before the
culture of defeat will recede, and he believes a federal
government with a "can-do attitude" can also change opinions.
DO
"These things feed on each other," he said. OO"Atlantic
Canada's culture of defeat will be hard to overcorne as long as
Atlantic Canada is actually physically trailing the rest of the
country," he said. "When that starts to change, the culture will
start to change to. 00"1 think it's just a matter of setting the
rules and setting the mood from the top," Mr. Harper added.
"You build on success." OOBut he claimed all Canadians are
getting "the opposite example" from the federal Liberals and
allegations of corruption swarnping the federal government.
00
"The culture the Liberal party is breeding in the country - not
just in Atlantic Canada or Quebec but everywhere else - is a
culture of cronyisrn.¥otirrtakeyourconnections with the
government ... and governrrtentofficials. That's how business
gets done. I think that kind of thing over a long period of time
is linked to a culture of defeatism."
Context Atlantic Canada's "defeatist" attitude is the biggest stumbling

block to a major Canadian Alliance breakthrough with voters in
April 11, 2003 Page 33 of359

the region, says the federal party's new leader. oStephen
Harper, Leader of the Official Opposition, said in an interview
Tuesday that even the region's entrenched voting patterns are
not as troublesome for his young party as Atlantic Canada's
sense of political impotence.
Source INew Brunswick Telegraph Journal
Key Issue IAtlantic Canada
Date 10/01/1997 1
"The Atlantic fishery was once run by people who worked hard ~ ~
Quote
and thought ahead. This has been obliterated by an economic
and social tragedy of epic proportions. Ordinary people of
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limited means have lost their livelihood. Now their only
prospects are of more government handouts and people who
now believe that they can only survive on other people's
money."
Context In this column, the Leader explains the fundamental

disagreement between Chretien and Manning over the Atlantic
Groundfish Strategy (TAGS). Although the program was a
colossal failure, Chretien defended it on "principle" -- "I think
giving money to poor fisherman who cannot go at sea, and call
it a waste of money, is completely unacceptable." The Leader
goes on to argue how programs like TAG, which are
detrimental to Canada's economic well being, work to the
electoral advantage of the main political parties.
Source IThe Bulldog -- "Other People's Money."
Aprilll,2003 Page 34 of359

Date 19/11/19871
Quote "... the trickle-down of bureaucratic enterprise aids a

peripheral region only when, like Atlantic Canada,
confederation has reduced it to a state of permanent
dependency."
Context The Leader explains how the modern welfare state works
against the interests of the West, but does provide financial
benefit to some -- in this case Atlantic Canada.
Source IExcerpts from this speech, which the Leader gave at the 1987
Date 08/02/20021
Quote "Perhaps most damaging of all is industrial policy carried out

under the guise of 'regional development.' No region shows
more evidence of the damage regional development policy
can do than the Atlantic provinces. The Atlantic region in the
late 1960s was growing faster than the national average. But
both growth and external investment began to falter around
the time the region started to experience large cash infusions
from the federal government for the purpose of so-called
regional development."
Context This article discusses the problem of Liberal state corporatism

and the detrimental effect it's had on Canadian industrial
policy.
Source IThe National Post -- "Get the state out of the economy"
April 11, 2003 Page 35 of359

Date 04/07/2002 1
Quote "In short, I believe that too many Canadians are simply
coming to accept that, as a country, we will continue to fall
behind the United States and that areas currently regarded as
'have-not' regions will continue to lag behind the rest of the
country. This.cynicism and lowering of expectations is what I
referred to as 'defeatism.'''
Context The Leader addresses his controversial comments about the

region and attempts to clarify his remarks.
Source IThe Journal Pioneer (Summerside) -- "Opposition leader clarifi
Date 04/09/ 1991 1
Quote Hoping to keep up its momentum, the Reform party is

organizing a late-September tour of the Maritime provinces by
Leader Preston Manning. O"I1's still largely virgin territory,"
chief policy adviser Stephen Harper said Tuesday. O"Even if
there weren't some popular Liberal premiers there ... it will be
tougher than elsewhere in Canada. People are slower to
change," Harper said about the prospect of making Reform
inroads in the four provinces. O"This is the only part of the
country that has never voted for a third party, ever. It's two-
party country and it has been since prior to Confederation."
Context Article entitled: Reform tills new territory with pass through
Maritimes
April 11, 2003 Page 36 of359

Date 08/02/2002 1
Quote "It is in the interest ot all Canadians, as well as those living in

Atlantic Canada, to move away from state corporatism and
toward an open, unsubsidized and productive economy."
Context The Leader argues that Liberal state corporatism has had a
devastating effect on the economy, and that it's time to
consider more pro-tree-market solutions.
Source IThe National Post -- "Get the state out of the economy"
Date 29/05/2002 1
Quote "There is a dependency in the region that breeds a culture of

defeatism. "
Context The Leader discusses the economic problems of Atlantic

Canada.
Source ICSC News -- "Stephen Harper said some things Atlantic Cana
Key Issue jAtlantic Canada
Date 29/05/2002 1
Quote 'I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the

decades following Confederation ... there is a culture of defeat
that we have to overcome," Harper said. D"lt's the idea that
we just have to go along, we can't change it, things won't
change," he added. "I think that's a sad part, a sad reality the
traditional parties have bred in parts of Atlantic Canada."
Context Atlantic Canada's "defeatist" attitude is the biggest stumbling

block to a major Canadian Alliance breakthrough with voters in
the region, says the federal party's new leader.
Source 1St. John's Telegram
April 11, 2003 Page 37 of359

Date 21/09/2002 1
Quote "My sense is that people aren't looking for those kind of
policies any more. They are looking for policies oriented to
growth and success, not policies oriented to the sense that the
region is never going to move forward."
Context The Leader attempts to clarify his earlier remarks during a

subsequent trip to Atlantic Canada. The article notes that he
did not retract the remarks or apologize for them.
Source The Globe & Mail -- "Harper comments raises hackles"
Key Issue IBeing elected
Date 26/02/2002 1
Quote In terms of a by-election, I would be very flexible, Harper said,

when questioned by an audience member in Barrie on a
weekend swing through Ontario. "There's different parts of the
country where I've lived and where I have family and where
the party has a presence, so I'd consider that. ...There are
parts of Ontario where I could do that." But Harper says he
and his wife Laureen, who has her own computer graphics
business, have discussed what his post-leadership plans
should be if he wins, "and she's said 'I could live in Ottawa
nine months of the year, but the other three months I'm going
to live in Alberta.' "So once a general election comes,
regardless of where I sit in a by-election, I will seek a riding in
southern Alberta in the next general election."
Context Ipost -leadership plans if he wins
Source IToronto Star
April 11, 2003 Page 38 of359

Key Issue IBigotry
Date
Quote When Bigots Fight BigotryDby Stephen
HarperDDMulticulturalism Minister Hedy Fry's recent rant on
imaginary cross burnings in British Columbia reminds me of
George Costanza, the character from the TV show
Seinfeld.DDCostanza declared "It's not a lie, if you
believe."DOTo me that sums up the real story behind the
whole Hedy Fry fiasco. It's not so much that she was lying
when she stood up in the House of Commons and accused
Prince George residents of setting crosses aflame; it's that
she so deeply believed it. 0 DAfter all, Fry made her
statements with literally no evidence that anything of the sort
was happening. Not a police report, not a news story, not a
letter. Nothing.DDCaught with no evidence of her UFO's
(Unidentified Fascist Objects), Fry made hurried calls to the
RCMP and to B.C.'s Human Rights Commissions to get
details of at least similar alien happenings. Even these
agencies flatly denied anything resembling her tall
tale.DDFinally forced to recant, she stood in Parliament only
to acknowledge that rural British Columbians were not guilty of
the "specific hate activity" which she had alleged. The
implication is, of course, that they are more generally guilty of
racism anyway. 0 o Unfortunately, such beliefs are far from
limited to her. During the last election, for instance,
Immigration Minister Elinor Caplan called supporters of the
Western-based Canadian Alliance "holocaust deniers." No
evidence; no apology. For his part, Prime Minister Jean
Chretien once linked the Alliance with the "dark side of human
nature." And let's not forget his infamous statement that he
didn't like dealing with Westerners because they were of a
"different type." 0 DThese comments, outrageous as they are,
reflect the mind set of the Liberal establishment when it comes
to Western Canadians. Frankly, they view the West, especially
the areas beyond its urban centres, as a scary, strange land
populated with cross-burning, gun-wielding, racist, fanatic,
Christian rednecks.DDYou almost get the feeling, in fact, that
the Liberals are not so much interested in governing the West
as they are in "civilizing" it. Like some sort of secular
missionaries Fry, Caplan, Chretien et ai, are determined to
impose their so-called Liberal "values" on what they regard as
a primitive, backward people.DDBut this phenomenon is not
strictly a partisan thing, or even a regional one. Under the
name of "political correctness," the labelling of certain people
April 11, 2003 Page 39 of359

and intolerance for their perspectives has taken on the status
of a religion. It indeed matters not whether "specific hate
activity" has actually occurred. With the concept of "systemic
discrimination," prejudice can be declared rampant without
proof of any specific incident, even without the conscious
knowledge of the discriminators.DDSuch accusations, like
those of Hedy Fry, are little more than bigotry on stilts. They
have become increasingly disconnected from any actual
racism, sexism, phobia or other hatred. All that we are left with
is an accuser with "politically correct" race, gender, religion
and characteristics - and an accused with different
ones.DOThis is the double standard of the Fry story. Had a
white, Christian, male, Alliance MP from Prince George made
similar slurs against females of Asian origin in Vancouver, we
would not even be discussing whether there was evidence for
the statements. That person would be simply banned from
public life and all acceptable social company.OOI am not
suggesting that Fry should be treated this way (although I do
hope her political career has been fatally wounded).
Supplementing left-wing political correctness with a right-wing
version is not what's needed.OOWhatwe need is to stop the
"hunt for hatred" in every phrase, every action, and every
gesture, a hunt which has become more dangerous than the
disease. It corrodes public life - in politics, in academia, in
entertainment and in society generally. 0 OAnd this point is
being missed in most condemnations of Fry's comments on
Prince George. Even if there had been a cross-burning, this
does not make anyone other than the participants guilty of
anything. Incidents committed by some, no matter how
distasteful, are not a basis for casting aspersions on whole
groups or communities. 0 0 Political correctness types like
Hedy Fry would do well to learn that lesson.OOAnd here's
something else Fry should learn: some things are lies no
matter how strongly you believe them.
Context IArticle entitled: When Bigots Fight Bigotry
Source !NCC Online
April 11, 2003 Page 40 of359

Key Issue IBigotry
Date 04/05/ 1996 1
Quote "... he discovers what traditional bigotry and political

correctness refuse to accept -- racism may be about colour,
but racists come in all colours."
Context This quotation comes from a book review the leader did on
Christopher Darden's, co-prosecutor of O.J. Simpson, memoir
of the trial.
Source IThe Calgary Herald -- "Darden tells his story ... "
Key Issue IBilingualism
Date 16/11/1987 1
Quote "As well, it is probably much more difficult for a Westerner to

fit into the bureaucracy. Federal bilingualism policies work
unevenly in a region where the majority language is English
and the minority language is only rarely French. Fully 94% of
Westerners are not 'officially' bilingual and this must
disadvantage hiring and promoting in the federal public service
which is already centrally oriented."
Context The Leader discusses the unfairness towards the West that
exists in the structure of the federal government.
Source Excerpts from this speech, which the Leader gave at the 1987
April 11, 2003 Page 410/359

Key Issue IBilingualism
Date 06/05/2001 1
Quote "In those days [late 1960s] the promise was that bilingualism
would lead to a new country - more united, more fair, truly
bilingual. It didn't work ... there's nothing wrong with this. A
~ J unilingual anglophone or unilingual francophone is as much a
....... <.... 'real Canadian' as a bilingual one. And Quebec City or
Calgary 'define Canada' as much as Ottawa or Montreal. The
difficulty only comes when the federal Liberals insist Canada
become a bilingual country it is not. But the ugly truth is that
even the Liberals are losing faith in their own creed. They are
not practicing what they preach. While there have been
ongoing and unsuccessful attempts to promote French outside
of Quebec, the federal government has increasingly
surrendered to Quebec's activist policies of official
unilingualism. The discrimination against English and English
institutions by Quebec language laws is well documented ...
So there you have it. As a religion, bilingualism is the god that
failed. It has led to no fairness, produces no unity, and cost
Canadian taxpayers untold millions."
Context The Leader discusses the failure of Canada's policy of

bilingualism.
Source IThe Calgary Sun •. "Official Bilingualism: The God that Failed"
Key Issue !Bilingualism
Date 02/10/1995 1
Quote "I know other bilingual politicians and I understand the I-am-
better-than-you attitude they have toward other Canadians."
Context The Leader commenting on the fact that Manning is unilingual,

and the bigotry that has ensued when he brings up the
Quebec issue because of the fact.
Source IThe Montreal Gazette .- "Attacks on Manning are bigotry: Refor I
April 11, 2003 Page 42 of359

Key Issue IBilingUaliSm
Date 01/11/1994 1
Quote "One set of complaints I've heard in my part of the country,

and I'm just wondering if you've had this too, has been that at
some postal outlets at income tax time there are large
quantities of French-language income tax booklets lying
around where there'll be almost no demand. I wonder if there
is some control on the numbers of language publications that
are sent out to the various parts of the country."
Context This quotation, which is a question directed to David

Anderson, then Minister of National Revenue, stems from a
review of Official Language policies and programs of the
Department of National Revenue. Itcould be misconstrued to
be see as petty anti-bilingualism.
Source Hansard -- Standing Joint Committee of the Senate and House
Key Issue IBilingUaliSm
Date 20/01/2002 1
Quote "Its that special status is needed to protect the French

language in Quebec is simply false."
Context For decades Stephen Harper has ridden and campaigned

against distinct society in Quebec
Source ICBC World Report
April 11, 2003 Page 43 of359

Key Issue Ism Phipps
Date 14/05/2002 1
Quote "Only my campaign actually attempted to negotiate a fair,

impartial, open debate format. It is unfortunate that there was
no interest in this sort of forum."
Context The Leader reacts to Rev. Phipps' accusation that he was too
arrogant to take part in a debate for the Calgary SW by-
election.
Source IThe Globe & Mail -- "Calgary win makes if official for Harper"
Key Issue ISili Phipps
Date 07/05/2002 1
Quote Inthis article, the Leader is quoted as saying he "despises"

Rev. Phipps.
Context This article, written by Jeffrey Simpson, focuses on Phipps.

The above quotation is the only one of any relevance
attributed to the Leader.
Source IThe Globe & Mail -- "He makes Harper think uncharitable thoug 1
April 11, 2003 Page 44 of359

Key Issue IBIOC
Date 25/03/1994j
Quote Apparently, the Bloc is opposed to this [budget] bill, as it is

opposed to any major changes proposed by the Reform Party
which concern major government programs, and I find this
disturbing, because I see a party that is in favour of the
greatest change of all, the break-up of this country. When we
talk about federal programs, programs created under the
federal system, our party is proposing major changes, while
the Liberals are proposing changes that are as significant as
ours, but when the government starts to discuss issues that
are vital to the future of our country, we see that the Bloc is
always opposed to these changes. I find it hard to explain to
my constituents why a party that cannot abide the Canadian
federal system still supports federal programs and in fact
supports the status quo. The Bloc Quebecois is always
prepared to recognize the benefits of federal programs and it
does so clearly and incisively, but when it talks about what is
wrong with the federal system and especially about the
programs we are discussing here, they tend to lack that
incisiveness. I must say that I find it hard to understand why
they are opposed to the system, to the program in general,
while they are not to specific cases.
Context Response to Budget Bill - this speech also points out good
things the Liberals were doing
Source IHansard
April 11, 2003 Page 45 of359

Key Issue IBrian Mulroney
Date 04/05/ 1992 1
Quote "For any Canadian politician to try to score political points from
racial violence, particularly in another country, is really
disgusting. These people are so out of touch that they ignore
legitimate concerns while just dismissing the Reform party as
being socially abhorrent."
Context Mulroney calls Reform Party racists and compares to LA race

riots
Source IVancouver Sun
Key Issue IBroadcasting
Date 16/01/1995 1
Quote Calgary West Reform MP Stephen Harper said: "I don't like
being told what can be on my TV set. As a party, we should
focus more attention on the tremendous power the CRTC has
over Canadian broadcasting. Canadian programming will be
watched by Canadians if it's good quality."
Context The fate of Canadian television programming should be

decided by the people and not by government regulators, said
Calgary TV viewers interviewed Sunday.
Key Issue IBUdget legislation
Date 25/03/1994 1
Quote Our party would be opposed to this kind of measure, to an

omnibus approach to government legislation.
Source !Hansard
April 11, 2003 Page 46 of359

Key Issue IBUdget legislation
Date 24/02/ 1994 1
Quote Reform finance critic Stephen Harper said the party's election
platform of chopping $19 billion in government spending in
three years to balance the budget was a preferable alternative
to the nearly $40-billion deficit outlined by Finance Minister
Paul Martin. ODin the Commons, Harper said the Liberal
campaign promise to reach a $25-billion deficit after three
years was a pipe dream unless more drastic measures were
taken. DDWhile Martin forecasts a $32.7-billion deficit in 1995-
96 fuelled by rosy revenue increases, the budget documents
are deliberately empty of deficit projections for the crucial third
year of the Liberal mandate, Harper charged. DOlt won't be
anywhere close to $25 billion, the Liberal commitment of three
per cent of Canada's gross domestic product, he said.
DO
Instead, the deficit will still be well above $30 billion or four per
cent of gross domestic product, said the Calgary MP.
Context Article entitled: Put up or shut up, Reform budget critics told.
Instead of simply urging savage slicing to program spending,
Reform and their supporters have a duty to spell out in detail
exactly how their severe proposals would affect the economy
and Canadians, McLellan said Wednesday in an interview.
Aprilll, 2003 Page 47 of359

Key Issue Icalgary
Date 02/11/1994 1
Quote "In this day and age, people expect projects like this to be
completely self-financed," Harper said from his Ottawa
office."Taxpayers in Canada are already having to deal with
15- to 20-per-cent reductions in federal spending. Groups that
want large amounts of new money will be in a very difficult
position."
Context Government officials are sceptical about handing over

$800,000 in taxpayer money to finance Calgary's bid for the
2005 World's Fair.
Source !Calgary Herald
Key Issue ICampaign Donations
Date 05/11/2000 1
Quote "People don't like getting pestered for money by every group
with a cause just because they donated to one. That's why
Context
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law).;r;tJ~rE.'lason for the inclusion of this quotation is that (5i l)..~-t. .' J~)
during the Leader's leadership campaign several non-Alliance () tJ..{()~? .)..Q. '.~~ /L',l- ~ __ ~ < •
mailing lists were used to solicit donations. i l '-- ~~
Source !The Calgary Sun -- "Who's Accountable to Whom? Free Socie I
April 11, 2003 Page 48 of359

Key Issue Icampaign Donations
Date 16/11/1987 1
Quote "We must develop ways of gathering taxpayer input on

government expenditure to offset the spending demands of
pressure groups with their insider connections. As a start, the
subsidization of lobbying and other political activities with
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Context The Leader discusses ways to combat the influence of interest

groups have over the Welfare State.
Key Issue ICampaign Finance Reform
Date 29/01/2003 1
Quote "There are some good ideas in here however even those are
flawed. Disclosure ideas are good for leadership races, I have
said we support that."
Context The Leader speaks on the Liberal's campaign finance reform

bill. Th@ reason for the inclusion of this quotation is that it
could be argued the Leader was initially reluctant to disclose
the names of donors to his leadership campaign.
Source IHansard -- Routine Proceedings
April 11, 2003 Page 49 of359

Key Issue Icampaign Finance Reform
Date 01/10/2002 1
Quote "How would we handle campaign finance reform? We would

handle it the way we generally run this party and the way I ran
my leadership campaign. We would try to finance our
campaigns from modest contributions from a broad range of
voters, not a few contributions from people who receive
government contracts. Iwould personally prefer to see
contributions come only from individual voters. I would like to
end the union and corporate contributions and let union
members, corporate directors and shareholders make their
own decisions as to which political parties they contribute to."
Context
Source IHansard -- Leader's response to Throne Speech.
Key Issue Icanada
Date 23/05/2001 1
Quote "As this coalition plays itself out, supporters for a more
centralized vision of Canada will increasingly be found only in
the elite corridors in Ottawa, among hard-core Liberal
centralists in Quebec, in outposts in Atlantic Canada and the
eastern half of the Prairies and, last but not least, among 'old
Canada' thinkers who are forever trying to redistribute wealth
among provinces rather than export good policies to all parts
of the country."
Context In this piece, co-written by Ken Boessenkool, the Leader

argues that a political de-alignment of sorts is taking place. In
this global age, regions, including Ontario under Harris, are
resisting the centralizing pull towards Ottawa's bosom, and as
a result, they will soon challenge the hegemony of Ottawa.
This quotation lists the regions that, for whatever reason, will
continue to advocate a centralized Canada.
Source IThe National Post -- "The provinces will soon have the upper h I
April 11, 2003 Page 50 of359

Key Issue Icanada
Date 04/12/2000 I
Quote "I'm starting to wonder what kind of banana republic we're
living in up here."
Context The quotation stems from a discussion of Canada's election

gag laws. This article appeared shortly after Bill C-2 was
passed.
Source IReport Newsmagazine -- "Banana Canada"
Key Issue ICanada
Date 01/01/1998 1
Quote "Canada is not the same country it was ten years ago. Sound
money, balanced budgets, tax reduction, free trade,
deregulation, privatization of public enterprise, and targeting of
social welfare programs now constitute a broad consensus
within the Reform party, the Progressive Conservatives, and
the business Liberals, who currently dominate that party."
Context Explaining the impact that the conservative movement has

had on Canada.
Source "Conservative Politics in Canada: Past, Present, and Future (c
April 15, 2003 Page 51 of359

Key Issue Icanada
Date 27/03/2000 1
Quote "Canada will continue to be held together by a series of

economic and psychological dependencies. The United
States could annex us at a whim, but has no interest in doing
SO.II
Context In this piece, the Leader argues that in order to strengthen the
country, Canada must reassert the fundamental of its true
nationhood - Le. the values of individual liberty and personal
reasonability. In this quotation, the Leader argues that
dissolution of the federation is unlikely as the provinces are
held together by mutual economic insecurities.
Source IReport Newsmagazine -- "Back to the future"
Key Issue Icanada
Date
Quote Canada appears content to become a second-tier socialistic
country, boasting ever more loudly about its economy and
social services to mask its second rate status - led by a
second-world strongman appropriately suited for the task.
with Canada.
Source jNCC Online
April 15, 2003 Page 52 of359

Key Issue ICanada
Date 27/03/2000 1
Quote "The challenge is for Canada to reassert the fundamentals of

its true nationhood. These are the values of a society based
on individual nationhood. These are the values of a society
based on individual liberty, personal responsibility and free
association that first triumphed in Anglo-American countries.
This Canada will no longer be obsessed by a narrow statism
at home or an insecure neutralism abroad. Instead, it will
equally embrace both the regional nature of its confederation
and its international role as a bridge between Britain and
America within an advanced global economy."
Context The Leader offers his advice on what Canada needs to do to

maintain its sovereignty, as well as remain relevant.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "Back to the future"
Key Issue Icanada
Date 03/12/2000 1
Quote "Canada has largely gone a different way and, as the country's
economy and social services slip farther and farther behind ,
the rest of the world, its insecure smugness and its ~ev-ld.eIit LLbel~
\(\ .\
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resentment of others' success will only increase." ( V'€.N\~ ~~ \y\.ll- U .~ .
Context In this piece, the Leader discusses how the Liberals won the
2000 election on a largely anti-Alberta platform. The context
for this quotation is that Alberta has prospered economically
and socially while Canada has stagnated.
April 15, 2003 Page 53 of359

Key Issue lcanada Pension Plan
Date 23/02/19971
Quote "Well ultimately the low end people. And low and middle
income Canadians are the ones who fund the Canada
Pension Plan now. They seem to have the money to do it. If
they have the money to provide government with pensions,
why don't they have the money to invest it themselves. I think
there's a fundamental contradiction here."
Context The Leader responding to Maude Barlow's claim that if people

are expected to invest in their own retirement, those with lower
incomes will be unable to do so.
Source CBC News - "Panel Discussion on Canadian Pension Plan"
Key Issue lcanada Pension Plan
Date 23/02/19971
Quote "Ultimately the record of the government in investing these

funds has been absolutely miserable and that's they need the
constantly rising premiums. Wl1atwould have made much
more sense in my opinion, would have been to ensure that
Canadians can invest those funds themselves in plans that
have a demonstrated record of success."
Context The Leader's response to Mesley's question as to whether the

increase in CPP premiums is a tax grab or an investment in
the future.
Source CBC News - "Panel Discussion on Canadian Pension Plan"
April 15, 2003 Page 54 of359

Key Issue Icanada Post
Date 22/10/1996 1
Quote
Mr. Harper: I'm not sure, Mr. Chairman, that I really have any
additional questions. The witness has said that he doesn't
understand market-based or conservative solutions to
economic problems.
Mr. Radwanski: No, please let me clarify. I do understand

them, I just don't necessarily agree with them.
Mr. Harper: I don't know if you do, but what I would say as a
general comment - and Mr. Gilmour may have more thoughts
on this - is it's very possible that in treating Canada Post as a
declining industry, as the report suggests, the best we can do
is try to contain its costs as it declines, which may be a better
solution than to have it half compete in cross-subsidized
services.
Context The Leader suggests that a pro-free-market solution should be

found for the problems plaguing Canada Post to George
Radwanski, who was the chair of the Canada Post Mandate
Review.
Source Hansard -- Standing Committee on Government Operations
April 15, 2003 Page 55 of359

Key Issue ICanada Post
Date 28/12/ 1997 1
Quote "Back-to-work legislation only treats a symptom and not the

real problem with postal service in Canada. The real problem
is the double monopoly in postal service. The government
gives post office management a monopoly over Canadians'
mail, and then Canada Post gives CUPW union bosses the
labour monopoly power to shut the service down. That threat
still hangs over the heads of all Canadian families and
businesses. It's time to end the double monopoly and to give
Canadian consumers a choice when it comes to mail service.
Only ending the monopoly will ensure that Canadians are
never held hostage by another postal strike."
Context The Leader comments on the recent postal strike.
Source ILetter to The Calgary Herald
April 15, 2003 Page 56 of359

Key Issue Icanada Post
Date 22/10/1996 1
Quote "You noted several times that you've been gratified, generally
speaking, by the reaction to the report. I assume that probably
doesn't include the editorial in The Globe and Mail, which you
also made some passing reference to.
I'm going to read a section from that editorial, which ends in a

question. It's a question I'd like you to address. It says:
'There are two possible reasons for keeping Canada Post as

is. The first is the idea that people in rural and isolated areas
have some sort of right to subsidized communications. But
where, other than in first-class mail, is this the case? The price
of an airline ticket is based on cost: Montreal-Toronto flights
are cheaper and more frequent than Montreal-Yellowknife.
Nobody considers this to be an issue.
Nor would anyone question the fact that Montreal-Toronto long-
distance telephone rates are cheaper than a long distance call
from, say, Halifax, to the far North. It makes economic sense
(depending on the mode of transmission).;rheuniform postal
rate may be a long-standing practice, but it is also an
anomaly: If it did not already exist, would we want to pass a
law inventing it?' This is the question.
Context The Leader quotes a Globe & Mail editorial, which advocates
differential postal rates, to George Radwanski, who was chair
of the Canada Post Mandate Review.
Source IHansard -- Standing Committee on Government Operations
April 15, 2003 Page 57 of359

Key Issue ICanada Post
Date 12/01/1997 1
Quote "... let's end the first-class mail monopoly so our choices get
even better!" od\JD~nj til ~coi\D'\
Context The Leader agreeing with a comment made by then Public
Works Minister Alfonso Gagliano, who mused out loud that the
et ~ '\?'\) 'st ~
postal strike could lead to the privati;zation.otthemail service.
Source IThe Bulldog -- "Bread & Circuses."
Date 26/02/2002 1
Quote "What has been lost, particularly in the past year or so, has
been an emphasis on what this party stands for, what its
vision for the country is. We have descended into the politics
of personality and of process, and my strength as a public
figure has always been articulating policies and agenda items.
That's what I want to see the party get back to. That's the only
way it will move forward."
Context You've said, "We are not closer today to power than when I
left Parliament in 1997 and we are a lot further from knowing
why we want to be in power." Could you expand on that
statement?
Source lottawa Citizen
April 15, 2003 Page 58 of359

Date 29/01/2002 1
Quote "For the last five of years there's been a growing chorus in the
party that power is what matters," Harper said. "Don't get me
wrong, I'm in this to win ... but this power at all costs has not
served us well. We are no closer today to power than when I
left Parliament in 1997 and we're a lot farther from knowing
why we want to be in power."
Context Ispeech in Medicine Hat
Source Icp Wire
Key Issue !canadian Alliance
Date 21/03/2002 1
Quote "You have just voted to move our party forward into the future.
You have voted to build on our past successes and move
beyond our recent difficulties and to become the kind of
alternative to the Liberals that this country so badly requires."
The new leader said his goal is to rebuild the Alliance and
"bring together all who share our values and our visions --
reformers, like-minded PCs and others regardless of their
previous political affiliation. I have said I would rather go in [to
Parliament] sooner rather than later," Mr Harper said, adding
Calgary Southwest is "one option."
Context IComments after first ballot victory
April 15, 2003 Page 59 of359

Date 20/09/2000 1
Quote "Federal Tories tell me they are more 'conservative' than the
Liberals, but less "extreme" than the Alliance. Unfortunately,
for them, the Liberals and Alliance are really fighting over the ~
centre, where there'snbt a'iot of free space. I'
In economic policy, for instance, the Liberals agree that there
should be no retum to deficit financing, generous welfare,
protectionism or direct government intervention in the
economy. The Alliance, for its part, promises to respect the
middle-class entitlements of the welfare state -- public health
care, pensions and education -- including, by the way, the
welfare entitlements of the politicians themselves.
Context
Both partie<promise to increase their social spendinQ)md cut
,tax_e_s_,a_r_g_U_in_g_m_ai_n_IY_O_n_h_o_w_to_dl_'VVY
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In this piece, the Leader argues that the Liberals and the
Alliance. have more in common policy wise than the Alliance
>
and the Tories do. He is not too cheery when discussing the
Alliance's conservative pedigree.
Source Nanaimo Daily News -- "Clark can't face the reality"
Key Issue [Canadian Alliance
Date 29/01/2002 1
Quote "This party has a broad vision," he said. "What's caused it to

grow was its principles and policies that that vision articulates.
Whenever we talk about these things, I believe that as a party
we've been successful. We've generated controversy, we've
connected with the public. That's how we've made our gains."
Context Ispeech in Medicine Hat
Source [CP Wire
April 15, 2003 Page 60 of359

Date 16/01/2002 1
Quote Harper is aware some complain the direction he wants to take

the party will return it to its Reform Party-Western Canada
roots and turn it into a rump party. He's perturbed by the belief
that if the party retums to its roots it is going backwards."This
is all wrong," he said. "What made us successful ... was our
vision and our policies. Sitting around talking about power and
process and personality (over the past year) has taken us a
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Source
Key Issue Icanadian Alliance I

Date 16/01/2002 1
Quote Harper says the Alliance also failed to demonstrate to voters it

had "a sense of permanency as an organization. Those are
the things we need to do," he said yesterday while passing
through Hamilton on the start of a five-city tour of Ontario, plus
a visit to Montreal. "We need to get more Progressive
Conservatives voting for us. We need to get more Uberals
voting for us if we're going to win any substantial number of
seats in Ontario." 0
Context !Exclusive interview.
Source IHamilton Spectator
April 15, 2003 Page 61 of359

Key Issue lcanadian Alliance
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote "[My leadership campaign] will not run a deficit. That's one of
the biggest complaints about this party's current operation."
Context IHarper announces intentions.
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote "My immediate objective is to get this party back on track and
ready for the next election."
Source IGlobe and Mail
Date 20/09/2000 1
Quote "Only on some 'social' values are the Liberals and the Alliance
radically different. The Liberals are driven by the world view of '1?\I' ,
>. ~GJ-o\J..S r lr"'l..+ I kldde.n. 1\
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the establishment left, and the Alliance by that of the religious
right, but both will pursue their agendas as hidden agendas. '"
The Liberals will continue to push theirs through rights
commissions and the courts, and the Alliance will attack the
power of these institutions."
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Context In this piece, the Leader argues that the Liberals and the
Alliance have more in common policy wise than the Alliance
and the Tories do. This quotation serves to point out the
fundamental differences that separate the two. Note the use of
the terms "religious right" and "hidden agenda" in the same
sentence.
April 15, 2003 Page 62 of359

Key Issue !canadian Alliance
Date 20106/20011
Quote Coalition, was chief policy officer of the Reform Party of

Canada 1988-1992. Tom Flanagan, a professor of political
science, was Reform's director of research 1991-92.
DO
HEADLINE: Three tips for the CA: policy, policy and policy
DO
Every major success enjoyed by conservatives in national
politics in the past decade nasresulted from the timely and
unapologetic advancement of conservative ideals. These
ideals catalyzed the Reform party and gave the Canadian
Alliance its initial momentum. Conservatives looking for a way
forward should get their bearings by taking a look back.
DO
Reform was the first national party to oppose the Meech Lake
accord, especially the distinct society clause. It made an even
bigger impression on the public mind by helping to win the
1992 referendum battle against the Charlottetown accord. The
opposition to both accords was essentially grounded on the
conservative principle of the equality of all citizens before the
law -- an ideal that gathered wide support in the referendum
battle. DDThe next landmark was Reform's Zero in Three plan
for eliminating the federal deficit in three years through
spending cu~4ero in Thre8)Jecame the crucial factor in the
1993 election that enabled the party to win 52 seats in the
House of Commons. This time, the conservative ideal of
smaller government provided the foundation, a foundation
initially derided by all the other parties but soon adopted by the
Liberals as their own policy. ODin 1995, Reform put out a new
fiscal blueprint -- the Taxpayer's Budget advocating $25-billion
in spending reductions and the elimination of the federal role
in health and education through the transfer of tax points to
the provinces. !;lj;lrewas another conservative principle --
decentralization. The success of Reform's downsizing and
decentralizing proposals came when Finance Minister Paul
Martin borrowed heavily from Reform's proposed spending
reductions in early 1995. That same budget also combined
federal transfers into an annual lump sum, reducing Ottawa's
control over provincial social programs. oOReform then
shifted emphasis when it published its "20/20" paper after the
Quebec referendum of October, 1995. That document merged
elan A-- decentralization of powers not only to Quebec but all
provinces -- with Plan B -- Canada's pledge to defend its
April 15, 2003 Page 63 of359

national interest against separatist threats. Plan B was
grounded in the conservative ideal of the rule of law, which the
Liberals borrowed when they introduced the Clarity Act -- once
again demonstrating how influential an opposition party can be
against a rudderless government. o Olr11998, the leadership
<
of the party launched the United Alternative, shifting the focus
from policy to process. Internal strife grew and polling
numbers fell as the party put its attention on how to win power,
rather than on what political power should be used for. In the
meantime, Alberta Treasurer Stockwell Day announced
Alberta was moving to a single rate of provincial income tax.
Positive reaction in conservative circles emboldened the
United Alternative organizers to adopt the single-rate tax as
the signature policy of the new Canadian Alliance. OOMr.
Day's bold tax-reform initiative also made possible his
successful campaign for leadership of the Alliance. And while
the media paid little attention, his campaign was marked by
numerous policy speeches detailing his commitment to tax
cuts, smaller government, decentralization, traditional social
institutions, and criminal justice reform. Preston Manning, in
contrast, spoke relatively little about policy during the
campaign, preferring to emphasize his claim that only he could
lead the party to victory in a general election. Mr. Day won a
resounding victory, and Alliance polling numbers broke
through Reform's glass ceiling of 20%. OOThe Liberals
responded with cunning -- stealing the tax-cut agenda and
catching the process-weary Alliance off guard by calling an
early election. During the election campaign, the Alliance
policy messages got confused. Nonetheless, the party
received 25.5% of the popular vote, much better than the 19%
Reform got in 1993 and 1997, and Canada got significant tax
cuts as a result of the pressure the Alliance put on the
Liberals. 0 OThissurvey suggests that if conservatives hope to
<
find a way out of their muddle, they have to refocus on policy.
Factional strife and endless talk about who can win, rather
than advancing the ideals they would pursue if they did win,
will do little but drive the party's supporters away. OOThis is
not just a recipe for perpetual opposition. Provincial
conservatives have used conservative ideology to win power in
Alberta (smaller government), Ontario (tax cuts and welfare
reform) and British Columbia (democratic reforms, lower taxes
and the equality of all citizens). At the national level, fiscal
issues and free trade provided part of the foundations for
conservative majorities in the 1980s. ooCanadians need, and
deserve, more than just an alternative, more than just strategic
alliances. They need an alternative grounded in conservative
ideals such as smaller government, lower taxes, the equality
April 15, 2003 Page 64 of359

of citizens, and the rule of law. For if all we want is the
exercise of power, we might as well join the Liberals.
Context Article entitled: Three tips for the CA: policy, policy and policy
BYLINE: Stephen Harper and Tom Flanagan
April 15, 2003 Page 65 of359

Date 20101/20021
Quote "I'm not under any illusion about how demoralized many of you
have been," he says. "But I say when all is said and done
we've got to give the country hope." OOMr. Harper, who once
advocated Alberta build a "firewall" to insulate itself from the
federal government on such matters as policing and health
care, used a big chunk of his stump speech to try to squelch
the notion he wants to return the party to its western roots.
DO
He reminded his audiences here and later in Belleville he was
a key architect of the former Reform party's move to expand
the western protest party to Ontario after it won no seats in the
1988 election. oO"We couldn't just become a western populist
party," he said, heaping praise on Ontario activists who got
involved early and who he credited for helping to snag 20 per
cent to 25 per cent of the popular vote in the last two federal
elections. "\illesterners want to be part of a national party."
DO
When one questioner asked him to identify three mistakes Mr.
Day made that he would not make, Mr. Harper replied; "No.
Not because I couldn't identify them. But because I don't think
it's a useful exercise." OMr. Harper, an economist, vows no
letup in the party's efforts to expand its base eastward and
reach out to disgruntled Tories, Liberals and other economic
and social conservatives who favour provincial equality and
Iirnited federal government. DO "The reason we should expand
across this country is because this party is based on some
very sound policies and principles," he said. "And policies and
principles are for voters regardless of where they live." OOHe
argues the party only lost its relevance as a potent political
force, which proved itself capable of forcing the Liberals to
heel on such issues as debt, deficit, taxes and Quebec
separation, when it was overwhelmed by internal turmoil.
DO
Mr. Harper says the Alliance under his leadership would not
put another ounce of energy into courting the Joe Clark Tories
unless the Conservative leader responded to reconciliation
offers already on the table. He says his priority will be to get
>
the Alliance, now facing a $3-million debt, back on solid policy
and financial footing before the next election. ooMeanwhile,
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voters -- protection of the French language and Quebec's
April 15, 2003 Page 66 of359

status in the Constitution. DD"The core assertion of its
proponents -- that special statusdsneecleclJoprotectthe
French language in Quebec-- is simply false," Mr. Harper told
about 100 applauding supporters at a downtown restaurant.
DO
Mr. Harper acknowledged the Alliance has not made strong
inroads in Quebec, noting that membership of about 1,000 is
not much higher than it was under Mr. Manning.
Context Article entitled: Harper to woo disgruntled conservatives:

Alliance leadership contender Stephen Harper says the party
will survive and thrive if it refocuses on policy instead of
infighting and personality politics.
Source IOttawa Citizen
Date 16/12/2002 1
Quote "Too often in the past, the voter of Central Canada has looked
at this party and judged us not capable of governing the
country. I think that voter has been correct. The core reasons
are competency, discipline and professionalism, and that's
what we have to change."
Context The Leader comments that the Alliance deserved its fate at
the time -- placing a distant second in the polls .- for the
reason outlined in this quotation.
Source Maclean's -- "The Alliance on the rebound"
April 15, 2003 Page 67 of359

Date 08/12/2001 1
Quote "...the reason this party didn't more substantial gains in the
last federal election was not because Joe Clark eked out his
survival or eked out his existence. It was because this party
didn't run a good campaign. And it wasn't focused on the ~
issues, it wasn't clear what we were saying totheCanadian "> do ~ OSU- ~
people. And they hadn't developed the confidence in this / ~ , v-.\. ?
organization as an institution that could govern the country." ~~ N~
Context The Leader argues that the reason for the 2000 election
results was not the existence of the Tories.
Source ICSC Radio New -- "Stephen Harper Makes a Sid for the Allianc I
Date 14/01/2002 1
Quote The Alliance is recoverable ... " provided there are changes.
The Alliance has to be showing that its going to be
professional and disciplined, its going to believe in itself and
its message, its going to be focused on things that matter to
people. And if it does that, I think it will get its support back. If
it continues to wallow in internal factionalism,ifit continues to
debate its own existence, if it continues to have senior people
in the party say its not viable, not only the public but its own
people will lose confidence in it."
Context ITurmoil encountered by Party has eroded Alliance identity
April 15, 2003 Page 68 of359

Date 04/02/20021
Quote Mr; Harper called the party under Mr. Day's watch
"amateurish" and vowed to make headway with voters in
central Canada. "It's not our policies that are the barrier -- it's
us as an institution that they don't feel comfortable with," he
said of Ontario voters. "They've seen a party that has had \ >
amateurism too often, too frequently in the past."
Context At a town hall debate attended by more than 1,000 party

members, former Reform MP Harper lashed out several times
at his chief rival, Stockwell Day.
April 15, 2003 Page 69 of359

Date 23/01/20021
Quote Canadian Alliance leadership candidate Stephen Harper put

on an impressive display of strength Tuesday as 15 of 18
supporting MPs posed behind him for a photo opportunity. O"lt
isn't just the number who support me," Harper told reporters.
"As I've said before, I've got support really from all of the so-
called factions of caucus." OHarper said he has backing from
people in the party who worked for former Reform leader
Preston Manning, Stockwell Day and Tom Long, leadership
hopeful in the race that Day won. OHarper has made waves
criticizing as "short-sighted" efforts to merge the Alliance with
the Conservative party supported by other Alliance leadership
candidates Diane Ablonczy and Grant Hill, both MPs from
Alberta. o"Even if that were achievable that would get us
nowhere near to a national government," said Harper. "We
have to be a lot broader in terms of how we widen our tent and
look at Liberal voters." OltcPUldbeargiJed, he said, that the
kind of people who vote for (right-of-centre Liberal cabinet
ministers) John Manley and Paul Martin "probably belong in
this party a lot more than the kind of people who worship
(Conservatives) Joe Clark or David Orchard." OHe said if the
Tories were willing to consider a serious coalition with the
Alliance, as leader he'd be willing to put such a proposal to the
party membership. "But I'm not prepared to continually chase
Mr. Clark and play telephone tag." OHarper acknowledged the
Alliance, languishing in opinion polls in the wake of the party's
intemal disputes, needs to be rebuilt. OBut he believes the
Alliance can move beyond its support base in Western
Canada by attracting votes from Ontario. o "For three
consecutive elections we've got 20 to 25 per cent of the vote
in Ontario, which hasn't been enough to win many seats," said
Harper." But you don't have to grow that very much to begin
winning a substantial number of seats."
Context Article entitled: Alliance MPs line up behind caucus

frontrunner Harper.
Source ITimes Colonist (Victoria)
April 15, 2003 Page 70 of359

Date 09/12120011
Quote In a series of interviews, the outgoing president of the National

Citizens' Coalition undermined the credentials of Day, his
likely main opponent. Harper highlighted the "poor campaign"
by the Day-led party in last year's election, the fact the
Alliance has sunk several million dollars in debt, the
"upheaval" of the past year and Day's dependence for support
on Canada's religious right. But it was Harper's attack on Joe
Clark's Progressive Conservatives that caused the most fallout
as he set out a clear position on the issue likely to dominate
the three-month leadership campaign. DDHarper authored an
article four years ago calling for a coalition of small-c
conservatives who put principle ahead of pragmatism. His
current stance appears intended to solidify his stature as a
solid right-winger, especially among true believers in Western
Canada who turned the Reform party into a powerful force in
the early 1990s on the ashes of the discredited Tories. DDHis
campaign button harkens back to those heady days when
Reform was on the rise and the PCs were on the run. It reads:
"Stephen Harper -- True Reformer True Conservative." The
name Harper is printed in green, the old colour of Reform.
DO
Harper describes as futile the three-year effort to romance
Clark, considered by Canadians to be the most trusted and
popular national leader. DDKnocking the drive to unite the
right, aimed at creating a single viable alternative to the
Liberals, has earned Harper poor reviews from an array of
Ontario MPPS and Alberta Conservative MLAs. Alberta
Premier Ralph Klein made it clear his vision of the national
political landscape is a merger under one banner. DDBut
going back to the party's ideological roots is not only
preferable, it can pay dividends at the ballot box, Harper
contends. He believes the Alliance, of the four opposition
parties, is best positioned to make gains in the next election.
He's gearing up for another five-party battle. DD"Our situation
is pretty good if we can just get our focus, discipline and
confidence back as a political organization." DD"We've got
five times the number of seats as the Tories, we've got 10
times the membership, we've got an electoral base that can
actually deliver a substantial-sized caucus. IfeJoeis unafraid to
charge into the next election and says he can move forward, it
absolutely mystifies me why this party wouldn't take the same
stance. We're in a far better position to do it." DDThese are
April 15, 2003 Page 71 of359

not comforting words to the seven MPs in the breakaway
Democratic Representative Coalition who teamed up in
Parliament with the Tories, although they remain separate
groups. Edmonton MP Deborah Grey had hoped for a
reconciliation with the Alliance in March on the assumption
Day would be defeated and a unity promoter elected.
00
Harper didn't mince words in saying that won't happen under
him. ·She's a member of another party. The actions of the
DRC are unacceptable in a disciplined, professional political
organization. I don't want it repeated."
Context Article entitled: Harper hopes to lead return to Reform's right-

wing roots: A return to the past will hurt the party, Alliance
official says
Date
Quote
04/02120021
"We're going to take this party out of the hands of the spin
doctors and the lobbyists and the bagmen who got control of it
during the United Alternative process,"
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Context In an apparent attack on the unity candidates -- Grant Hill and
Diane Ablonczy -- Mr. Harper also lashed out at the party's
past efforts to merge with the Conservatives.
April 15, 2003 Page 72 of359

Date
Quote
24/11/2000 1
''The challenge must be to stop talking about an Alliance

govemment, but to focus on winning key ridings and
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Context The Leader argues that the Alliance should stop pretending
that they have a chance of winning the election, and instead
should run a more targeted campaign.
Source IThe Globe & Mail -- "Colour Commentary (for 2000 federal elec 1
Date 01/02/2002 1
Quote "I will get rid of the lobbyists, the spin doctors and the bagmen
who have come close to wrecking this party," he told about
500 party supporters at a Whitecourt community hall.
Context In a rebuff of past attempts to join with the Conservatives, the

Alliance leadership hopeful told a candidates' forum Thursday
he will rid the party of some of the elements he says it picked
up through the lengthy United Alternative process,
April 15, 2003 Page 73 of359

Date 14/01/2002 1
Quote "I don't think there's anything that's happened that needs to
impair the Alliance on any permanent basis. The Alliance has
had its own self-inflicted problems in the last year, but the
comparison I like to make is, we're not the NDP. The NDP
can be having no operational difficulties and it will go nowhere
because it has a message right now that no one wants to hear
and nobody believes in. The Alliance problems are the
opposite. Reform and the Alliance have driven the political
agenda in many ways in this country for a decade. Its
problems are administrative, operational, leadership,
whatever. Those kinds of problems can be fixed if there is a
message and an agenda people care about."
Context ITurmoil encountered by Party has eroded Alliance identity
Date 18/03/2002 1
Quote "The problem is that people, particularly in this province

[Ontarioj, are not confident that we are a permanent political
party dedicates to professionalism and competence."
Context The Leader explains the changes needed if the party is to

make a breakthrough in Ontario.
Source IMaclean's -- "Religion and the Right"
April 15, 2003 Page 74 of359

Date 01/04/ 1999 1
Quote "The new UA will be a centrist party focused on power and

popularity, not an ideological party focused on principles and
policies."
Context This quotation stems from an article in which the Leader

predicts what the final product of the UA process will be.
Source IThe Bulldog -- "Other People's Money"
Date 12/03/2000 I
Quote "... .theCA will be under considerable pressure to shed its

West-friendly agenda and Alberta leadership to advance. It
cannot be counted on to protect Alberta's interests, and it
won't have the power anyway."
Context In this piece, the Leader discusses how the Liberals won the
2000 election on a largely anti-Alberta platform. He goes on to
advocate the building of a stronger more autonomous Alberta
(Le. the Alberta Agenda).
Apli115,2003 Page 75 of359

Date 13/02/2000 I
Quote "When the new Canadian Alliance was founded two weeks
age, the Calgary Sun picked up on a story most in the media
missed -- the remarkably small size of the crowd that created
this new political entity. After all, to fashion something as
dramatic as a 'national coalition to unseat the governing
Liberals,' only 1,100 people took part. The subsequent
Reform meeting netted only 900 registered delegates, mostly
the same people. In my days as a young Progressive
Conservative (I do admit it), a national convention of under
3,00 would have been a shocking disappointment."
Context The Leader argues that those in the public who are politically
inclined are turning away from parties in favour of advocacy
groups. Therefore, the poor turnout at the CA convention is
argued to be indicative merely of a phenomenon that is
sweeping Canada.
Source IThe Calgary Sun -- "Parties Losing Their Appeal: Voters Turni I
April 15, 2003 Page 76 of359

Key Issue Icanadian Millennium Partnership Program
Date 07/01/2000 1
Quote Traditionally, the arrival of a new year is a time for self-

improvement resolutions.
And now with a new millennium, wouldn't it be nice if our

federal govemment made a few resolutions of its own, such as
'We will not waste taxpayers' money'?
Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. In fact, the federal

govemment is actually using the new millennium as an excuse
to spend our tax dollars.
They are doing it with something called the Canada

Millennium Partnership Program (CMPP). According to
government propaganda, this project is supposed to celebrate
the new millennium while promoting the environment, youth,
arts and culture. ItS theme is 'Sharing the Memory, Sharing
the Dream.'
'Wasting our Time, Wasting your Money' is more like it."
Context The Leader's not so favourable opinion of the CMPP.
Source The Windsor Star -- "Warning for taxpayers"
April 15, 2003 Page 77 of359

Key Issue Icanadian/U.S. Relations
Date 23/11/2002 1
Quote "I do think there is a deep anti-Americanism in this

administration. I think it is reflected in things like Ducros'
comments ... I categorize this government as being
aggressive toward the United States, and our allies with the
United States, when it comes to defence and international
relations ... Our argument is that this government has it
backwards ... that what they should be doing is being
generally humble about our distinct lack of commitment, not
just to allied defence but our own defence."
Context The Leader argues that the federal Liberals snipe at

Americans on defence and foreign affairs issues but are
passive when it comes to defending the country's trade
interests.
Source IThe Globe & Mail n "Ottawa anti-American, Harper charges"
Key Issue Icanadian/u.s. Relations
Date 21/08/2002 1
Quote "First of all, I'm going to be blunt with you; that's a load of
crap. I was on U.S. television defending the interests of this
country that had been severely damaged by the Prime Minster
and his comment."
Context The Leader's response on a radio call-in program to a caller

who reprimanded him for going on American television to
rebuke the PM's comment that the West must take some
responsibility for September 11. The caller said that by going
on American TV and undermining the PM, the Leader was
acting like "a snotty-nosed kid."
April 15, 2003 Page 78 of359

Date 01/1 0/2002 [
Quote "Canadians see the irony of it, even if the Prime Minister does
not, in blaming the United States and the west for world
terrorism while at the same time starving our forces to such an
extent that we have effectively turned over Canada's defence
to our allies and to the Americans in particular."
Context The Leader speaking on the Liberal's negligible funding of the

military.
Source [Hansard -- Leader's response to Throne Speech.
Key Issue [Canadian/U.S. Relations
Date 30/01/2003 1
Quote "Let's not forget that we are almost wholly dependent on the
United States for our own defence and security."
Context The Leader answering a question about why we should

support the United States on defence but then be forceful on
trade matters.
Source [CPAC -- Primetime Politics
Date 30/01/2003[
Quote "Obviously, we saw the attitude of the American president the

other night, I mean, they are, he is extremely determined, he
is under a lot of pressure at home. He doesn't need . .
of waffling from its neighbour and customer, or, ,client at
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Source [CPAC -- Primetime Politics
April 15, 2003 Page 79 of359

Key Issue !canadian/u.s. Relations
Date 02/12/2002 1
Quote "I think it comes sown to our view that we are an American ally
and western ally first and foremost."
Context Answering a question pertaining to the potential war in Iraq,

the Leader argues, although our ability to contribute in a
meaningful way would be limited, Canada should be working
with the U.S., U.K., and other allies to forge a common front
on the war on terror.
Source Ottawa Life Magazine -- "Interview with Stephen Harper"
Key Issue !Canadian/U.S. Relations
Date 28/12/2002 1
Quote "\lVe'reirtan aWfully vulnerable position with regards to the

United States. They're our customer for some, you w, 85
to 90 percent of our goods, they're our, you kno eeper
when it comes to defence and security matters."
Context IThe Leader comments on the health of US-Canadian relations. I
Source CSC Radio News -- "Interview with Stephen Harper"
April 15, 2003 Page 80 of359

Key Issue ICanadian/u.S. Relations
Date 26/02/2002 1
Quote "One of the things that is so frustrating about this government

is that it panders to this anti-American sentiment. I think it's
widespread in the government. On many of these issues, they
don't assert any real Canadian position at all. We have no
plausible military position of our own, because of the long-
standing depletion of defence capacity by the government. We
go into things like the softwood lumber dispute with no
bargaining position decided. This government veers from anti-
Americanism to proposals that just simply say let's look at
complete harmonization. This is the schizophrenia of this
government that is so frustrating. We should recognize what
the Americans are -- our best friend, ally and customer. We
have to understand where our interests vary, and when our
interests do vary be very assertive in defending those."
Context There has been some concern about us standing shoulder-to-

shoulder with the United States on any attack on Iraq. How do
you feel about criticisms that we are toadying to the U.S.?
Key Issue ICaPital Punishment
Date 20/01/2002 1
Quote "Idc)believe that there are occasions where capital

punishments is appropriate. But once again as I say Charles,
I don't believe that this should be a matter of party policy or
driven by a leader's agenda."
Context The Leader explains his position in capital punishment.
Source !Global Sunday n "Rivals on the Right"
April 15, 2003 Page 81 of359

Key Issue ICBC
Date 25/03/1994 1
Quote The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is being given its own

borrowing authority for the first time in its history in the
magnitude of $25 million. This is a thinly veiled attempt to give
the CBC more money without increasing its direct grants. In
our view there will have to be a thorough examination of
whether we support a large or small reduction to the budget of
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a significant re-
evaluation of its role and its mandate. Particularly as
technology advances and we see these tremendous changes
in the world, we recognize that the CBC will have to be re-
examined. Whether or not the government likes it, shortly we
will have the choice of hundreds of television stations for
ordinary viewers. The CBC will be in a very different position
than what it was when this kind of policy was first brought on
to the stage. In recent years the CBC with this borrowing
authority has been increasingly forced, like it or not, to
compete, to go out into the market to raise revenues. With the
implied backing directly or indirectly of the Government of
Canada, it is crowding out the efforts of private advertisers and
private investors to fund their own activities, their own
borrowing and expansion requirements, at a time where
money is very tight in the markets. The complaint I hear
constantly from people in the radio and television business,
not only in Calgary but in other cities where I visit, is that the
CBC is not on a level playing field. It is a very tight and very
competitive business right now. We know that a large
percentage of private radio stations, for example, have gone
out of business in the past several years. This is not the kind
of corn petition they look upon favourably. We need to decide
whether CBC should be strictly a medium to promote and
produce Canadian television or whether it is a market player
just like other stations; If so, does it compete on a level basis
or does it have an unfair advantage? Before we extend this
kind of borrowing authority we should be asking what
mechanisms are in place to ensure the investments made by
borrowing this money are profitable;;ljltimatelythe CSC is fully
supported by the Government of Canada and may lack the
necessary incentives to invest prudently.
April 15, 2003 Page 82 of359

Source IHansard
Key Issue ICBC
Date 20/11/ 1995 1
Quote :;I'ml1otaCBC booster, but the CBC was the best in both
English and French," says Stephen Harper, the Calgary West
MP who is one of the few Reformers fluent in French."1
thought overall French journalists were more balanced than
English."
Context The idea that CBC and its French-language service, Radio-
Canada, was even-handed in reporting the Quebec
referendum campaign has received support from some
unusual quarters.
Key Issue ICharter of Rights and Freedoms
Date 29/09/1994 1
Quote "I think there are some benefits with the charter and there are
some problems with the charter. If you ask people broadly,
. Do you like the charter this week?' probably a lot would say
·Yes.' But if you start asking about specific elements of the
charter, you would probably get very different reactions."
Context A grassroots proposal to scrap the Charter of Rights and

Freedoms got little support yesterday from Reform MPs.
Source 1 Montreal Gazette
April 15, 2003 Page 83 of359

Key Issue ICharter of Rights and Freedoms
Date 13/06/2000 I
Quote "If.i.greethatseriousflawsexist in the Charter of Rights and
Freedoms, and that there is no meaningful review or
accountability mechanisms for Supreme Court Justices."
Context This quotation stems from a discussion of the seeming

contradiction of somebody on the right using the Charter and
the courts to over turn a law. The Leader argues that although
he does have concerns about judicial activism, it pales in
comparison to the danger embodied in Bill C-2, the Liberal's
election gag law.
Source IThe Globe & Mail - "Why I hate gag laws"
April 15, 2003 Page 84 of359

Key Issue IChild Poverty
Date 06/01/ 1997 1
Quote STEPHEN HARPER / NATIONAL CITIZENS' COALITION:

Well, I think there'socertainly a problem with child poverty.
There are real cases of child poverty. But I think the numbers
are greatly exaggerated. I think if anyone takes a careful
analysis of children who are actually living in poverty,dt's
probably about a quarter of the numbers that are quoted;
which is still a significant number, but IOdon't think we should
exaggerate it. In fact, I think we've been on a track in this
country where that kind of exaggeration is working against
finding solutions.OGARTNER: In what way?OHARPER: Well, I
think the 1989 resolution you talk about, probably was the high
watermark of political stupidity in this country; that we just felt
that somehow the parliament of Canada could just declare
child poverty was going to be outlawed and that it was going to
throw enough money at it to do it. I think taxpayers feel we're
throwing lots of money at social programs. The question is
whether they're effective. And I think to do that, you have to
start to examine the incentive structure of those social
programs.J3u~ltilil1~El':'Elnmore broadly, you have to
examine economic policyand whether we have policies that
create the jobs that allow parents to provide adequately for low-
income children.OGARTNER: But even if you quibble about
the numbers, you don't argue with the fact that this country
has a significant problem, as far as child poverty is
concerned.OHARPER: Well, it's not at Third World levels. I
admit there's a problem of poverty, but I don't think it's a
matter of just quibbling about the numbers. I think in analyzing
the problem carefully, we'll get a better understanding of why it
exists. It exists, obviously, because some people are unable to '~_. . ....... ,4
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what degree will this child tax benefit impact on job creation
and investment.OHARPER: And on our financial resources. I
don't think it's adequate to just dismiss away concerns about
the deficit, especially when we're talking about children. Let's
remember, that when we're talking about the deficit, we're
talking about borrowing against our own children's future
income; income they haven't even had an opportunity to earn.
And I think it's ridiculous to just dismiss that, when we're
talking about something like child poverty. GARTNER: Will, will
April 15, 2003 Page 85 of359

Context ITitle: Discussion about fighting child poverty
Source IThe National Magazine - CSC-TV
April 15, 2003 Page 86 of359

Key Issue IChild-care Benefits
Date 01/10/20021
Quote laFlAMME: Well, one of them certainly is an improvement to

the child-care benefits.
HARPER: Right.
laFlAMME: And I wonder how your Canadian Alliance

government would do things differently. What problem do you
have with helping the country's poor children?
HARPER: We don't have a problem with that. I guess our

approach to that would be a little bit different. Our view has
always been that there should be general tax relief for people,
that recognizes child care costs, regardless of the type of
family or regardless of the type of child care chosen. So we
would --
LaFLAMME: So a single mother would not get more help than

a nuclear family?
HARPER: Obviously, you have to take into account

circumstances at the lower end of income scale. And we don't
disagree with that, but we are more concerned about
recognizing in general the costs of raising children for all
families.
Context The leader comments on the child-care initiatives contained

in the 2002 Throne Speech.
Source ICTV News -- "Throne Speech 2002: The Opposition Reacts" 1
April 15, 2003 Page 87 of359

Key Issue ICHST
Date 26/04/ 1995 1
Quote Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human

Resources Development. Yesterday in response to a question
from the leader of the NDP he said that the new Canada social
transfer strengthens the federal ability to ensure the
responsibility of the provinces to live up to national principles.
He went on to say it gives the continuing ability to ensure that
leverage is exercised; in other words, blackmailing provincial
governments. On March 31 the Minister of Intergovernmental
Affairs said that the budget makes it clear that fewer strings
will be attached to the Canada social transfer and went on to
say that social transfer strings will be reduced and these
requirements will be set by mutual consent. In4heeyes of the
government, does the Canada social transfer strengthen or
weaken the ability of the federal government to apply federal
standards in areas of provincial jurisdiction? Hon. Lloyd
Axworthy: Mr. Speaker, the new Canadian health and social
transfer is the best of all possible worlds. Mr. Stephen Harper:
Mr. Speaker, the best of all possible worlds is apparently the
ability of the government to talk out of both sides of its mouth.
My supplementary question is for the same minister. Is the
new Canada social transfer designed to strengthen the
government's ability to impose federal standards, as the
Liberals say in English, or to reinforce areas of exclusive
provincial jurisdiction, as the Liberals say in French? Hon.
Lloyd Axworthy (Minister of Human Resources Development
and Minister of Western Economic Diversification, Lib.): Mr.
Speaker, as the hon. member knows, we established five very
important health care principles in order to protect the health
care network throughout Canada. Of course, these principles
will still be protected under the new transfer program. At the
same time, we will hold negotiations with all the provinces to
discuss the new principles based on a consensus among all
partners. The new federalism is based on consensus,
partnership and co-operation for the future.
Context IQuestion Period
Source IHansard
April 15, 2003 Page 88 of359

Key Issue ICHST
Date 01/12/ 1995 1
Quote Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Quebec Minister of Finance made

an excellent suggestion regarding social programs. She asked
that the federal government transfer tax points to the
provinces, instead of money, and give them greater autonomy
regarding the management of these programs.The'federal
govemment should contemplate such a reform, instead of
wasting its time on symbolic measures such as recognition of
the distinct society. The irresponsible refusal of the federal
Minister of Finance does not mean that federalism cannot be
reformed and that Quebecers must separate. On the contrary,
Quebecers have allies all over the country, as regards this
issue. It is the Liberals that cannot be reformed.
Context IS031
Source IHansard
Key Issue IConservatism in Canada
Date 21/04/ 1997 1
Quote "We cannot think of a single example of a modern

conservative party that has disintegrated because of tension
between economic and social conservatives. There have
been plenty of heated arguments - what else would you expect
in politics? - but the coalitions have managed to stick together
... Social conservatives will be permanently excluded from any
share of power if they do not come to terms with economic
conservatives ... Hence the economic conservatives also
need the social conservatives also need the social
conservatives. Since the two sides need each other,
elementary prudence suggests focusing discussion on areas
of common interest. Constant emphasis on differences is
counter-productive. "
Context The Leader and Dr. Flanagan argue that economic and social
conservatives need to cooperate if they hope to pose a real
challenge to the Liberals.
Source 10ttawa Citizen -- "Neo-cons and theo-cons"
April 15, 2003 Page 89 of359

Key Issue IConservatism in Canada
Date 01/01/1998 1
Quote ~'Thedangerforthe Liberals is not defeat by an alternative ~

government, for the opposition is too divided for that to occur." / \:I"
Context A pessimistic assessment of the chance for true political

change in Canada.
Key Issue Iconservatism in Canada
Date 01/01/1998 1
Quote "The purpose of the conservative movement is to change

public opinion and public policy, not solely to elect to office a
party with a particular name. Much has already been achieved
and can be advanced further by working on public opinion and
pressuring the governing Liberal party. Not a perfect solution,
perhaps, but then conservatives are not supposed to chase
after perfect solutions."
Context IThe concluding paragraph of the essay.
April 15, 2003 Page 90 of359

Date 01/01/ 1998 1
Quote 'Since'experience,suggests that a monolithic conservative

party is unworkable, what might make more sense is the
gradual·construction of an explicit alliance of opposition
elements, QX::~istel'parties.' An alliance would face many
difficulties, to be sure, but it would also have two great
advantages. It would reflect the regional and cultural
character of Canadian society, and it would give the character
an institutional expression without necessitating constitutional
change. Also, it would allow leaders of regional parties to
defend necessary compromises as precisely that -- necessary
compromises. Within the framework of a single national party,
compromises have to be defended as hegemonic party policy,
which tends to drive dissenters out of the fold."
Context The Leader and Dr. Flanagan argue a monolithic conservative

party in Canada is unlikely.
Date 01/01/ 1998 1
Quote "In this essay, we examine the conservative political disarray

... Our conclusion is.. th.at, because of the differences re.vea'?d
by these debates,a'working"alliance of separate regional
parties, rather than a unitary national party, is the most
desirable and attainable goal ... There is unlikely to be any
genuine resolution of conservative political divisions until the
conclusion of the debate over Quebec sovereignty. For the
time being, conservatives will make progress towards their
goals by working to influence public opinion and a pliable
Liberal party then by expecting to take direct control of the
federal government."
Context IThe thesis of the essay.
April 15, 2003 Page 91 of359

Key Issue Iconstitution and Meech Lake
Date 28/11/ 1991 1
Quote "We're not happy at all, but we're not exactly surprised. One
of our criticisms of the government from day one has been
that it is not prepared to discuss matters with the public,
particularly on the Constitution. They have blocked the ability
of other Canadians to have a say on the constitutional
development of their country when they (Quebec MPs) know
full well their own province is going to have a referendum on
its own constitutional future."
Context Joe Clark said no to legislation for a national referendum on

the Constitution after meeting with the party's Quebec caucus.
Key Issue !Constitution and Meech Lake
Date 03/11/ 1989 1
Quote The western-rights Reform party is ignoring h in telling Quebec

to either drop its desire to be a distinct society or separate, the
federal government's chief whip says. DDThe ReforrrfParty
called-at its weekend convention for Quebec to commit to
being an equal partner in Canada or take steps to separate.
Leader Preston Manning said it's time for the rest of Canada
to stop making political, constitutional, linguistic and economic
concessions to Quebec. DDThe party says it opposes the
accord because it could give Quebec more power than other
provinces.DReform Party researcher Stephen Harper denied
the party's position on Quebec is extreme. DD"It'svery
common sense," he said. "We're up against a mind set that
we have to (prevent) Quebec separation at all costs. Now
someone is coming up and saying to Quebec, 'You've got to
make up your mind.''' DDParti Quebecois leader Jacques
Parizeau "said the same thing," Harper added.
Context IArticle entitled: Reform Party fails Tory's history test
Source IMontreal Gazette
April 15, 2003 Page 92 of359

Key Issue Iconstitutional Jurisdiction
Date 19/02/1998 1
Quote "If the federal government has priorities, even spending

priorities, it should focus on those on its own area of
jurisdiction. Examine what's going right or wrong in those
things. But duplicating health research programmes isn't,
ultimately, going to do anything to improve either the quality of
our economy or the quality of social services overall."
Context The Leader outlining the case against federal intrusion into
provincial areas of jurisdiction.
Source ICBC News -- "Out of the Red, into the Black, Splitting the Differl
Key Issue lconstitutional Jurisdiction
Date 19/02/20021
Quote "While much of my attention on federalism has focused on

giving provinces greater autonomy, I fully recognize the
important role that Ottawa ought to play in the Canadian
federation. Our constitution assigns certain responsibilities to
the federal government; on many of these, there is no
alternative for Canadians other than for the federal
government to do its job."
April 15, 2003 Page 93 of359

Key Issue IConstitUtional Jurisdiction
Date 04/12120011
Quote "I am a strong believer that the federal government should not
raid provincial resources and should butt out of provincial
·urisdictions."
Key Issue IConstitutional Jurisdiction
Date 07/01/20021
Quote That kind of reaction generally comes from centralist

extremists. Look, my record is clear--I'm not a centralist. I'm a
believer in division of powers between the federal and
provincial governments and in provincial autonomy in
resources and other matters. But I'm an opponent of
separation and certainly of unilateral separation. There is an
element among liberals--Big L Liberals and liberal journalists--
that believes we should be a unitary state. I reject that notion.
Context Interview asking about provinces and central Canada
Source IAlberta Report
April 15, 2003 Page 94 of359

Date 27/06/2001 1
Quote In broad areas like communications, transporation and

banking - even in an area like wheat amrketing -federal policy
is invariably designed to enhance the position of monopolistic
or oligopolistic enterprises. There are many downsides to this
approach. The critical one is that Canadian consumers are
deprived of thecentral benefit of a market economy -
consumer choice through vigorous compeititon. In fact,
through a myriad of government programs, Canadian
consumers actually prop up some of our biggest corproations,
providing hundreds of millions of dollars annually in subisdies,
grants, guarantees and non-repayable 10ans....Why would the
federal government do this? Obviously it sees a link between
the importance of national-centred industries and its own
importance as a national government. But it is also the case
that the Liberal party, despite its rhetoric, is the party of the
country's big corporate sector. It receives an enormous part
of its support from the industries that benefit from its
regulatory and subsidization process. 0 0
Context Ispeech to the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating
April 15, 2003 Page 95 of359

Key Issue [corporate Welfare
Date 05/12/2001 1
Quote HARPER: They're now, you know, basically hand in glove and
kind of what I call state corporatism. Often that is the model
where the government tries to encourage specific industries or
specific businesses. This kind of economic policies going one
through all kinds of programs and departments. It's the long
economic model. It's corrupting. We saw that in the
Shawinigate scandal. I mean the real question in the
Shawinigate scandal is not when the Prime Minister wrote the
letters but what is the government of Canada doing building
hotels and golf courses in the first place. Or being involved in
the subsidization of that activity. The;.federal Liberals, you
know,they're the worst practitioners of corporate welfare in
this country.
Context The Leader discusses the connection between the Liberals

and corporate welfare.
Source CSC News -- "Profile of Stephen Harper"
Key Issue ICulture
Date 16/11/1987 1
Quote "The whole concept of 'Canadian culture' no longer means the

values and lifestyles of Canadians in a diverse country.
Instead it mean the protection of narrow arts and media
interest groups based in Toronto."
In this speech, the Leader explains how the federal structure

Context
works against the interests of the West, as well as how
"Canadanization" has been applied to the advantage of some
regions and to the disadvantage of others.
Excerpts from this speech, which the Leader gave at the 1987
Source
April 15, 2003 Page 96 of359

Key Issue ICulture
Date 07/01/20021
Quote Yes, there is such a thing as Canadian Culture, in a very loose

sense. But I think that Canadians culture is complex. It
consists of regional cultures within Canada, regional cultures
that cross borders with the U.S. We're part of a worldwide
Anglo-American culture--and a worldwide Francophone
culture, in the case of Quebec. We're part of a broader
Western culture, Christian or post-Christian. And there is a
continental culture. There is a Canadian culture that is in some
ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture
coincides neatly with borders.
Context Iinterview
Key Issue ICulture
Date 07/01/20021
Quote I'm not against some government support, but open-ended

and unaccountable support must stop. There has to be some
way of making sure this money reflects public preferences. I
do think, by the way, we've gone way too far on some of that:
arts and culture funding.
Context 1~8!,Jld you·supporMhearts?
April 15, 2003 Page 97 of359

Key Issue ICulture
Date 09/02/ 1997 1
Quote STEPHEN HARPER / VICE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL

CITIZENS' COALITION: Well I think this particular case what it
looks like is the World Trade Organization is going to rule that
this particular tax that the government has really is strictly
protectionism in the old fashion sense. And frankly, I think a
lot of what this debate is. It's simply old fashion industrial
protection really disguised as a cultural policy. And I think
what the cultural protectionists are increasingly fighting are not
Americans. They're fighting other Canadians they're fighting
Canadian consumers and tax-payers who don't want to pay
the direct and indirect costs of these policies and they're also
fighting Canadian exporters including Canadian cultural
exporters who are increasingly successful in international
markets.
MESLEY: So you're not worried about...you don't think the

Canadian culture needs to be protected. We do see an awful
lot of American magazines, TV programs.
HARPER: Well, I think there's a different issue between

Canadian culture and simply cultural products made in this
country, which in a strict sense is an industrial policy. I think
Canadians themselves can decide what they want to watch,
what they want to hear, what they want to read and I think
they're capable of doing that. And I think these cultural
markets are complex. They don't necessarily fit national
borders. Some cultural markets are smaller than national
borders, other cross them. So I think it's a complex issue and I
think the Canadian consumer is capable of making his own
judgment.
HARPER: If I can make a point here, we're not talking about

the Americanization of culture we're talking about the
globalization. I don't think it's a coincidence that the Quebec
separatists in parliament are the biggest advocates of the
protectionist policies. Because essentially what nationalists
want to do, what this planet has done for centuries is divide us
into little groups and build walls around us. IA(Ej'rernoving ir"lto
anareawherewe're going to have a global culture, a global
economy, free World and an open society. We're an English
speaking country, a French speaking country and we should
embrace those international markets;
April 15, 2003 Page 98 of359

Context The Leader debates Maude Barlow on the issue of split-run
magazines and the position of Canadian culture.
Source CBC News - "Panel Discussion on Protecting Canadian Culture
Key Issue IDefence
Date 12/02/1995 1
Quote "Our [budget] would eliminate the deficit in the life of this
Parliament," said Harper, whereas the Liberals' effort would
only be the beginning of the cutting process. Harper said social
programs account for two-thirds of the federal spending, so it
is impossible to eliminate the deficit and leave all the social
programs intact. "We would have to look at everything, you
can't spare anything," said Harper, advocating the biggest cuts
come in the areas of lowest priority. You have to use
judgment, he said, citing health care versus multiculturalism
funding as an example and making it quite clear the latter
would be much more eligible for the chopping block than the
former. Also, departments which hadn't already made some
"efficiencies" would feel the brunt of the pruning before
others, such as defence, which have already cut back.
Context The Reform party will release a budget in the next few weeks
in its continuing push to make the Liberal government more
fiscally responsible, says Stephen Harper
Source !calgary Herald
April 15, 2003 Page 99 of359

Key Issue IDefence
Date 21/10/ 1994 1
Quote My question is intended for the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

When will the minister obtain an explanation for these attacks
from the Bosnian government and what action will he take to
ensure the safety of Canadian soldiers in Bosnia? In the
period since 1991 we have provided $50 million in aid to the
former Yugoslavia. Would the government agree that if these
attacks do not stop we should make any further aid
contributions contingent on an end to this kind of action from
the Bosnia government? Mr. Speaker, that is not an
acceptable answer to this question. We have repeatedly faced
attacks from the army of the people we are trying to protect.
That is not an acceptable situation.
Source IHansard
April 15, 2003 Page 100 of359

Key Issue !Defence
Date 02/02/20021
Quote As our military capability deteriorates, Canada's credibility with

our allies declines proportionally. To have influence with our
major allies, including the United States, we have to bring real
capabilities to the table. We need to be able to deploy soldiers
quickly and with the right equipment. If we are not able to
organize ourselves, how can we possibly be expected to
support our allies or execute our mission? 0lmil;labilityto
support.ouroWfll]"lilitcl.rypersonnel. undermines our
il;lternational credibility. I would also emphasize that after 30
years of neglect, it will take any government committed to
national and international security some time to bring our
national defence back to working order. But Canada, and
Canadians, deserve no less than the rebuilding of our Armed
Forces so that we are equipped to deal with new dangers from
without, as well as possible challenges from within.
Context Editorial by SH entitled: "Canada's Soldiers Deserve Much

Better."
Key Issue IDefence
Date 02/02/20021
Quote "What Canada needs is a combat-capable armed military - a

force able to meet reasonable commitments abroad as well as
our needs at home," Harper says in the speech to be delivered
Saturday. "Cal;lada needs to re-evaluate the costs and "-
benefits of participation in peacekeeping in a world where ~
conflicts are increasingly multidimensional, multi-ethnic, and , /
more violent."
Context In draft copies of speeches to be presented at an Alliance

policy conference this weekend, former Reform MP Stephen
Harper calls for more support for a beefed-up military and
SllggestsCanada's peacekeeping role isa lost cause in aposb
Sept. 11 world.
Source IHalifax Chronicle Herald
Apri116, 2003 Page 101 of359

Key Issue IDefence
Date 21/06/1995 1
Quote "The base is clearly not being run as a military operation by

the current government."
Context The Leader commenting on the Liberal's decision to move

CFB Calgary to Edmonton. He argues that it is a political
move and that Calgarians ought to protest the decision.
Source ICalgary Sun -- "MP says base closing protest will count"
Key Issue 1 Defence
Date 02/02/2002 1
Quote For the past eight years, the government has championed the
slogan of "soft power," or the use of persuasion and
diplomacy, to advance Canadian objectives
internationally. However, in the process Canada's "hard power"
capabilities -- intelligence, financial aid oriented to strategic
stability, and military power -- have all been neglected. In
essence, the govemmenthas pursued "soft power" without the
requisite "hard power" to back it up. As aresult,Canada is no
longer taken seriously by our major allies because it brings
almost nothing to the table.

Better."
April 16, 2003 Page 102 of359

Key Issue IDefence
Date 18/02/2003 1
Quote "The military will fall behind what it needs and I grant what the
Defence Minister says. There's efficiencies to be had, but I
think they're fooling themselves of they think $800 million a
year is going to do it."
Context The Leader discussing the $800 million a year earmarked for
the military in the budget.
Source ICBC Newsworld -- Politics Don Newman
Key Issue IDefence
Date 02/02/2002 1
Quote The events of Sept. 11 have shone a spotlight on the Liberal

treatment of foreign affairs, national defence, domestic
security and immigration. What this new attention has
revealed is that the federal Liberals do not understand the
most basic functions of a national government. Their failure
cannot be blamed on their most popular excuse, that they had
to cut expenditures to get the deficit down. Rather, it is the
predictable product of the ideology that the Liberals bring to
these issues. The trouble with the Liberals, in short, is that
they are liberals. They think that cajolery, with bits of soft
power, humanitarian action, and peace building thrown in, will
resolve conflicts even with non~democratic states. Where
Liberals peddle moral equivalence, conservatives feel moral
outrage. Where Liberals seek to make headlines by tut-tutting
the slightest American misstep, conservatives want Canada to
stand abreast of our U.S. allies in their time of need.

Better."
April 16, 2003 Page 103 of 359

Key Issue IDefence
Date 17/03/1995 1
Quote "The move is mainly partisan and political," said Reform MP

Stephen Harper, whose riding includes the Calgary base. "1
don't have any evidence to the contrary."
Context Reform party members are selectively silencing their call for
massive government spending cuts as they press to save
military bases in Calgary and Chilliwack.
Source Ivancouver Sun
Key Issue IDefence
Date 29/07/ 1995 1
Quote "I see no evidence that we'll be avoiding these types of

situations in the future," Stephen Harper, Reform party MP for
Calgary West said following the discovery that the DND has
been storing more than $40 million worth of obsolete fuel
tanks at CFB .'It's quite embarrassing to discover these
mistakes, especially when they cost millions and are seven
years old," he said."TheDepartment of National Defence
relies very heavily on long-term capital expenditures, and yet it
doesn't have a long-term strategy for these expenditures," he
added.
Context The Department of National Defence will continue to misuse

taxpayer money if it doesn't come up with a long-term strategy
for expenditures, says a Calgary Reform MP.
April 16, 2003 Page 104 of359

Key Issue IDefence
Date 18/11/19941
Quote Reform MP Stephen Harper said at least part of the inquiry

should begin as soon as possible and military authorities
should even consider suspending court proceedings."When
you're dealing with allegations of a coverup, the farther you get
from the original events, the less possibility you'll get of all the
facts."
Context The Liberal government has called a sweeping public inquiry

into the Canadian military's troubled famine-relief mission in
Somalia last year.
Key Issue IDefence
Date 11/02119951
Quote "I think we have to start getting some serious answers as to

what's going on in this department," Calgary West Reform MP
Stephen Harper said of the federal Defence Department." It
wasn't long ago that the defence minister (David Collenette)
expressed confidence in the command structure, but now it is
clear he does not know what is happening. I do think ... this
could end up requiring some high-level house cleaning."
Harper said this latest controversy is just one incident on a list
of many where Collenette has failed to take control of his
department. "We've had incidences in Bosnia and with the
Airborne in Somalia and now the greater issue of discipline
has come up again," said Harper."Passing the buck is not
acceptable."
Context Reform MPs put aside tax protests Friday and waded into the
latest row over hazing videos involving the Canadian Airborne
Regiment.
April 16, 2003 Page 105 of359

Key Issue IDeficit
Date 26/11/ 1993 1
Quote "... we'll be the political beneficiaries. I hope that's not what
they do [decide not to curtail federal spending]. But it's no
loss for us if they do."
Context The Leader says that Reform's political fortunes rise each time
the government deficit estimates are off target.
Source Edmonton Journal -- "Bad deficit news is good news for us, Ref
Key Issue IDeficit
Date 29/09/ 1993 1
Quote "The three year ... you know, we picked the three year figure
for a pretty good reason. It's not easier to cut the deficit over
a long period of time than over a short period. Actually over a
long period you end up adding more debt, which had more
interest payments, and what you end up having to cut is a lot
more than if you do it in a short period."
The Leader responds to a question about Reform's Zero in

Context
Three plan for deficit elimination.
Source ICTV News -- "Liberal, Reform plans for fighting the deficit"
Key Issue IDistinct Society
Date 16/01/1992 1
Quote We're not terribly enamoured of this whole idea
Context The Reform party, long antagonistic to the idea of giving

Quebec special constitutional status, has reluctantly endorsed
awatered"down distinct- society clause submitted by Deb
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April 16, 2003 Page 106 of359

Date 28/11/1995 1
Quote Well, the problem with the distinct-society clause is no one's

ever known exactly what it means. It's always been vague; it's
always been intended as an interpretative clause. I'm afraid
what it really is, frankly -- and this is my personal view -- is it's
nothing more than the federalists' own version of sovereignty
association, trying to convince Quebeckers they can be both a
part of Canada and somehow independent at the same time.
It'.s an appeal to ethnic nationalism, and I don't think it's a
healthy thing for our country.
Context The Leader comments on the proposal put forth to placate

sovereigntists in Quebec.
Source ICTV News -- "Reaction to Jean Chretien's Unity Proposal"
April 16, 2003 Page 107 of 359

Date 13/09/1997 1
Quote "Contrary to what the Business Council on National Issues

says, it's vital not to start drafting legislative resolutions to
recognize Quebec as 'distinct' or 'unique' or anything else. No
new declarations are needed. Quebec is an integral part of
Canada and Canada's treatment of Quebec has been
generous without comparison ... Declarations about Quebec's
uniqueness, no matter how well intentioned, simple create the
impression that Canada's recognition of Quebec has been
inadequate and that Quebec is somehow threatened by being
part of Canada. In any case, the 'uniqueness of Quebec' is
code for distinct society, and 'distinct society' is code for
special status. The 'soft nationalists' in Quebec will not be
bought off with vague words of goodwill ... Most loyal
Canadians, however, know that Canada is strong, not weak.
Queoec'seconomy depends on Canada, not the other way
around. The Quebecois have been given a fair, often
dominant role in the governing of the country."
Context In this open letter, co-written by Dr. Flanagan, the Leader

urges the premiers not to consider some form of distinct
society recognition during their national unity discussion that is
to take place in Calgary.
Source The Calgary Herald -- "Dear premiers, it's time to oppose - not
April 16, 2003 Page 108 of359

Key Issue !Oistinct Society
Date 16/10/1995 1
Quote "Canadians told us they want Canada to be a balanced and

equal federation in which Ottawa plays a co-operative rather
than a domineering role," the bilingual Harper said in a 30-
minute television interview broadcast in most Quebec centres.
"There will be no special status, formally or informally, for
Quebec or any other province."
Context Quebec would not be given any special status in a

comprehensive package of quasi-constitutional changes the
Reform party unveiled Sunday to modernize and decentralize
Canada.
Key Issue !Oistinct Society
Date 22/08/1995 1
Quote '.;'(qudOh't want to suggest that there's no room for dialogue,

no room for discussion of these things, because in fact there
is," MP Stephen Harper said Monday. But the Reform party
remains "deadly opposed to special status,"
Context Prime Minister Jean Chretien's new openness to future

constitutional talks is smart politics, but distinct society status
for Quebec shouldn't be on the table, says the Reform party's
national unity critic.
April 16, 2003 Page 109 oj 359

Key Issue IDiStinct Society
Date 20/10/19921
Quote "... the whole difficulty with the Canada Clause is that it sets
out, you know, a range of rights and characteristics, some of
which are contradictory, some of which omit key things. One
of the key things omitted is the statement that there exists an
English speaking majority in most of the country. I don't know
in the end whether this will make a big difference when it goes
to the courts. We won't know. But it seems to me like a
glaring omission."
Context The Leader explains Reform's objections to the Canada

Clause and the idea of distinct society.
Source ICTV News -- "Referendum Phone In"
April 16, 2003 Page 110 of 359

Date 14/01/19981
Quote "Canada requires that clear choice. You either believe that
Canada is a real country, one nation, or you believe it is two
nations. This issue cannot be addressed by crafting an
imaginary compromise with terms like 'distinct society' or
'unique character.' This issues will not be resolved by
cultivating the middle ground. ItWill only be resolved when we
have the courage to eliminate the middle ground. Only when
the soft nationalist is given a real choice will he consider his
real options, which are 1) Canada, will all its warts - as well as
all its undeniable advantages and possibilities, or 2) The very
real danger of finding oneself living in an independent
Quebec - a small ethnic state on the periphery of North
America that will be poor, isolated and partitioned. Only then
will the soft nationalist seriously consider the case for Canada,
a case which, I am confident, he will comfortably choose.
There has been one other problem with the traditional strategy
of approaching Quebec, and it explains my presence here
today. In approaching Quebec, the rest of Canada has tended
to play along with the view of people like Daniel Johnson and
Claude Ryan that the future of Quebec is strictly a Quebec
issue. ltisnot. It is a Canadian issue. When we think of it as
a Quebec issues, we begin to think of you, loyal Canadians in
Quebec, as a minority within a minority. And, as such, we
begin to think of you as a group whose interests must be
compromised to find us a solution. That has been a mistake.
Your rights are out rights. Your country is our country. You
are not a minority within a minority. You are part of the
majority. You are part of our nation, the Canadian nation You
cannot be taken from us without our consent."
Context The Leader began his remarks by stating that he would not
have addressed such a gathering in 1995 because, as
constitutional affairs and national unity critic for the Reform
Party, he was then part of a very different national unity
strategy from that of the Special Committee.
Source IThiS speech excerpt was printed in the June 1998 edition of Th I
April 16, 2003 Page 111 of359

Key Issue IDoliar
Date 19/02/2002 1
Quote "The best answer to reversing the slide in the dollar -- and
enhancing prosperity for Canadians -- is to get more of the
fundamentals right. And for that we need to cut taxes, reduce
intrusive industrial policy and reduce our national debt. You
may think that is too much of a challenge for governments
today, but the same thing was said in the early 1990s about
the Reform party's now universally accepted goals of
balancing the budget and cutting taxes."
Key Issue
Date 12/01 /20021
Quote "They've got to make the effort to come back. They've got to
express that wish. If they don't express that wish pretty soon,
and start to take actions that indicate that's the direction they
want to go in, I will undertake an effort to ensure we have
strong candidates in those ridings to run against them in the
next election."
Context Harper vows rough ride awaits ex-CA members.
Source IStar Phoenix
April 16, 2003 Page 112 of359

Key Issue
Date
Quote Rebels are betraying their CA roots OStephen Harper
o
(Originally appeared in the National Post July 14, 2001)
o
Events of recent months raise many questions about the
future of the Canadian Alliance. Events of recent weeks,
however, in particular the past 24 hours, raise a much larger
and more important matter -- the very existence of a federal
conservative option in Canada.OOlt has long been a risk that
the goodwill and principles behind the desire to unite
Reformers and Tories under one banner (which became the
Canadian Alliance) would create the circumstances that would
jettison people of such goodwill and their principles. In other
words,4hepossibility that the failure to merge the Reform
party and the federal PCs would result in a second attempt,
where a complete dissolution of the ideals conservatives hold
dear would be inevitable. The size of that risk has been
magnified in the past few days.OOWe now have a group of
people with a long and abiding connection to the Alliance, and
to the Reform party that spawned it, behind a private effort to
align themselves with the Joe Clark Party. Their strategy is
notable for several reasons.OOFirst, this is a brazenly top-
down approach where a few dozen individuals purporting to
represent the Alliance are gathering with a similar number who
actually do represent the Progressive Conservatives. And
while there is every indication the PCs have screened the
Alliance participants, there is no evidence that the CA
participants represent anyone but themselves.OOContrast this
with the process used to create the Canadian Alliance. That
process retained a measure of Reform conservative principles
precisely because a broad array of people were involved in
policy committees, constitutional committees and the
leadership contest, not to mention two referendums of Reform
party members. In fact, Reform and Alliance members had
opportunities to revise both the policy and constitutional
documents that created this party. There are no such
guarantees here, and the statements of some behind this new
process suggest there should not be. 0 OSecond, these people
have no official mandate from the organs of the party they
pretend to represent. No one has asked the full caucus and
national council -- let alone the membership -- if they wish to
effectively fold their party into the Joe Clark PCs.OOThird,
April 16, 2003 Page 113 of359

there is little indication of any meaningful principles behind the
current discussions that might lead to a coalition or new party.
Through months of quiet meetings between the Clark Tories
and members of the Alliance they have carefully cultivated, we
have seen little in the way of substantive discussions on
policies or even broader principles. In fact; aliWe have heard
isafepeated list of which Alliance principles may have to be
jettisoned to make this coalition work. From both the Tory and
Alliance side there has been periodic talk of dumping the
equality of provinces and citizens, support for direct
democracy and provincial autonomy, opposition to regional
development and business subsidies, or even a role for social
conservatives within the coalition. 0 oThe distressing backdrop
is the reality that the federal Tories under Joe Clark have done
nothing since the formation of the Alliance to make
themselves more palatable to conservatives. Joe Clark and
the institution he leads have stuck doggedly to the Red
Toryism that created Reform and the Alliance from among
many of their former supporters. As Tom Long said some time
ago, "Joe/Clark is not a conservative." Nothing I have seen
since has made me re-evaluate Tom's judgment. 0 OWe have,
then, a cadre of people associated with the Alliance launching
nothing less than a full frontal attack on the membership,
principles and constitution of the movement. Their
dissatisfaction with the leadership, whether warranted or not,
does not in any way justify this.ooNor does a call to political
pragmatism justify it. Vague hints of conservatism within a
broad tent can be obtained from the three Ms of the Liberal
Party (Martin, Manley and McKenna). No sensible person is
going to waste five minutes trying to obtain the same thing
through alignment with a fifth-place party when the real thing is
already in power. If that is the "alternative" the "right" is going
to offer, the result will indeed be a one-party
state. 0 0 Leadership dissension and leadership ambitions are
a messy but normal part of any political coalition. But frankly,
the call to "bring about a realignment of our politics" by first
destroying the country's principle conservative vehicle is
getting tiresome. We heard that argument about Social Credit,
about the Mulroney Tories and then about the Reform
party. 0 0 Now we are hearing the same song about the
Canadian Alliance -- before the thing has even had a year to
operate. Such calls, if heeded, will destroy any confidence
Canadians might have in the ability of conservatives to do the
work necessary to develop an alternative capable of
governing.DDThose interested in such an alternative, in the
Reform concept of a democratic party, and in the survival of
real conservatism federally -- regardless of whether or not they
April 16, 2003 Page 114 of359

support Stockwell Day's leadership -- need to make their
voices heard in the days and weeks to come.
Context
Source INCC Online
Key Issue
Date 08/03/20021
Quote "Wouldn't it be better for all of us if we could heal this rift and
bring them back? They have no future with Joe. They were
elected and once all productive members of the caucus. I
don't think it would be wise for a new leader to just start
slamming doors."
Context Harper chastizes Day for tough stance on rebels
Key Issue IDRC
Date 08/03/20021
Quote "You haven't answered the question of how you will reach
out. It's not good enough to say everybody has to fall in line."
Context Harper to Day on his zero tolerance stance against any MP

who doesn't fall into line behind him.
Source ILondon Free Press
April 16, 2003 Page 115 01359

Key Issue IORC
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote The ORC MPs will have to prove themselves trustworthy if

they want to return to the Alliance. "I wouldn't characterize
their actions as being in the drive for political unity.Whatthey
have done is divided the stronger party and try to blow oxygen
int6the tent of the weaker one. I do think the actions of the
ORC, creating your own Caucus [and] making a del with
another political party, these are actions that are unacceptable
in any disciplined political organization."
Context IHarper is taking a hard line towards the ORC.
Key Issue IECOnOmy

\
\
Date 21/02/ 1995 1
Quote 'We'vealways said the system does not protect taxpayers as

it is now and we have elected a majority government that can
do what it wants, ignoring taxpayer's wishes and priorities," he
said.Harper said Canadians have few options once the
government makes its decision. "Other than using Parliament
as a vehicle, there is nothing you can do if the government,
from now to an election, refuses to listen." Harper said he still
fears a carbon tax will be introduced.
Context The Reform party is promising Canadians it will introduce a

"taxpayer protection act" as a private member's bill.
Source (Calgary Herald
Apri116, 2003 Page 116 of359

Key Issue IEconomy
Date 12/02/1995 1
Quote "Our [budget) would eliminate the deficit in the life of this
'udgment, he said, citing health care versus multiculturalism
"efficiencies" would feel the brunt of the pruning before
Key Issue IEconomy

Date 27/02/ 1995 1
Quote "If it happens, this would apply to virtually no other province

except Alberta consumers," he said. "It's a $200-million raid."
Context Late last year, a Commons finance committee recommended

the elimination of tax refunds to privately owned utility
companies. Albertans -- including Calgary residents -- stand
to lose an annual rebate of $175 million if the PUITIA is
scrapped. This means Calgarians -- who obtain their power
from TransAlta Utilities -- could face electric bill increases
averaging $25 a year.
Apri116,2003 Page 117 of 359

Key Issue IEConOmy
Date 21/12/20011
Quote Our economy is threatened with an economic slowdown, but

the Liberals respond as if we were still in the 1960s by turning
on the spending spigots and hoping for the best. Our taxes
remain far higher than those of our major competitors, and are
an impediment to better jobs and higher pay, but the Liberals
respond by raising taxes on frequent flyers.
Context IEditorial by SH entitled "Appeasing the Tories has to stop"
Key Issue IECOnOmy
Date 07/07/20011
Quote "The federal government also seems determined to pursue

policies that enhance its own importance at Canadians'
expense. Within an increasingly integrated North American
economy, the federal government continue to insist upon the
maintenance of its own distinctive currency and monetary
policy. It is increasingly evident over three decades that the
federal government intends to maintain a currency subject to
ongoing depreciation."
Context In this section of his speech, the Leader rails against Liberal
state corporatism and outlines the harmful effect it has had on
the Canadian economy. Mention of "own distinctive currency
and monetary policy" could be misread as advocating some
form of economic union with the U.S. In a slightly different
copy of the same speech that was printed in The National
Post, there is less ambiguity surrounding this point. The
following sentence follows the "distinctive currency and
monetary policy" sentence: "I will notenter into a debate on
whether there is merit to that approach, except to point out
how that economic tool is being employed."
Source This quotation comes from a speech that the Leader gave in P
April 16, 2003 Page 11801359

Key Issue IECOnomy
Date 07101/20021
Quote I wouldn't go that far. There is obviously a role for the state.
There are public goods, and there are issues that really are
not applicable to market-based solutions. But I tend to err on
the side of individual freedom and accountability. I don't
worship the marketplace, but it is a proven mechanism for
providing the highest opportunities for personal choice and
prosperity. I'm not a humanist, so I wouldn't worship a human
institution.
Context IQuestion as to how pro-free market are you?
Key Issue IEconomy
Date 30104/20011
Quote "The structure breeds petty corruption and constant currency

devaluations. It certainly cannot generate technology. No
wonder Canada is starting to slide backwards, losing ground
as a technology leader and becoming more dependent on
resources. "
Context The Leader explains how Canada has become a regulatory

state under Liberal governance. This system is marked by an
abundance of quasi-monopolies, whose managers are
invariably closely connected to the Liberals. In this quotation,
the Leader explains how this regulatory system, which typifies
the Third World, is adversely effecting the Canadian economy.
Source IReport Newsmagazine -- "Raw Wealth"
April 16, 2003 Page 119 of359

Key Issue IEconomy
Date 15/03/1999 1
Quote "...we shouldn't be asking Don Cherry; we should be asking

an economist. That's because the decline of pro hockey in
this country has little to do with our 'small markets' or 'greedy'
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Canada might soon become Hockey Night in Dixie." ~c::c.k.e'{ -te~S?
Context The Leader explains how the weak Canadian economy is

affecting Canada's national game.
Source ILetter to the Daily Gleaner (Fredericton)
Key Issue IEducation
Date
Quote The NCC's national president, Stephen Harper, also lauded
the Harris government's move to allow parents to use a
portion of their tax dollars to pay for independent schools.
"This is the most important educational policy move going on
right now anywhere in North America. It's saying let's give
parents their own money to make choices for their own
children. Its an example of Ontario's ability to lead the country
by doing the right thing. Ontario is a diverse [ethnic and
religious1society and this policy will more toward treating all
groups fairly."
Context Article entitled: NCC launches campaign in support of Tory

education plan.
Source INCC Online
April 16, 2003 Page 120 of359

Key Issue IEducation
Date 15/09/2000 1
Quote "I think we've vastly oVer-invested in universities. Universities ~ , , 'L ,

should be relatively small and provide excellent education and
research in a number of specialized areas. I think the vast
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Context The U of C is struggling with a restructuring of its funding in
which basic operational support is restricted in favour of
targeting research funding even as enrolment soars.
Date 16/07/1998 1
Quote "It's a bad idea to give these people rewards for spending
money."
Context The Leader's reaction to a proposal to more than double the

election refunds given to federal parties. The NCC's position,
he argues, is that the rebates should be scraped.
Source The Ottawa Sun .- "Political greed slammed"
April 16, 2003 Page 121 of359

Date 26/02/2002 1
Quote "I am concerned about how election campaigns are financed;:1

have not reached conclUsions a.s to how that can be fixed. For
example, it concerns me that companies are giving large
amounts of money to politicians, sometimes without any public
disclosure, who have the capacity to reward these companies
and often do through industrial policies. I am also concerned
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that unions can give money for political causes that is not their
own money, that is not being done in their members' interest
or with their members' support. I haven't settled on what the
appropriate response is to these things;+know enough about iii." -1 />. V\ rt lI1 " • I \.1\ "-
campaign finance reform to know that all the solutions contain U l..)(...llU\... v-J' '-..l../'-"'I ~'
problems of their own."
Context 100 you think it's a problem the way elections are financed? I
Source IOttawa Citizen I
April 16, 2003 Page 122 of 359

Key Issue IElection Gag Laws
Date
Quote It's Enough To Make You GagooBy Stephen HarperOOlf at

first you don't succeed trial, trial again.OOThat seems to be
the motto of Canada's politicians when it comes to election
gag laws. Every time they try to pass one, the courts shoot
them down. Yet the gag laws keep on coming.OOElection gag
laws, by the way, are laws which make it a crime for citizens to
spend their own money to express their own views during
elections. 0 0 Four times in the past 17 years politicians have
tried to impose such laws on the country. And four times the
group I head, the National Citizens" Coalition, has helped
challenge these laws in court. Each time the NCC has
won.OOGaglaws clearly infringe on the right of citizens to
freely and peacefully express themselves, and to work with
other citizens to advance their views; Freedom of expression
and freedom of association, as well as the right to an informed
vote, are guaranteed in the Charter of Rights and
Freedoms.ooit seems obvious. Yet some politicians -like
Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Manitoba's NDP Premier
Gary Doer - just don't get it. Like mad scientists in some
cheap horror movie, they keep trying to bring the gag law
monster back to life.OOTake Prime Minister Chretien. He
recently enacted Bill C-2, an election gag law that will
effectively shut up and shut out independent voices during
federal elections. Private citizens are not allowed to spend
more than an average of $500 per riding to express their
views. But under C-2, the Liberal Party of Canada and its
candidates will be allowed to spend over $30 million to get
itself re-elected - and most of that comes from the public
purse.OOLiberal government officials have boasted that
Chretien's odious gag law is "charter proof". Right - and the
Titanic was leak proof! 0 0 In fact, the Liberals seem to be
getting a little skittish about the gag law's constitutionality. Just
days after I filed papers in Alberta"s Court of Queen's Bench
to challenge the constitutionality of bill C-2, rumours started
coming out of Ottawa suggesting the government may refer
the case directly to the Supreme Court of Canada.OOThis will
allow Chretien to by-pass the Alberta court system - which
government officials see as too "libertarian" - and have the
case heard before a court they hope will be more sympathetic.
It could also prevent a full blown trial, limiting submissions to
legal briefs and excluding much of the evidence on which
Charter litigation is supposed to be based.OOMeanwhile, as
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all this is going on, Premier Gary Doer concocted his own a
gag law Bill 4. Bill 4 is the Mother of all Gag Laws because it
goes beyond stifling the rights of private individuals; it also
places severe limits on the rights of opposition
parties. 0 o Specifically Bill 4 imposes tight limits on the ability
of political parties to advertise any political message between
elections. But nothing in the law limits how much the NDP
government can spend for its own political benefit.DDln other
words, Premier Doer will be free to spend as much as he
wants on multi-million dollar self-promotional government ad
campaigns; he can still confer grants and subsidies; and best
of all he can do all this with taxpayer dollars. 0 DThis is one-
party dictatorship stuff.DDAnd it shows why gag laws are a
bad idea: they never control the ability of the incumbent
government to use taxpayer dollars to their own advantage.
And there is no bigger advantage in an election than being the
incumbent, and never bigger pot of money than the public
purse.DDThat's why the NCC will fight the gag laws of Doer
and Chretien. We will do so through the media and through
the courts.DDWili these efforts be costly? Yes, but losing our
freedoms could be costlier still.
Context
Source !NCC Online
Date 08/06/20001
Quote "The justification for the law given by the Chretien government
is a complete and utter lie ... This is simply an attempt to
control the process in a way that governments are not entitled
to."
Context The Leader rails against the Liberal's new gag law.
Source !The Globe & Mail -- "Court challenge launched over election sp 1
Apri116, 2003 Page 124 of359

Date 01/02/2000 1
Quote "... let us never forget why we have been fighting gag laws
since the days of Colin M. Brown and David Somerville -
because it we don't fight to preserve free speech, then it won't
matter what out opinions are on any other issue."
Context
Source IThe Bulldog -- "BC Gag Law Thrown Out - Free Speech Restor I
Date 19/11/1999 1
Quote "After all, you know that as a former member of Parliament,

I've sat through this process often enough to know what a
sham it is. Your handpicked backbenchers will politely sit
through all the evidence and then vote the way you told them
to vote before any evidence was presented ... On the other
hand, the private citizens you want to muzzle are spending
their own money. iSO, Jean,ilguess BiIIiC-2 really isn't about
how much money is being spent, but who is spending it. It's
OK for you to spend the voters' money on your opinions, but
not for the voters to spend it on their opinions, even if they're
not asking for a dime of you tax breaks and slush funds."
Context This is quotation is from an open letter that the Leader wrote
to express his displeasure with Bill C-2.
Source The National Post -- "Dear Jean: You're Gagging Us"
April 16, 2003 Page 125 of359

Date 01/11/2000 1
Quote "...gag laws don't help democracy, and they don't help voters.
They just help politicians, especially ones who are already in
power."
Context The quotation stem from a discussion of Manitoba's gag law.
Source Freedom Watch -- "Other People's Money"
Date 04/12/2000 1
Quote "There maywell bea valid case that his election has been
conducted illegally."
Context The Leader suggests that the 2000 election could end up in
court, as it could be argued that the 2000 campaign was
fought under two sets of rules, half with the gag law in place
and half without, as a result of the Supreme Court ruling.
They were also allegations of false advertising by the elections
office itself.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "Banana Canada"
April 16, 2003 Page 126 of359

Date
Quote Why I Hate Gag LawsOOBy Stephen HarperOOLast week, I
launched a personal legal action in the Alberta Court of
Queen's Bench against the federal government's election gag
law, Bill C-2. This law is the latest attempt by the federal
govemment to restrict independent political advertising during
elections.OOSo why is someone on the political "right" trying
to have a law passed by Parliament overturned by the courts?
Aren't all these "right-wingers" opposed to "judicial activism"
and supporters of good, old "parliarnentary
supremacy"?OOThe answer, of course, is "no." Yes, I share
many of the concerns of my colleagues and allies about
biased "judicial activism" and its extremes. I agree that serious
flaws exist in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and that
there is no meaningful review or accountability mechanisms
for Supreme Court justices. 0 OBut these things pale in
comparison to the dangers and deceptions inherent in Bill C-2.
My legal challenge constitutes the fifth time in the past 17
years that the National Citizens' Coalition has sponsored
litigation against gag laws. On each previous occasion, the
same scenario has unfolded: The government concedes the
law restricts freedoms of expression and association, fails to
provide a shred of evidence to justify such constitutional
violations, and is laughed out of court.OOln the most recent
judgment earlier this year, Mr. Justice Donald Brenner of the
B.C. Supreme Court shot down a provincial election gag law,
saying: "To override Charter rights, it is necessary that there
be more than a general hypothetical concern about a problem
when there is no evidence to demonstrate that it has existed in
the past or is likely to exist in the future."OOThe "hypothetical
concern" is that independent political advertising could
undermine electoral spending restrictions on political parties
and candidates. Politicians argue that, because parties and
candidates are limited, it is only fair that advocacy groups also
be limited. If they are not, such "third parties" will upset the
"level playing field."OOThe argument is intuitively appealing,
but its premise is utterly dishonest. First of all, contrary to
myth, Canada's major parties face no meaningful spending
restrictions. In the next election, for example, the Liberal Party
and its candidates will be able to spend more than $30-million.
Most of those funds will come from the public purse -- through
subsidies to both parties and donors -- without which such a
"limit" could never be reached.OOBut what about the "level
April 16, 2003 Page 127 of359

playing field" argument? Don't advocacy groups exist to help
parties get elected? No, they don't. Advocacy groups may
endorse or oppose parties and candidates, but their real goal
is to advance a cause over the longer term.OoTake the
example of the "free trade" election of 1988. Gag-law folklore
would have it that "third parties" poured millions of dollars into
pro-free-trade advertising to help elect the Tories. The reality
is the opposite. Studies show free-trade spending had no
effect on the partisan outcome of the election. (The Tories
won on the opposition "split vote," not the issue.) But what the
advocacy groups did was advance the issue of free trade and
polarize the election around it.OOOn the one hand, this
advocacy spending reinforced the pro-free-trade wing of the
Liberal Party, which had traditionally supported the concept.
And the reality is that the Liberals, once in office, did adopt
and extend liberalized trade notwithstanding their 1988
opposition.OOMore important, it assured that the Tories in
general and Brian Mulroney in particular -- historic opponents
and reluctant converts to free trade -- became inexorably
linked to the deal. So successful was this approach that the
Mulroney government passed the free-trade agreement as its
first and only bill in the following session. That's why the
Tories were livid about losing control of the election agenda.
To prevent this from happening again, the Mulroney
government passed a Draconian gag law.OOln other words,
political parties don't want to ban independent election
advertising because it upsets a fair balance during elections.
They want to curb such spending because it doesn't upset the
balance, denying them the advantages that the Elections Act
is supposed to provide. 0 o Politicians seek these types of
advantages all the time. Successive federal governments
have used elections law to set high candidate thresholds for
small parties, to expropriate minor party assets, to control
broadcast times, to gerrymander riding boundaries, and to
restrict publication of opinion polls by the media.OOOnly
through court rulings have these provisions been exposed for
what they are: arbitrary and unconstitutional provisions that
confer advantages to the major parties at the expense of
potential competitors and citizens' fundamental freedoms. It
has only been through the courts that the famed "democratic
legitimacy" of our elections has been preserved. 0 Din short,
the judges' activism is not resolved by the politicians'
supremacy. Solutions can only be found in the classical theory
of liberal democracy -- checks and balances of institutional
power under limited government. Unfortunately, this is
something neither our Charter nor our Parliament provides.
April 16, 2003 Page 128 of359

Context
Source INCC Online

Date 29/06/19971
Quote "For those who want a less ambitious way to proceed, in the
past I have suggested changing the voting system. A
preferential ballot, as in Australia, would eliminate the problem
of a divided OPPosit.ion ... getting electoral reform would not be
enough. The parties will have to learn to recognize their
similarities and to co-operate with each other on many things if
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is not the simple answer is appears to be with regards to
rectifying Canada's divided opposition.
Source !Toronto Sun -- "Healing the divided right"

Date 25/01/19971
Quote Voting by proportional representation -- any election method

designed to make party strengths in legislatures closer to their
share of the popular vote -- is neither new nor automatically
effective. DFormer Reform MP Stephen Harper and Calgary
political scientist Tom Flanagan have raised the idea as part of
a program to build a national conservative coalition. DThere
are many arguments for and against. One telling pro argument
is that Canadian political parties all use multi-stage voting
rather than a first-past-the-post system for internal operations.
Harper says the parties' avoidance of first-past-the-post is the
system's biggest indictment: "Not one of these parties would
dare use it for their own leadership contests or nominations."
Context Article entitled: Proportional representation worth a look; This

old voting method has its pros, cons; Part 3 of 3
April 16, 2003 Page 129 of 359

Date 12/10/20021
Quote "We should have a system of direct democracy. That system

of direct democracy should be put into effect so that the
citizens of Canada can express their judgment on how to
reform our outdates electoral system so we end the
unrepresentative results that elections produce and end
phenomena such as vote splitting."
Context The Leader explains what sort of democratic reform the

Alliance would pursue.
Date 24/01/19971
Quote "Many of Canada's problems stem from our winner-take-all

style of politics that allows to impose measures abhorred by
large areas of the country."
Context In this article, co-written by Dr. Flanagan, the Leader outlines

why the Liberals have been able to run the country relatively
unimpeded for the past century.
Source The Ottawa Citizen -- "Canada's 100-year benign dictatorship"
Aplil16, 2003 Page 130 oj359

Key Issue IEmPloyment Insurance
Date 01/11/ 1999 1
Quote "The changes the Liberals made to the unemployment

insurance program, particularly as they affected seasonal
work, are among the most positive things the government has
done in office.>The last thing any government should do is
reverse them."
Context This article appeared shortly after Angela Vautour, an NDP

MP from New Brunswick, who prior to her election led a
coalition of seasonal workers in a campaign against the
Chretien government's reforms to UI, crossed the floor to join
the Joe Clark Tories.
Source Canadian Business - "Regressive Conservative: Joe Clark .."
Key Issue IEnvironment
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Date 26/02/2002 1
Quote 'The government deals with ecosystem questions where they (( C ~ .D... ,..
cross provincial boundaries. That's inevitable. There is a lot of I/\J. "'+- ( r-~ 1\ e-d J...au-d-.~ C\ D'.,
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Source l_o_tl_a_w_a_c_i_tiz_e_n 1
Apri116, 2003 Page 131 of359

Date 04/01/ 1997 1
Quote "Traditional politicians constantly attempt to justify these

[equalization payments], and other large-scale, long-term,
regional redistributions of wealth. Arguing that Canadians
must continue to share and get along with each other, they
have baser interest in interregional coalition building: to get
themselves elected and to stay in power. That is a rather
obvious need for politicians. However, dare we ask, is it
legitimate use of other people's money?"
Context In his regular column, the Leader rails against the use of
"profitable federalism" to placate Quebec.
April 16, 2003 Page 132 of359

Date 07/02/20021
Quote CALGARY (CP) - Canada needs to restructure equalization

payments and eliminate corporate handouts to make the
country more competitive, says Alliance leadership hopeful
Stephen Harper. OOThat money should be poured into tax
cuts instead, Harper says in a speech outlining his economic
platform that will be delivered Friday in Halifax.
DO
"Channelling wasteful spending into tax cuts would stem the
flow of dollars (both domestic and foreign) from the country,
resulting in more jobs, higher incomes and improvements to
the lives of all Canadians," the former Reform MP says in a
copy of the speech obtained by The Canadian Press. OO"lf
we were to take all the money that we waste on regional and
corporate subsidies and use it to reduce corporate and
personal tax rates, Canada could reduce its corporate tax
rates by at least another 10 per cent, which would seriously
reduce our tax gap with the United States." ooHarper, an
economist who wrote much of the old Reform party's policy,
says Canadians are dropping further behind their American
counterparts. OOHe suggests a family of four in Canada in
1989 had a disposable income of $15,000 less than a similar
U.S. family. By 1998, the difference doubled to more than
$30,000. OOHarper blames the declining buying power on the
federal government's commitment to maintain traditional,
nationally based industries. o o "Canadian consumers actually
prop up some of our biggest corporations, providing hundreds
of millions of dollars annually in subsidies, grants, guarantees
and non-repayable loans," he says, making reference to loans
to Bombardier and Air Canada. 0 OHarper says part of the
problem is that the Liberal party receives a major part of its
financial support from industries that benefit from its regulatory
and subsidization policies. OOSmall-c conservative parties,
which increasingly compete with the Liberals for the sector's
financial support, "do themselves no favours by soft peddling
the need to change the policies of state capitalism," he said.
DO
Harper promised development of a "pro"growthpolicy for all
Canadian regions that includes a re-think of how equalization
works." OOHis message may be a tough sell in Atlantic
Canada, which has never shown much interest in the
economic policies of the Alliance or its predecessor. The
PJPyincial budgets of the region's four provinces are heavily
April 16, 2003 Page 133 of359

reliant on equalization payments. OOHarper notes that Ottawa
provides from 35 to 45 per cent of provincial revenues in the
region and questions whether that hampers the ability of
goverments to make decisions in the best interest of their
populations. 0 O' 'Weneed to do some serious thinking about
how to reduce reliance on Ottawa in the longer term without
causing undue dislocation in those provinces in the short
term," he said.
Context Article entitled: Equalization must be revamped for Canada to

be competitive, says Harper
Source Icanadian Press
Key Issue IEqUalization Payments
Date 17/02/1994 1
Quote "As you know, we [Reform] opposed passage of the bill in the . &
main chamber. Our party does recognize the principle of
equalization that is contained in the Constitution Act of 1982
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Context The Leader enunciates the party's position on equalization

payments during discussions of Bill C-3, An Act to amend the
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal Post-
Secondary Education and Health Contribution Act.
Source !Hansard -- Standing Committee on Finance (8: 12)
April 16, 2003 Page 134 of359

Date
Quote
07/06/19971
"The dynamic economies of Alberta and British Columbia

disproportionately bear the cost of the regional transfers that
are supposed to keep Quebec and Atlantic Canada happy."
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Context In this piece, co-written by Dr. Flanagan, the Leader argues
that the commonly accepted approach to placating Quebec's
separatist aspirations -- Le. attempts to adopt a distinct-
society cost and the mass inflow of federal funds -- has failed
to have the desired effect.
Source IThe Calgary Herald -- "On the pathway to power ... "
Date 08/02120021
Quote "Whatever the right technical solution may be, it is also well
past time to raise broader questions about the functioning of
equalization. Nobel Prize winner James Buchanan recently
concluded that political interference likely undermines any
good that equalization does."
Context The Leader discusses the economic problems of Atlantic

Canada and argues equalization payments have done nothing
to ameliorate the situation.
Source !The National Post -- "Get the state out of the economy"
April 16, 2003 Page 135 of359

Key Issue IEqualiztion Payments
Date 17/02/1994 1
Quote "At some point we should be looking at the incentive systems.

Maybe we should be considering, down the road, tying some
of these enormous payments to fiscal performance at the
provincial level."
Context The Leader muses about reform to equalization payments

during discussion of Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Federal-
Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal Post-Secondary
Education and Health Contribution Act.
Source !Hansard -- Standing Committee on Finance (8:13)
Key Issue IEthics
Date 07/05/1994 1
Quote The Reform Party has settled on a three-member committee _II ?'rc
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appointed yesterday to the committee, along with MP Sharon
Hayes from British Columbia. They are to warn MPs if their
actions could get them in trouble and investigate any
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committee
Apri116, 2003 Page 136 of359

Key Issue
Date
Quote "This is a government that operates on transferring pork
across the country to reward its political friends and punish its
political enemies," Harper said. Pointing to the Shawinigate
affair and other examples of private companies benefiting from
connections with Liberals, Harper said Chretien is pursuing a
"deliberate political strategy of lowering Canadians'
expectations and lowering their expectations of competency
and ethical behaviour in government. "These corruption and
ethical problems are real problems of this government, they go
to the heart of the way it runs pUblic policy, of the growing
interconnection between private business with government
connections and public policy," said Harper. "The real
problem we have now is that people perceive the government
as corrupt but they've come to accept it." Harper
acknowledged disarray and strife in his and other opposition
parties is a factor. ''The factthat no single opposition party has
been perceived as an alternative government has been a
problem."
Context Article entitled: CA boss blasts Grits' ethics. Harper was in

Windsor for a fund raiser for Alliance candidate Rick Fuschi in
the May 13 byelection in Windsor West.
Source IWindsor Star
April 16, 2003 Page 137 of359

Key Issue IEthiCS
Date 01/10/1994 1
Quote Reform party unity critic Stephen Harper said he doesn't

believe Quebec should be paid on the basis of a verbal
contract made by a past prime minister."Verbal agreements
made at dinner meetings, or at cocktail parties or on golf
courses are not the proper way to conduct the business of the
government of Canada."
Context The Bloc accused Chretien of misleading the House earlier in

the week about his knowledge of a verbal agreement in 1992
between former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney
and then-Quebec premier Robert Bourassa to cover Quebec's
costs for the Charlottetown Accord referendum.
Source [Calgary Herald
Key Issue [EthniC Voting/Liberals
Date 22/01 /20011
Quote "I think Chretien just doesn't care. You've got to remember
that west of Winnipeg the ridings the Liberals hold are
dominated by people who are either recent Asian immigrants
<
or recent migrants from eastern Canada: people who live in
ghettoes and who are not integrated into western Canadian
society."
Context The Leader explains that the Liberals aren't interested in

trying to break into western Canada, and can only rely of the
votes of those who haven't integrated into western Canadian
society.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "The West as spoiled teenager."
April 16, 2003 Page 138 of359

Key Issue IExtremists
Date 19/12/1993 1
Quote "Obviously you want to avoid extremists and you want to avoid
what you would call yahoos. The party has to have people
who are presentable, but at the same time those people have
to articulate the party's message. People are pretty greedy,
which is going to cause some problems. We'll make
mistakes, but the oldest, richest and most established political
party in the country made elementary mistake after
elementary mistake in the election."
Context INew kids on the block
Key Issue IEzra Levant
Date 22/03/2002 1
Quote "Ezra suggested to me a number of times that if I won this, we

should sit down and talk," Harper said. "Ezra is an old friend
and acquaintance ... it's two people dedicated to the party,
long-time associates, having a discussion." Harper also said
Levant has offered to step aside. But those close to Levant tell
a different story. They say Harper was offered Calgary
Southwest a couple of months ago and Harper declined. They
also say they cannot find anything on the public record
indicating Levant had offered to step aside.
Context But Ezra Levant, a former high-profile aide to Day, has won
the party's nomination in the riding for a by-election that has
not yet been called and has spent more than $100,000 on
advertising. Backers of Day believe Harper could make an
important show of conciliation by allowing Levant to run in
Calgary Southwest because of his links with Day.
April 16, 2003 Page 139 of359

Key Issue IFamily
Date 16/10/1994 1
Quote Harper opposes a Reform move to adopt an official definition

of the family."Those are not partisan issues. Those are moral
issues. People have to be able to belong to political parties
regardless of their views on those issues."
Context Harper maintains party shouldn't be messing around with

moral issues.
April 16, 2003 Page 140 of359

Key Issue !Finance
Date 27/06/2001 1
Quote This is an excerpt of a speech that Stephen Harper, president

of the National Citizens Coalition, delivered to the Canadian
Institute of Plumbing and Heating, in
Charlottetown. MONETARY
POLICY 0 oWithinan increasingly integrated North American
economy, the federal government continues to insist upon the
maintenance of its own distinctive currency and monetary
policy. I will not enter into a debate on whether there is merit
to that approach, except to point out how that economic tool is
being employed. OOSimply, it is increasingly evident over
three decades now that the federal government intends to
maintain a currency sUbject to ongoing depreciation. ooWhy?
The evidence suggests that currency devaluation is closely
related to the long-run decline in Canada's overall productivity
and competitiveness, a decline that federal authorities are only
slowly admitting to. A falling currency serves to mask the
resulting losses in Canadian living standards relative to our
trading partners, which would otherwise be reflected in lower
wages and salaries. 0 oApologists for the federal government
like to blame our sagging currency on the long-run decline in
resource and commodity prices, industries to which the
Canadian economy is heavily weighted. But this is hardly
acceptable, given that devaluation contributes to the economy
being weighted in this way, since secondary and tertiary
industries are invariably more dependent on imported inputs
that cost more as the dollar falls. Besides, commodity exports
provide the Canadian economy, and therefore the federal
government itself, with the kind of quick foreign cash
constantly necessary to manage its inappropriate economic
policies and its long-term debt loads. ODIn sllort, the federal
government sustains antiquated policies of state corporatism
at home by making the country a discount wholesaler abroad.
This is what its policy of long-term currency devaluation
accomplishes. OOAgain, there are self-evident downsides in
this approach. The federal government might, as an
international debtor with its debts denominated largely in
Canadian dollars, care little about currency depreciation. But
Canadians' see the value of their incomes and their assets fall
internationally. o o Everyone notices the cost of a devalued
currency when they travel outside Canada, especially in the
U.S. And the ability of Canadians to relocate, to move
investments or to seek professional and educational
April 16, 2003 Page 141 of359

opportunities (not to mention health care) within an integrated
North American economy is increasingly restricted because of
this discounting of our personal wealth. Canadian foreign
investment abroad slows to a trickle and our industries, even
one currently as strong as the Alberta oilpatch, are bought at
fire-sale prices. 0
Context Article entitled: Bridging a bridge to the future by Stephen

Harper
Key Issue IForeign Aid
Date 01/10/20021
Quote "Canada continues to underwrite too many countries that

resist reform and have high levels of corruption."
Context On foreign aid, the Leader argues the Alliance would follow the
lead of other donor nations and reward developing countries
that reform their institutions and market with increases
assistance.
Source Hansard -- Leader's response to Throne Speech.
April 16, 2003 Page 142 of359

Key Issue !Foreign Policy
Date 02/02/20021
Quote The moral equivalence approach to foreign affairs and

domestic security is not simply misguided or wrong, though it
is both of these. The real danger of moral equivalence is that
its outcome is exactly the opposite of what the Liberals claim
to desire.
It makes Canada's influence ever more irrelevant on the world

stage, our military ever more dependent on the United States,
and our citizens ever more susceptible to renewed threats of
terrorism.
For the past eight years, the government has championed the
slogan of "soft power," or the use of persuasion and
diplomacy, to advance Canadian objectives internationally.
However, in the process Canada's "hard power" capabilities --

intelligence, financial aid oriented to strategic stability, and
military power -- have all been neglected.
In essence, the government has pursued "soft power" without

the requisite "hard power" to back it up.
As a result, Canada is no longer taken seriously by our major

allies because it brings almost nothing to the table.
Context The Leader accuses the government of allowing the country's

military to deteriorate, and that as a result, our power abroad
has diminished.
Source This is an excerpt of a speech the Leader delivered at the Can
April 16, 2003 Page 143 of359

Key Issue IFree Market
Date 21/04/1997 1
Quote "Economic conservatives have to remember that the market

economy is a widely successfully human arrangement for
meeting human needs, but it is not a utopian plan that will
produce ideal outcomes in all circumstances whether citizens
want it or not."
Context The Leader and Dr. Flanagan warn economic conservatives

that belief in the free market alone is not enough to sustain a
conservative movement.
Source Ottawa Citizen -- "Neo-cons and theo-cons"
Key Issue IFree Votes
Date 28/01/1994 1
Quote Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister and also
concerns democratic reform. In his annual report, the Auditor
General identified the confidence convention as a major
stumbling block in the reform of the budgetary process. In
view of the government's commitment to carefully examine
and consider the Auditor General's recommendations, will the
Prime Minister inform the House that he will relax the
confidence convention and allow free votes in the upcoming
budget.
Source IHansard
April 16, 2003 Page 144 of359

Key Issue !Free Votes
Date 15/01/1997 1
Quote Although Reform had promised to free its MPs from the party-I;>
line structure imposed by the Liberals and Tories, it didn't live
up to the pledge. The Leader explained the party's reversal
thusly: "That is the reality of the system."
Context
Source IEdmonton Sun -- "Reform star to lead right-wing lobby."
Key Issue !Fundraising
Date 19/10/1997 1
Quote "If you have corporate donations and corporate fund raisers
and you have programs that give grants to companies and you
have government involved in every aspect of taxation and
regulation, this is precisely the kind of thing that goes on
routinely. So I'd be very surprised if this isn't happening."
Context The Leader commenting on the inevitability of corruption in our

system.
Source esc News -- "Panel Discussion on the Liberal Government"
April 16, 2003 Page 145 of359

Key Issue !Fundraising
Date 25/03/2002[
Quote "We will welcome responsible corporate support from the

corporate community, butthe corporate community can't use
its financial support to blackmail a politician or a party. We
would never allow the corporate community to say, 'you must
do this or you must to that'. That's not how things are
supposed to work in a democratic society.
Context The new Canadian Alliance leader, said yesterdaO is highly

unlikely his party would ever merge with the federal'
Conservative~nd warned that Bay Street financiers cannot
blackmail himto unite with threats of losing donations to the
cash-strapped party.
Source [National Post
April 16, 2003 Page 146 of359

Key Issue !George Bush
Date 05/03/2000 1
Quote " .. Bush has struggled thus far, appearing uneasy in

unscripted situations. His support is restricted to only the
most conservative and establishment wings of his party. And
polls show he will have a tough time beating AI Gore, the likely
Democratic nominee. McCain, in contrast, has connected with
the public. He articulates bold stands on key issues. He
appeals well beyond the party base. In short, McCain would
be an overwhelming favourite to be the next president if he
were the Republican nominee. Why then is Bush the front-
runner, while McCain struggles state by state in the race? It
happened this way. As talk of the Republican nominee began
to get serious, one name began to crop up in the polls,
George Bush. Bush is bilingual (English and Spanish),
successful chief executive of a large state, twice elected with
impressive, broadly based mandates. ' But Bush scored highly
for an entirely different reason. Many Americans simply
confused him with his famous father of the same name, an
admired president. To the Republican es~blishment, it didn't
matter why he was high in the polls -- he now possessed the
magical quality of 'winnability.' And so, high-ranking
endorsements of George Jr. began to come, followed by large
amounts of money. (Note: money follows support, not the
other way around.) Intimidated by the huge lead build by a
candidate few voters had actually seen or heard, rivals began
dropping out of the race and pledging their support to baby
Bush. This process in modern political parties I call the 'front-
runner syndrome' ... This may [the McCain mystique] engage
them, but McCain's independence is essential to win the
nation and to effectively wield the presidency. So the
Republicans will likely again nominate a 'good party man'
whose 'turn' it is, just as they did last time with Bob Dole, an
electorally hopeless selection from day one."
Context Inthis piece, the Leader argues that the front runner isn't
necessarily the best man (or woman) for the job (Le. whatever
happened to John Turner?).
Source IThe Calgary Sun -- "Be Wary of the Front-Runner. There's a 0 1
April 16, 2003 Page 147 of359

Key Issue IGrassroots
Date 27/10/ 1993 1
Quote If there is a conflict between my party's view, my personal

view and the wishes of a clear majority of my constituents, it is
the latter that ultimately must prevail.
Context IWili the Reform Party bring change or succumb to the system? I
Key Issue IGST
Date 11/11/1989 1
Quote Re "Pay now or pay later," Herald Editorials, Oct. 28. 01

learned from this editorial that opposition to the goods and
services tax is restricted to the extreme right and extreme left.
These extremes apparently include virtually every business,
labor and other interest group in the country. Apparently the
broad centre includes only the PC diehards who support the
GST. OThe Herald also states that no respectable economist
has discredited the contention that the GST is revenue-
neutral. It certainly would be hard to dispute that, when "deficit
reduction" is stated to be the primary goal of the GST on the
first page of the technical paper. OThe main editorial line of
the Herald has always been close to the party line of the
government, but this flight of fantasy is an unprovoked attack
on the paper's own credibility. OAnd the GST will raise $24
billion, not $24 million as the editorial stated. STEPHEN
HARPER, Chief Policy Officer, Reform Party of Canada,
Ottawa.
Context Article entitled: Nearly all extreme (letter re an editorial)
April 16, 2003 Page 148 of 359

Key Issue
Date 22/04/ 1992 1
Quote The Reform party would swallow its opposition to the GST and
keep the controversial tax, says its proposed election platform.
o
"Weare saying retain it and restrict its growth," said Stephen
Harper, the party's chief policy adviser and lieutenant to leader
Preston Manning. OThe draft, prepared by an executive
committee must still be accepted by the party's general
assembly next October. DHarper said he expects the GST
scheme will be debated vigorously because there are still
many party members who oppose it. 0 Harper said party
members who want to get rid of the tax will be challenged to
come up with another way of raising the revenue. O"Westili
feelitwouldhave been best not to implement the GST," he
said. "(But) what are you going to do now? We're not going to
bring back the MST (Manufacturers Sales Tax)."
Context Article entitled: Reform platform would retain GST. The party
has crusaded against the tax since before its imposition in
1990, and official party policy opposes the levy. But the
election outline prepared this month says that, although a
Reform government would continue to work towards
simplifying the tax system, "in the interim, there will be no
increase in the rate of the Goods and Services Tax and
current proceeds will be applied to reductions in the deficit and
debt."
Source !Edmonton Journal
April 16, 2003 Page 149 of359

Key Issue IGun Control
Date 08/05/ 1995 1
Quote The fight over federal gun legislation seems to know few
bounds.DWith emotion running high on both sides, it's shaping
up as one of the nastiest political debates in recent
memory. oCalgary Reform MP Stephen Harper, who broke
party ranks to vote for the bill at second reading, has also
received threats. Mr. Harper said he is only surprised there
haven't been more.
Context Article entitled: Gun·control debate triggers passions MPs

threatened over support of legislation
Source IGIObe and Mail
Date 12/06/1995 1
Quote "I will be voting against the gun bill at final vote. As I indicated
when I voted for it in principle at second reading. I've done a
second survey among my constituents on some of the
specifics of the bill and that survey has come back negative."
Context The Leader explains his change of position on the Liberal's

gun·control legislation.
Source IcsC News
Date 05/04/ 1995 1
Quote "They [the constituents of Calgary West] favoured the intent of

the government legislation and I committed during the
campaign that I would vote for their wishes."
Context The Leader explains why he voted with the government on

gun·controllegislation.
Source IcsC News
April 16, 2003 Page 150 of 359

Key Issue [Gun Control
Date 18/06/1995[
Quote "I made the constituents aware of my own views on the issue,
which are, in general, Isuppoftirrianyofthephilosophy[sicl '-I-{{
behind the gun bill, but I oppose it for some very specific
reasons."
Context The Leader explaining how he approach his constituents on

the Liberal's gun-control bill. Note that he says he agrees with
many of the philosophical considerations in the bill.
Source IcsC Radio -- Cross Country Checkup
Key Issue IHealth
Date 26/09/2002 1
Quote "Thebiggestsingle thing·is alternative delivery within the

universal public insurance system ... The existence of a wider
range of private providers, that is what we're talking about.
We differ with the federal Liberals. We believe that is actually
legal within the Canada Health Act."
Context The Leader explains the party's position on reforming health

care.
Source The Globe & Mail -- "Harper advocates private hospitals"
April 16, 2003 Page 151 01359

Key Issue IHealth
Date 28/11/2002 1
Quote "Well, I think the whole report, frankly, is from a time warp. It's
really the last gasp. Mr. Romanow talks about this being the
last chance to save the health-care system. What he's
proposing is a throwback to the ideology of the 1960s, except
he's proposing to expand the health-care system and give it
half the funding at the federal level the federal government
originally promised. So I think this is the last gasp for the
sixties ideology. It is just wrong headed."
Context The Leader comments on his impression of the much vaunted

Romanow Report.
Source CTV News -- "Reaction to the Romanow Report"
Key Issue IHealth
Date 07/01/2002 1
Quote "It's a completely negative role and one that has to change.
The federal government knows noting about the health care
system. It doesn't know how to fix it, but it grandstands as an
opponent of all reform in order to score political points. That's
onel"easonWhythe Canada Health Act has to change. The
federal government has to stop grandstanding and get out of
the way."
Context IHarper participates on forum on Health Care.
Source INational Post (similar to Whig Standard)
April 16, 2003 Page 152 of 359

Key Issue IHealth
Date 17/08/1997 1
Quote MACARENKO: $tephenHarper, what do you think 119arallel

Iprivate health care !':v!':tem in Canada.
STEPHEN HARPER / V.P, NATIONAL CITIZENS'

COALITION: Well Ithink it would be a good idea. I think we're
headed in that direction anyway. We're alone among O.E.C.D
countries in deciding that we'll have a two-tier system but our
second tier will be outside the country where only the very rich
and powerful can access it and will be of absolutely no benefit
to the Canadian health care system. So I think this has been
the wrong way to go. And clearly we're moving in another
direction.
Context This debate coincided with the Canadian Medical

Association's annual meeting.
Source CSC News -- "Panel Discussion on the Health Care System"
Key Issue IHealth
Date 01/10/2002 1
Quote "A government monopoly is not the only way to deliver health
care to Canadians. Monopolies in the public sector are just as
objectionable as monopolies in the private sector. ItshoUld·",
notmatter who delivers health care, whether it is private, for
profit, not for profit or public institutions, as long as Canadians/"
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have access to it regardless of their financial means. " { ~ AI;;~J::{~!3~\ E
J"I:~~ .
Context IThe Leader explain the Alliance's stance on health care reform. I ~
Source Hansard -- Leader's response to Throne Speech.
April 16, 2003 Page 153 of359

Key Issue IHealth
Date 24/01/2002 1
Quote "The health care system we have isn't going to last without
major reforms."
Context IFirst leadership debate in Victoria
Key Issue IHealth
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote "The federal government doesn't run the health-care system, it

didn't create it and its not going to fix it. Right now it is the
single largest obstacle to dealing with health care funding. It
under funds the system then threatens further underfunding
while grandstanding as the great defender of Medicare."
Harper said he is prepared to take tough positions -
advocating some private delivery in the pubic system and
taking "political heat" form a Liberal party he says has a
"secret agenda" of privatizing health care.
Context Yesterday, Harper said he supported Klein and Harris for their
efforts at taking on the federal government over its lack of
funding for the public health care system and opening up the
Canada Health Act.
April 16, 2003 Page 154 of359

Key Issue IHealth
Date 28/10/20021
Quote "First, is it really critical for us as individuals seeking health

care that this system is Canadian, that somehow it defines the
country and our nationalism? We are told this repeatedly by
the Liberals and I know it is a popular view, but is it really true?
My ancestors engaged in two world wars to fight for the values
and freedoms of this country. They fought in those wars
without a public health care system. I am not suggesting they
did not want one. In fact, having public health care has been
one of the benefits of winning those wars, preserving our
freedom and moving our society forward. However, we did not
fight wars to preserve the health care system. I would suggest
that not many Canadians are willing to die for a health care
ideology in a health care line-up. They may be willing to die for
their country but they are not willing to die for the Liberal
definition of the health care system ... Second, is the
important thing about health care that it be public and non-
profit? Contrary to a lot of Liberal rhetoric, the fact that our
system is public is not what actually makes it terribly unique ...
Is it important that the system be free? First, let me be clear
that no reasonable person believes that our health care
system is free. We do not generally pay at the point of service,
but our health care system is very expensive. It is very
expensive and increasingly slow to deliver and hard to access.
The cost of our public health care system in 2001 was

about $75 billion. Over $100 billion was spent on combined
private and public services. It i~>llOt free. It is reflected largely
in our tax burden. Our tax burden is too high. It is close to half
of the disposable income of the average Canadian ... Several
provinces are involved in pushing for alternative private
delivery, even on a profit basis. This is a natural development.
In a properly functioning system, profit is the reward that
businesses obtain for making substantial, long-term capital
investments. OneofJheproblems, given the nature of a
govemmentor a non-profit model of anything, particularly as
we have seen it in our health care system, is the tendency to
under invest in the long term."
Context The Leader on the Alliance's position on health care reform.
Source !Hansard -- Government Orders (Canadian Health Care System I
Apri116, 2003 Page 155 of359

Key Issue IHealth
Date 02/01/ 1999 1
Quote "Spending more money will not cure the serious long-term
problem plaguing our health care system. As. long as health ~. J _ \ _. f\..J L ~ ~
care remains government monopoly, the system will continue \..U"'--Q ~ U-JL.--
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Context IThe Leader responds to the Liberal budget.
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Source IThe Bulldog -- "NCC Says Federal Budget's Tax Cuts a Timid 1
April 16, 2003 Page 156 of359

Key Issue IHealth
Date 17/08/1997 1
Quote MACARENKO: And Stephen, your thoughts on this?
HARPER: Waiting lists are already enormously long in this

country as it is and we have unequal access. The fact of the
matter is the rich and powerful go to the United States for
treatment when they can. But what's more disturbing than that
is that the health care dollars and health care professionals go
with them. And what we should be doing is not figuring out
how we can have the most equal system but having the best
system. Thebestsystemmeanshavinga system where you
have as many tiers as possible and you bring as many health
care i30Hars into this country as possible.
YAFFE (from the Vancouver Sun): But if you have people who
can afford it vacating the public system and going to the
private system, then you also have the wealthy people in the
country or the well-off middle class who tend to be the
articulate lobbyists for Medicare also vacating that system and
after a while if they're using a private second tier system,
they're going to resent paying taxes to support a publicly
funded Medicare system that they no longer use.
HARPER: I think Barbara, the opposite is true. In fact what

you have when you have a private second tier alternative, is
you have a strong incentive for the public system to be
maintained at a high quality of service, otherwise it loses
people to the private system. If you have a system like
Germany, you have one third of those people who are eligible
to leave the public system not doing so, precisely because the
pressure of the existence of a private system gives the private
system reason to provide people with quality service at low
cost, which it doesn't have if there's only monopoly and there's
no alternative to government control.
Context The Leader dismisses the notion that two-tier health care
results in the deterioration of the public system.
Source CBC News -- "Panel Discussion on the Health Care System"
April 16, 2003 Page 157 of359

Key Issue IHealth
Date 02/12/2002 1
Quote "The private provision of publicly insured services should be

permitted. The monopoly of provision of services is not a
value that in and of itself is worth preserving."
Context Part of the Leader's answer to the following question: "Do you
think the Canada Health Act is flawed in any way? Should it
be reformed?"
Source lottawa Life Magazine -- "Interview with Stephen Harper"
Key Issue IHealth
Date 22/01 /20011
Quote "Those who like an existing policy know why they like it, and
there's a whole demographic out there that has, for better or
worse, come to rely on the current system. That's the welfare
state - it breeds dependence."
Context The Leader discusses the problem of trying to reform health

care in Canada.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- The medicare morass"
April 16, 2003 Page 158 of359

Key Issue IHealth
Date 06/01/20021
Quote "The Canada Health Act isn't about, you know it's about a
varying flexible model of financing and running the health care
system. It's not just the things Canadians care about. But I
agree with Catherine [Ford], they [Canadians] care about
being able to you know receive their health care benefits
across the country. They don't want to be in a position where
they're refused service for inability to payor be stuck with
enormous bills. But the Canada Health Act is much more
restrictive than that. It rules out private, public delivery
options. ttrulesoutco-payment,prepayment and all kinds of
options that are frankly going to have to be looked at if we're
going to deal with the challenges that the system faces."
Context
Source Global Sunday -- "Medicine for Medicare"
Key Issue IHealth
Date 06/01/20021
Quote "It's a completely negative role and one that has to change
and that's one of the reasons why the Canada Health Act does
have to be reformed ... It [the federal govemment] blackmails
all provinces. The truth of the matter is health care is under
enormous stress there's going to have to be significant
reform. The federal government knows nothing about the
Health care system. Doesn't run it. Doesn't know how to fix
it. But it grandstands as an opponent of all reform in order to
score political points. It's a completely negative and
destructive role."
Context The Leader discusses the effect of the federal government's

involvement with health care.
Source Global Sunday -- "Medicine for Medicare"
April 16, 2003 Page 159 of359

Key Issue IHealth
Date 12102119951
Quote "Our [budget] would eliminate the deficit in the life of this
'udgment, he said, citing health care versus multiculturalism
.. efficiencies" would feel the brunt of the pruning before
Key Issue IHouse of Commons
Date 29/09/ 1994 1
Quote "Obviously if we're going to either cap or reduce the size of the
House of Commons at any time in our history we are going to
have to get rid of the gradfather clause. This is what is
responsible for the rapid growth of the House of Commons."
Context This comment was made during a discussion of the electoral

boundaries readjustment system. The Leader's position was
that the number of seats in the House should be capped or
reduced, and that regional representation should be achieved
through reform of the Senate. ",Musing that the grandfather
clause should be revoked would not go over well in Quebec
and Atlantic Canada.
Source Hansard -- Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affai
April 16, 2003 Page 160 of359

Date 20/10/1994 1
Quote Harper: ... The other point I'd like to raise - and I've raised it
several times before - is that under subsection (5) I continue to
be unhappy with the community of interest definition that
specifies in law, first of all, two things: such a wide range of
definitions as I think to render it meaningless; second, it
includes racial criteria, which I have some concern about.
think
that --
The Chairman: You're suggesting

we delete "representation of minorities and aboriginal
populations" -
Harper: I would make a very tight

definition of community of interest, which would be existing or
traditional boundaries of electoral districts, boundaries of
municipalities, natural boundaries, and access to means of
communications and transportation. It seems to me those are
the critical factors in drawing of boundaries. Other factors are
not precluded, but they should not be on the same level with
those kinds of things.
Context The Leader expresses his disapproval of boundary

readjustment done on the basis of ethnic concerns during a
discussion of the electoral boundaries readjustment system.
Source [Hansard -- Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affai I
April 16, 2003 Page 161 of 359

Key Issue !House of Commons
Date 11/05/1998 1
Quote The Leader describes the confidence convention as a "recipe

for people not using their brains."
Context This editorial approvingly lists arguments the Leader had

made about the increasing irrelevance of the House as a
legislative body.
Source IHili Times -- "House relevance"
Date 18/01/1994 1
Quote "I think one of the reasons that you'll see a more civil, polite,
and well-behaved Parliament is precisely because there are
real differences between these parties. There are differences
of political principle, there are differences of visions of the
country, thereisno need to resort to the traditional kind of
personality clash, trivial, partisan politics to emphasize the
differences between the parties."
Context The Leader answering Newman's question as to whether it is

really is possible to have a more polite political discourse in
the House. Some would argue that Reform's attempt to make
debate in the House more civil and polite was short lived.
Source IThe Capital Report with Don Newman
April 16, 2003 Page 162 of359

Date 11/10/1992 1
Quote "We obviously don t favour the 25 per cent guarantee. In a

way, what s even more repulsive than the 25 per cent
guarantee is the giving 18 new Commons seats to Quebec,
which isn't even on the basis of population. That significantly
bumps Quebec s share of Commons seats above its
population. The 25 per cent sustains that situation into the
future. That is at the expense of Alberta and British Columbia.
That's where Quebec s gain came from."
Context IQuebeC 25% representation
Date 08/01/1997 1
Quote "Anyone who has seriously studies the parliamentary system

knows that the House Of Commons has long ceased to be a
serious legislative body. It is first an electoral college to
maintain the power of the incumbent Prime Minister and
second a debating forum for partisan alternatives to the
current dictator."
Context In this column, the Leader, using the above argument, argues
MPs are undeserving of a pay raise.
Aplil16, 2003 Page 163 of359

Key Issue [House of Commons
Date 21/06/ 1994 1
Quote "I personally would prefer, and I know a number of my

colleagues would prefer, to see an absolute reduction in the
size of the House of Commons ... I would strongly urge that it
consider a general reduction in the size of the House of
Commons perhaps to something around 250 seats, which is
more in line with our historical average."
Context The Leader tells the committee his party is interested in

reducing the number of seats in the House, and then he goes
on to offer his personal opinion as to how much of a reduction
during a discussion of the electoral boundaries readjustment
system.
Source Hansard -- Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affai
Key Issue [Immigration
Date 07/01/2002 1
Quote "There is an issue in numbers. I'm not going to pretend to be

an expert and say what those numbers should be. I think it
has to do ultimately with the country's economic capacity I
don't have a cultural agenda in terms of immigration. I don't
have a problem with immigration from a wide range of cultural
backgrounds. I think that with the right kind of immigration
program our society has strong absorbative capacities. I think
that most immigrants come here to be part of a society, not to
be a ghetto within it. I think the multicultural program is a far
more important concern than the immigration program per se."
Context Iinterview.
April 16, 2003 Page 164 of359

Key Issue Ilmmigration
Date 24/06/ 1991 1
Quote The Reform party, tagged by some as being racist, says it's
actually trying to eliminate racial elements from Canada's
immigration policy. D"AII we are trying to do is state that those
policies should not be designed with racial makeup in mind,"
said Stephen Harper, the party's chief policy officer. "How that
can be construed as being racist is beyond me." DHe argues
that because Reform doesn't have an ethnic base, it is the
only major party that doesn't lobby on behalf of ethnic groups
for race-oriented immigration numbers. DHarper, a former
aide to a federal Conservative cabinet minister, said in an
interview that federal immigration policy is supposed to be
based on economics. In reality, he said, ethnic groups with the
most political clout decide what countries the largest numbers
of immigrants come from. D"Federal immigration policy has
drifted away from economic crit ria to a racial element," he
said 'It's a vote-buying scheme.
Context IArticle entitled: Immigration a vote-buying scheme official says I

April 16, 2003 Page 165 of359

Key Issue Ilmmigration
Date 07/01/20021
Quote "I think the biggest concern in the immigration system right
now is the refugee determination process, which has become
such a boondoggle. It not only threatens the integrity of the
immigration system, it threaten national security. I've been
saying for years that the most important thing is that this
country makes its own immigration selection and that this
policy be consistent with Canadians' views. A refugee
determination system that has effectively created a backdoor
immigration stream that bypasses legal channels is
unacceptable. And we need to tighten that system."
Context The Leader responds to the question as to what his view on

immigration is. He begins by stating that he is pro-immigration
in principle, but then goes on to outline his concerns in this
quotation.
April 16, 2003 Page 166 of 359

Key Issue Iindustrial policy
Date 26/02120021
Quote "If an election were called today I would focus on this party
proposing a bold departure for the Canadian economy that
doesn't just promise lower taxes, but that gets the government
out of a large number of industrial, economic and regional
development programs that I think are counterproductive,
costly and, quite frankly, corrupting of ethics within
government itself. There are the various industrial
development programs run by Industry Canada. There is the
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the Western
Diversification Initiative. There are all kinds of economic
development prow~s, and the Federal Business
Development Banl<t focus of ours in the next election
(should be) getting tlie gove~~ment out of the business of
deciding who is in business."~
Context Can you tell us something major the government is doing that,
if you were prime minister, it would simply stop doing?
April 16, 2003 Page 167 of359

Key Issue Iindustrial policy
Date 27/06/20011
Quote HEADLINE: Building a bridge to the future OOThis is an

excerpt of a speech that Stephen Harper, president of the
National Citizens Coalition, delivered to the Canadian Institute
of Plumbing and Heating, in
Charlottetown.
INDUSTRIAL POLICY OODespite the continental markets and
the globalization of industry to which the federal government is
notionally committed, much of Canada's industrial policy is
aimed at the maintenance of traditional, nationally based
industries. More seriously, in broad areas like
communications, transportation and banking -- even in an area
like wheat marketing -- federal policy is invariably designed to
enhance the position of monopolistic or oligopolistic
enterprises. 0 OThe critical downside to this approach is that
Canadian consumers are deprived of the central benefit of a
market economy: consumer choice through vigorous
competition. In fact, through myriad government programs,
Canadian consumers actually prop up some of our biggest? A-Lro. ~
corporations, providing hundreds of millions of dollars annually ~i)<'<.A-..J\.:l(. •
in subsidies, grants, guarantees and non-repayable loans.
00
Even more worrying are signals that the Liberal government
intends to do the same for emerging industries -- with
broadband strategies, government subsidization of research
and development, and the like. OOWhy? Obviously, the
federal government sees a link between the importance of
national- centred industries and its own importance as a
national government. But it is also the case that the Liberal
party, despite its rhetoric, is the party of the country's big
corporate sector, especially its nationally based corporate
sector. OOThe "conservative" parties, which increasingly
compete with the Liberals for this sector's financial support, do
themselves no favours by soft-pedalling the need to change
these policies. It may increase financial support, but it is also
likely to estrange grassroots Canadians. ooThe reality of the
Liberals' state corporatism is somewhat masked by another
paradoxical but equally perverse set of federal policies. These
are excessive taxes on job creation and economic growth,
including high marginal rates on personal income, rising
payroll taxes and punitive taxes on capital, capital gains and
investment. These are all backed by periodic outbursts of an
anti-free enterprise, anti-market, anti-success nature that belie
April 16, 2003 Page 168 of359

any genuine willingness to see Canadians prosper in the
modern economy. ooThis tradeoff is something the
government's business friends in rnany large corporations,
especially in the monopolistic sectors, can apparently live with.
But more innovative firms, and more aggressive professionals,
increasingly cannot. ooAnd should not. These policies are
based on priorities that are neither sound nor sincere. For
example, the apparent eagerness of the federal government to
see someone as internationally successful as Conrad Black
leave the country is not due to some great Liberal class-
warfare victory on behalf of ordinary Canadians. It is rather
because Mr. Black does not generally play their game and,
more disturbingly, because of his newspaper's determined
expose of the Prime Minister's mixture of personal business
and public policy in his hometown of Shawinigan. OOSuch
unsavoury mixtures are not particular flaws of Jean Chretien
and the Liberal party, but an inevitable consequence of the
kinds of industrial policies the federal government pursues. If
the opposition parties really want Shawinigate to have any real
impact on Canadians' voting intentions, they will do more than
challenge the ethics of the Prime Minister. They must
challenge the policies that lead to this behaviour. After all,
most Canadians do rernember that these things were not
particularly different when Mr. Clark's party was in power. 00

Harper
Key Issue II nfrastructure
Date 20101/19941
Quote I do not want to quarrel with infrastructure as a priority or even

a higher priority than it has been in the past. I suggest that
until the govemment has contemplated a way to credibly
finance these things and to fit these within the $153 billion
spending cap that we suggest it should re-examine these
priorities.
Context IResponse to the Speech from the Throne
Source IHansard
Apri116, 2003 Page 169 of 359

Key Issue !Interest Groups
Date 16/11/1987 1
Quote "Even the most desirable aspects of the Welfare State will not
be sustained if average middle-class Canadians continue to
feel their political say is being ignored in favour of special
interests. We must develop ways of gathering taxpayer input
on government expenditures to offset the spending demands
of pressure groups with their insider connections. As a start, '( 1
the subsidization of lobbying and other political activities with .3~ \\ 0 d l c'{ .
public funds should be stopped." \"
Context The Leader discusses needed changes to the welfare state if

Canada is to prosper.
Key Issue Iinterest Groups
Date 16/02/1998 1
Quote "To put it bluntly, speciajinterest groups are not entitled to the
'fiscal dividend.' They opposed balancing the budget at every
turn and have had almost nothing to do with the elimination of
the deficit."
Context This quotation stems from a piece in which the Leader argues
the budget surplus should not be spent on government
programs.
Source ILondon Free Press -- "Should the federal budget surplus be sp I
April 16, 2003 Page 170 of 359

Key Issue Iinternal Trade
Date 19/02/2002 1
Quote "A second area where the federal government ought to take its
responsibilities more seriously is Canada's internal trade.
Canada and the provinces signed a little known Agreement on
Internal Trade in 1994, in which the provinces made some
tentative commitments to opening up internal markets. Since
coming to force in July, 1995, key provisions of the agreement
have yet to come into force, and many of the reports required
by the agreement have not been produced. This is
unacceptable. Trade in many cases is freer across
international boundaries than it is across provincial
boundaries. At a minimum, therefore, the federal government
should immediately insist that all outstanding work under the
agreement be completed. If the provinces balk, Ottawa should
use its constitutional trade and commerce power (s. 91 (2)), as
well as its power under section 121 of the Constitution Act,
1867, to promote the movement of goods across provincial
lines, to ensure that this gets done. At the very least, that
would force into the open many harmful and discriminatory
practices of both the federal and provincial governments. The
federal government should also state that it will sponsor any
private company or individual that wants to bring a complaint
under the agreement. The current rules require that private
complaints require a government sponsor, or must follow a
complicated procedure that, in effect, guarantees that only
firms or individuals with politically supported goals get heard
under the agreement's dispute-resolution mechanism. In
short, Ottawa needs to take its constitutional responsibilities
for trade and commerce seriously c· and that means pushing
for free trade internally as aggressively as it has pursued free
trade internationally. Canadians are the losers when provincial
governments follow discriminatory trade practices, and only
the federal government has the power to do much about it."
April 16, 2003 Page 171 of359

Key Issue
Date 30101/20031
Quote "We happen to think that security council members who are
wavering on whether there's sufficient authority to use force
are just completely wrong. Frankly, [they] ensure the failure of
our attempts to get Saddam Hussein to comply."
Context The Leader argues that the UN is not working effectively

towards the goal of disarming Hussein.
Source !CPAC -- Primetime Politics
Key Issue
Date 07/03/20021
Quote The Leader was questioned as to whether he would support

an expanded war against Iraq. After a moment of hesitation,
he answered that he was not in possession of the detailed
briefings that would allow an informed decision. However, he
stated: "If I had reservations, I would take care to
communicate them privately to the U.S., not publicly as the
Primer Minister has done."
Context
Source !The Globe & Mail -- "The cult of policy"
April 16, 2003 Page 172 of359

Key Issue Ilraq
Date 14/02/2003 1
Quote Mr. Stephen Harper (Leader of the Opposition, Canadian

Alliance): Mr. Speaker, every other member of the United
Nations in the past few months has been able to tell its
population where it stands on some of these issues. We are a
sovereign country. Canadians have as much right to expect
that from their government as any other nation in the world.
I know the real problem is that the Prime Minister faces a

clash of civilizations within his own caucus. I will say to the
Deputy Prime Minister, the government has been hearing, as
have the rest of us, what Hans Blix has been saying today.
Does it have any reaction at all to what Dr. Blix is saying on
Iraq's--
The Deputy Speaker: Order. The hon. Deputy Prime Minister.
Hon. John Manley (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Finance, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I am not quite sure what
aspersions the Leader of the Opposition was casting in his
reference to clashes of civilizations. Perhaps he might learn a
little about civilization before he poses his next question.
In any event, I think it is appropriate we take--
Some hon. members: Oh, oh.

The Deputy Speaker: Order. We will hear the questions and
we will hear the answers.
Hon. John Manley: Mr. Speaker, there is not a clash of
civilizations; there is a clash of views.
On that side, the Canadian Alliance is prepared to salute to

the United States no matter what it thinks. There has been no
time to consider the report and no time to let the world
community respond to it.
We believe that the onus in this case lies with the United
Nations. The Security Council must consider the information
that is being presented to it.
Context The reason for the inclusion of this exchange is the Leader's
use of the term "clash of civilizations." It is possible that the
Liberals could twist this remark to mean any number things.
April 17, 2003 Page 173 of359

Source IHansard -- Question Period
Key Issue Ilraq
Date
Quote "What position should Canada take under such
circumstances? More important, how should it decide its
position? The answer: It should be clear and it should
demonstrate leadership. This party will not take its position
based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based
on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in
shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of public
opinion."
Context This statement caused some members to rise and argue that
the Leader was proposing that the govemment disregard the
opinions of Canadians. The Leader answered their charges
thusly: "Mr. Chairman, first I did not say that we ignore the
voices of Canadians any more than we ignore the voices of
other nations around the world, but in the end we take this
information and we do what believe is in the best interests of
the country and the world in the long term when it comes to
these kinds of matters."
Source IHansard -- Routine Proceedings
Key Issue IJane Stewart
Date 01/06/2000 1
Quote "Custodian of this master file was none other than the General
Secretary of Porkbarreling and Slush Funds, HRDC Minister
Jane Stewart. Stewart assured us everything was safe with
her - as if anything is actually safe with her!"
Context IThe piece deals with the HRDC scandal.
Source The Bulldog -- "Big Sister is Watching"
April 16, 2003 Page 174 of359

Date 21/06/ 1995 1
Quote "It's absolutely irresponsible," said Reform's deputy whip

Stephen Harper. "I don't know how he justifies collecting his
pay..... One of Jean Charest's strategies is to say absolutely
nothing on everything so he keeps all his options open for the
next election," Harper said. "But it's gotten to the point of
ridiculous."
Context Conspicuous by his absence, Conservative Leader Jean

Charest doesn't deserve to be paid after skipping several key
debates and votes this month, senior Reformer MPs said
Tuesday.
Date 15/11/1995 1
Quote "If he has concrete proposals on unity and on federalism, he

should have been honest and presented those during the
referendum campaign to Quebecers," said Reform unity critic
Stephen Harper. Charest has talked about the need for
change in Canada, but has offered little substance to back up
his words, said Harper. "He's part of the whole Trudeau-
Mulroney-Chretien vision and, of course, he's supported
Meech Lake and Charlottetown, so I expect we'll get reheated
versions of the same thing."
Context Reform Party leader Preston Manning and Progressive

Conservative boss Jean Charest hit the rubber chicken circuit
tonight in Calgary -- pitching separate recipes for Canadian
unity.
April 16, 2003 Page 175 of359

Key Issue IJean-Pierre Kingsley
Date 01/01/20011
Quote "Someone once defined politics as the art of looking for

trouble, finding some where it doesn't exist, diagnosing it
incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. If that's true then
the perfect politician is Canada's Chief Electoral Officer, Jean-
Pierre Kingsley - a man who keeps coming up with the wrong
answers to questions nobody asked. A case in point was his
recent suggestion that Parliament might have to pass a law
compelling citizens to vote if turnout falls any lower than in the
recent federal election ... never mind that, as an unelected
bureaucrat, Kingsley has no business setting a public policy
agenda in the first place ... If a person doesn't want to vote,
for whatever reason, that's their decision. It's not the business
of the government."
Context
Source IFreedom Watch -- "Democracy According to Canada's Chief Ell
Date 25/01/19921
Quote Stephen Harper warned Clark he could expect a fight over the
Triple E. "He can walk away from what is a hand-picked
conference ... but political opponents like ourselves are going
to take the Triple E cause to the people. n He also said he
resents suggestions that Triple E backers are trying to divide
the country. "It is not Alberta and not Senate reformers that
are talking about a sovereignty referendum or boycotting
constitutional talks. That is being done by the government of
Quebec. The federal government should stand up to that
instead of blaming the rest of the country."
Context Triple E senate has about as much chance in Canada as

another virgin birth
Source \Calgary Herald
April 16, 2003 Page 176 of359

Key Issue IJoe Clark / DRC
Date 21/08/2001 1
Quote HEADLINE: Clark's the winner in skins game: At Mont-

Tremblant, keeping score was easy -- and meaningless
DO
Some members of the Progressive Conservatives and
Democratic Representative Caucus rolled up their sleeves this
weekend and got down to the tough work our Parliament so
desperately needs -- a game of golf. OOGolf is a game I play
as badly as I do all other sports. Nor do I confess to really
know much about it. But, since it was obvious that no one was
keeping score, I've concluded this political crowd must have
been playing a skins game. 0 oA skins game, as I understand
it, is when golfers play not for total score but on a hole-by-hole
basis. Each hole is a "skin," and the most skins wins. In recent
years the professional tour has assembled some high-ranking
players to have what the TV networks advertise as "the Skins
Game -- golf the way it was meant to be played." OOAnd this
year's winner of the skins game is Joe Clark. DO Here are of
the holes that went to Clark: DDHOLE 1 -- Clark becomes a
"uniter" of political foes. Having spent a lifetime refusing "unite
the right" co-operation with anyone, a bunch of former Alliance
people instead come to him. Without a clear vehicle of their
own, they essentially offer Clark whatever assistance they can
in bolstering his image. Chuck Strahl proclaims Clark nothing
less than the kingpin of the whole exercise. DDHOLE 2--
Clark emerges as de facto leader of the "historic coalition" of
the PCs and DRC. We're not quite sure how, though it's
probably because he's the only one there actually leading a
real political party. To achieve this role, Clark must endure
none of the leadership reviews or leadership races the DRC
demanded Stockwell Day face within the Canadian Alliance.
Clark has no time for that, so DRC chairman Cliff Fryers tells
the media that Clark can just be the leader. DDHOLE 3--
Clark discovers that, as leader, he need not actually lead
anyone. There are no clear rules giving DRC people a vote, a
say or a role in how Clark leads the coalition. Something will
be worked out later, once the DRC learns from the Speaker
whether it has any party status or resources. DDHOLE 4--
Clark affirms that he need not have any policy positions to
keep his new coalition together. They appoint some
committees on a couple of topics and all that tough stuff is out
of the way. ODHOLE 5 -- With the DRC playing with the rakes
in the sandtraps, Clark heads to the clubhouse to relax. There
April 16, 2003 Page 177 of359

is no need to finish the course. 0 DAs Joe Clark relishes his
newfound success, his supporters can only hope he asks
himself one serious question: "Am I really that good, or ... ?"
Context Article Entitled: Clark's the winner in the skins game: At Mont-
Tremblant, keeping score was easy--and meaningless
Source INatonal Post
Key Issue IJohn Ralston Saul
Date 24/04/2000 1
Quote I'tieis a friend of the government's philosophy of the country,

a binational, multi-ethic welfare state ... [he is) not a serious
scholar .(Saul is such an intellectual lightweight that a 10-
kilowmetre wind would blow him right off the ground.")
Context The Leader offers his opinion of Saul in an article that

examines Saul's influence over the Office of the Governor
General.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "Our man in Nirvana"
Key Issue !JUnkets
Date 10/01/1995 1
Quote One of the things that always raisesaftagis if it's a vacation ' - (\IJ~{~~
spot in January," Reform MP Stephen Harper said Monday. / \J[.J ~
Context A trip by five MPs and senators to Mexico at taxpayer expense

this week is nothing more than a junket, members of the
Reform party say.The MPs and senators, who head Thursday
to Mexico for three days, will be attending a meeting of the
Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum.
Apri116, 2003 Page 178 of359

Key Issue IKyoto Accord
Date 29/10/20021
Quote "Mr. Speaker, this party says we do not have to accept the
Kyoto accord; we will do the made in Canada plan here. We
will not accept this international obligation."
Context The Leader speaks on Kyoto and says if CA were

government, it would renege on this international agreement.
Source IHansard -- Oral Question Period
Date 03/02/20021
Quote "As long as I'm leader of this party, we will never tolerate
another National Energy Program," Harper said, referring to
the accord.
Context On nearly every question about policy, the candidates

expressed similar positions. They opposed the Kyoto accord
on pollution control saying it would target Alberta's oil and gas
sector specifically.
April 16, 2003 Page 179 of359

Date 05/09/20021
Quote FINLAY: And you still have this issue that most people think
it... it's a green policy, it's good for the planet, we ought to
back it.
HARPER: Yeah, well, we... and we have to make that

argument. We know from polls, from what polling data's out
toere, that to the extent people support it even for that reason,
their support is very soft and... and very easily changed when
they find out the facts. I mean, I think... look, as a party, we
have to be clear that we're concerned about the environment. I
think we have to... we have to be honest about where we put
the... you know, that perspective. I frankly think pollution and
dealing with air pollution, for example, is far more important
than what Kyoto actually deals with, which is the theory of
greenhouse gas. Yes, we probably need some measure to
deal with that, but that's... but not the measures contained in
the Kyoto treaty, and certainly not ones where Canada
becomes virtually the only country in the world required to
reduce its greenhouse gases.
Context The Leader explains that the positive environmental effects of

Kyoto will be negligible.
Source IcsC Radio News -- "Interview with Stephen Harper"
April 16, 2003 Page 180 of359

Date 05/09/20021
Quote FINLAY: I wonder, though, if you think that this ... this issue
has pitfalls for you and your party. Because if it's the kind of
issue where Alberta in particular finds itself against most of
the other provinces, and Albertans against most other
Canadians who say that they're in favour of ratifying Kyoto,
and you say... and you have to stick with ... with the view that
it's bad, do you sort of underline the idea that this is just an
Alberta party?
HARPER: Well, there... these are risks. And I was saying to

our communications people days before the government
announced the treaty... I said watch the spin the Liberals'li put
on this. This'll be the country versus Alberta.
FINLAY: Sure.
HARPER: This is putting Alberta and the west in its place. And
maybe there's a market for that. I think the difficulty, Mary Lou,
with that approach is it's not actually true. If you actually follow
the implications of Kyoto through and implement them, 80
percent of the effects are on Canadian consumers from coast
to coast. Already today, or yesterday, we see the Government
of Ontario is backing away from this agreement, is moving
towards Alberta's position. I understand Newfoundland may be
as well. I actually think that... and the Liberals want to sell it as
western-bashing, but I think in effect it has detrimental effects
on the entire economy and on ordinary Canadians from coast
to coast. And I think this is one of the ways that the Liberals
are actually misjudging... misjudging this as a political issue.
Context The Leader responds to the question as to whether opposing

Kyoto make the Alliance appear to be a strictly Alberta-based
party.
Source CBC Radio News -- "Interview with Stephen Harper"
Apri116, 2003 Page 181 01359

Date 06/09/20021
Quote laFLAMME: I want to talk about keeping our options open and
the Kyoto protocol. You have referred to the benefits as
"negligible", if I can quote you. And I'm just wondering, are you
dismissing the reality of climate change?
HARPER: Well, not completely. There is a scientific

hypothesis about climate change and there is some
preliminary evidence --
laFlAMME: So you are not convinced that global warming is

a reality, a fact?
HARPER: Well, that's not quite how I would put it. I would say
there is some preliminary evidence. I guess we have no idea
at the moment how controlling particular emissions is going to
affect the temperature in the future. I mean, if we implement
Kyoto what will the temperature be next year as opposed to
this year? We just have really no idea.G[h.escience on this is
very fuzzy.
My concern is that even if you are concerned about that, even

if we accept this as a central problem, the Kyoto protocol
makes very little demands on most countries. Canada is one
of the few countries that by implementing this would actually
have to make a substantial reduction in its greenhouse-gas
emissions. In fact, we would have to subsidize the greenhouse-
gas emissions of countries with far worse environmental
records. So I don't understand why we would penalize the
Canadian economy when the rest of the world simply isn't
going to tackle the issue anyway.
Context IThe leader explain the party's position in Kyoto.
Source ICTVNews
April 16, 2003 Page 182 of359

Date 21/09/2002 1
Quote "Nobody's going to make an investment, not just in the oil

patch but in a wider range of industries, if they think we are
going to be at this kind of competitive disadvantage to the
United States."
Context The Leader speculates on the investment chill that could

ensue if Kyoto were to be adopted.
Source The Globe & Mail -- "Harper blames Kyoto for 'investment chill'"
Key Issue !Kyoto Accord
Date 22/11/2002 1
Quote "It's lime to tell the truth about the Kyoto Protocol. Many who
should have known better have been all too quiet for too long
as fearmongering, myth-making and legacy-building have
seen Canada stumble blindly toward perhaps the worst
international agreement this country has ever signed. 'As
economic policy, the Kyoto Protocol is a disaster. As
environmental policy, it is a fraud."
Context IThe Leader explain the party's objections to Kyoto.
Source lottawa Citizen -- "A recipe for disaster ... "
April 16, 2003 Page 183 of359

Key Issue ILabour
Date 23/04/19971
Quote "", Bill C-66 would effectively end the freedom of employees
to work during a labour dispute. The legislation provides that
an employer may not use replacement workers 'for purposes
of undermining a trade union's representative capacity.'
According to labour groups, and as indicated by the labour
board (that will interpret this provision), this means that
replacement workers would be unlawful under virtually any
circumstances. This kind of state intervention in the collective
bargaining process is out of the mainstream of labour relations
almost everywhere except Quebec. Even the social
democratic government of Saskatchewan in 1993 rejected the
concept of a replacement worker prohibition. Some provisions
of Bill C-66 have been opposed by business organizations
across the country. The legislation's one-sided appeal would
destroy any balance in union relations with both management
and workers at the federal level."
Context The Leader outlines his concerns about Bill C-66, which
amended the Canada Labour Code in areas of federal
·urisdiction.
Source IOttawa Citizen -- "Labour bill a test for Tory Senators"
Key Issue ILeadership Style
Date 23/03/2002 1
Quote "And 1... you know, that.. .that may not be our choice anyway.
So you know, we'll just cross these bridges, but I certainly
don't intend to ...to start using that kind of power which, you
know, I think our party, frankly, doesn't even think should be in
the Canada Election Act anyway."
Context The Leader responds to the question as to whether or not he

would consider refusing to sign Levant's nomination papers.
Source CBC Radio News -- "Interview with the New Alliance Leader St
April 16, 2003 Page 184 01359

Key Issue ILeadership Style
Date 07/01/2002 1
Quote Question: I [Kevin Michael Grace] spoke tOrMonte Solberg

recently. I asked him about your position on merger with the
Joe Clark Tories. And he made it clear he would continue to
press for this merger,even if you became leader. I'm
wondering how you would deal with this element if you
became leader? Harper: If I get a mandate, I'll use the full
authority of the office to ensure things go the way I intend
them to go.
Context
Key Issue ILiberals
Date 01/01/ 1998 1
Quote "... [the Liberals] is a true centre party, comparable with the
Christian Democrats in Italy, the Liberal Democrats in Japan,
and Congress in India, standing for nothing very definite, but
prevailing against a splintered opposition. It avoids definite
ideological commitments and brings together people mainly
interested in exercising power and dispensing patronage."
Context Explaining how the Liberals have managed to dominate

Canadian federal politics.
Apri116, 2003 Page 185 of 359

Key Issue [liberalS
Date 22/05/2002 [
Quote "The issue at this point is not corruption. The issues at this
point is incompetence ... so I'm not just going to throw that
term around unless it's appropriate."
Context The Leader comments on how he intends to address Liberals

disregard for the principles of upright governance.
Source [The Globe & Mail -- "Harper opts to play it safe in the first day
Key Issue ILiberals
Date 24/04/2000 1
Quote The Leader describes the government's philosophy of the

country as "a binational, multi-ethnic welfare state."
Context This quotation stems from a discussion of the politics of John

Ralston Saul.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "Our man in Nirvana"
Key Issue ILiberals
Date 04/02/ 1995 1
Quote "I think this is going to be a fun year to be in opposition," says

Reform MP Stephen Harper, gleefully predicting that
Chretien's popularity bubble will finally burst.
Context Parliament resumes business Monday after a seven-week

Christmas break, with MPs from all parties predicting the next
six months will be the most challenging and potentially
explosive sitting that Chretien's 15-month-old government has
faced.
April 16, 2003 Page 186 of359

Key Issue ILiberals
Date 21/09/1995 1
Quote "In the Liberal party they're like a bully. Everyday they kick
you in the groin and then the first time you take a poke at
them they start bawling their eyes out like little children."
Context The Leader responds to the Liberal uproar over a comment

made by Grant Hill. Mr. Hill, speaking on health care, said
talking to Liberals on the subject sometimes in like talking to a
2*4. He then went on to imitate then Health Minister Diane
Marleau's high-pitched voice.
Source CTV News -- "The House of Commons was in an uproar today
Key Issue [Liberals
Date 18/01/19971
Quote Although we like to think of ourselves as living in a mature

democracy, we live, instead, in something little better than a
benign dictatorship, not under a strict on-party rule, but under
a one-party plus system beset by the factionalism, regionalism
and cronyism that accompany such a system.
Context IEditorial.
Key Issue ILiberals
Date 07/02120021
Quote "The Liberals are so infected by the disease of moral

equivalence that they never miss an opportunity to carp and
cavil at the United States."
Context The Leader explains the problem of anti-Americanism in the

Liberal's ranks and how it has a detrimental effect of Canadian-
US relations.
Source IThe Globe & Main --"The Cult of policy"
April 16, 2003 Page 187 of359

Key Issue !Liberals
Date 04/0212001\
Quote "It's time we stood up to the separatists who threaten out

country. No, I'm not talking about the fledgling Alberta
separatist movement. And I don't mean the full-blown version
in Quebec. I'm referring to much more dangerous and
effective separatists. These separatists are in power in
Ottawa. For at least two generations the Liberals have been
systematically separating Canadians from the values and
institutions on which the country was built. They have
separated us from fundamental principals like individual
freedom and private property. They have separated us from
ethics and moral responsibility. They have separated us from
democratic and accountable practices of govemment. And
they have separated us from the traditions and history of our
country. Under (mainly) Liberal governments, Canada has
largely lost its national defense, its national culture and its
national economy. All that remains of the 'nation' is a vast
federal bureaucracy spending billions of dollars in regional
handouts, porkbarrel programs and interest payments on
massive debt."
Context This opinion piece discusses how Westerners, particularly

Albertans, have long resisted this Liberal-style separatism. It
then explains the "Alberta Agenda."
Source IThe Calgary Sun n "Wake Up to Real Sepatatists: Group of AI I
April 16, 2003 Page 188 of 359

Key Issue !Liberals
Date 30104/20011
Quote "The Liberal idea of this nation is a welfare state. They strive
to hand out as many government cheques as possible,
counting on their dependents to vote for the hand that feeds
them. Bring more money into the country and Chretien will
find ways to take it from those he doesn't favour and give it to
his allies."
Context The Leader responds to the PM's plan to energize the

Canadian economy by focusing on exporting more raw
resources to the United States.
Source IReport Newsmagazine -- "Raw Wealth"
Key Issue Liberals

1
Date 10/11/2000 1
Quote "I think Jean Chretien fared a lot worse under a four-pronged
attack [during a recent debate] than under the one- or two-
pronged attach he faced the night before.. 1thought there were
many times the Liberal record could have been defended
better than he defended it."
Context The Leader offered this commentary after one of the debate
during the 2000 campaign. lfsortof sounds like faint words of
praise for the Liberals.
Source !The Globe & Mail -- "Colour Commentary (for 2000 federal elec I
Apri116, 2003 Page 189 of359

Key Issue 1 Liberals
Date 21/03/ 1995 1
Quote The Liberal Party is at heart a cynical centrist machine. Its real
interests will never allow it to move it far enough to capture the.
core constituencies of the Reform Party, and superficial
attempts to do so will only deepen the distrust with which
those constituencies view the Liberals.
Context IHarper editorial.
Key Issue ILiberals
Date 21/03/ 1995 1
Quote The Liberal theft of Reform's agenda poses no real problem

for the party's survival, though it does pose a serious problem
for its growth. The source of this problem is neither Reform
incompetence nor Liberal genius, but the temporary collapse
of the political left in much of the country. The anaemic state
of the New Democratic Party allows the Liberal Party to betray
a large section of its own supporters, even of its own caucus
and cabinet, with virtual impunity. And to have that agenda
defended in Parliament by the separatist Bloc Quebecois
probably does more to discredit it than to enhance it outside
Quebec.
April 16, 2003 Page 190 oj359

Key Issue ILiberals
Date 01 /04/200 11
Quote "... they [the Liberals] view the West, especially the areas
beyond its urban centres, as a scary, strange land populated
with cross-burning, gun-wielding, facist, fanatic Christian
rednecks."
Context In this opinion piece, the Leader highlights how the Hedy Fry
incident is indicative of the detrimental effect extreme political
correctness is having on politics.
Source IThe Calgary Sun -- "Liberal Values Vex the West: Minister's R I
Key Issue ILOUiS Riel
Date 23/12/ 1997 1
Quote "There is no legal defence for taking up arms against a

sovereign."
Context The Leader disagrees with Reform's inclusion of Riel into its
pantheon of Canadian "bridge builders." He argued Riel
fomented the rebellions for personal financial gains.
Source Ottawa Citizen -- "Reform proclaims Riel a hero"
Date
Quote
28/10/2002 1
"Our party, the Canadian Alliance, must tell the truth to

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Context The Leader speaks of the need to engage in a meaningful
debate about health care reform. Note the reference to both
"Canadians" and "Quebeckers."
Source IHansard -- Government Orders (Canadian Health Care System I
April 16, 2003 Page 191 of359

Date 24/01/20001
Quote According to the Leader, if enough people ignore the law, it ")
L"w_iL.IILs_im--'PLly'----br_eLa_kLdLow_n,'---aLn-'dLi~t
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Context The Leader offers his opinion as to what he thinks of B.C:s

stringent new anti-smoking law. He expresses his displeasure
with the way in which the law was enacted. The law was
instituted by the WCB, and therefore, it was imposed with no
recourse for democratic accountability. Further, the law
trampled of the rights of businesses and individuals to act
according to their own desires.
Source
Key Issue Miscellaneous Gaffes
Date 14/08/20021
Quote "Mr. Martin now claims t ort free votes, yet he and the
cabinet stood behind the whipped votes that are symbolic of
this government -- including a particularly sad evening when
some of the Liberal caucus were literally in tears as they voted
>
as they were told, against compensation for Hepatitis C
victims."
Context The reason for the inclusion of this quotation is that it has the
P9tential to highlight an inconsistency in the Leader's stance
on the Hep C compensation controversy. In this quotation he
appears sympathetic to compensation. However, in a piece
written four years earlier, the Leader is seemingly critical of .
Reform's pro-compensation stance ,,- "Finally, on a range of
formerly critical policy issues -- government spending
(hepatitis-C payouts), political reform (MP compensation),
national unity (special recognition for Quebec) -- Manning has
sent unmistakable signals that the entire Reform agenda is up
for grabs." (The National Post -- "United Alternative: An Offer
Joe Clark Can't Refuse ... , October 28, 1998.
Source IThe Globe & Mail - "Unleash our political process!"
April 16, 2003 Page 192 of359

Date 23/02/20021
Quote "I would just say to whoever wrote that question there are
actually fairly effective ways now of investing far more than the
allowable limit, the 30%, outside of the country. And whoever
asked that question I could direct you on ways to that."
Context The Leader answers an audience member's question as to his

thoughts on increasing the foreign content room for RRSP
contributions. This part of his response, although a joke,
could be misconstrued to be seen as advocating disregard for
Canada's law concerning RRSP investments.
Source ICPAC -- The Public Record (Vancouver Leadership Debate)
Date 04/12/20011
Quote o
SORENSEN: Under the old leadership, says Harper, the
Alliance has become ineffective. He made his point by joking
about Stockwell Day's recent video recapping his visit to New
York City. oSTOCKWELL DAY (Canadian Alliance Leader):
To see devastated and contorted and twisted rubble.
o
HARPER: He was talking about walking amid the destruction
and the devastation and the wreckage. Then I realized, well,
that was actually the World Trade Center.
Context ISome thought this joke was in poor taste.
Source IThe National - CSC-TV
Page 193 of359

Date 21/09/20021
Quote According to an article in The Globe & Mail, the Leader, at a

staff-appreciation night at Stornoway, joked that his office
once seemed to be dotted with traitors and castoffs from other
parties.
Context
Date 05/06/20021
Quote "I am certainly aware of her long contributions to public life,

both just here in the House of Commons but also in the
legislature of Nova Scotia. 1am aware of this, of course, as a
reader of Hansards both federally and provincial for over 40
years."
Context Reading Hansard "for over 40 years" may be seen as bit of an '; ~~ •
exaggeration, as the Leader was born in 1959.
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April 16, 2003 Page 194 of359

Date 01/08/ 1998 1
Quote "Just in case you thought the cost of government in Canada

has been run up only be specialioterestsandwelfare bums,
the Canadian Taxpayers Federation has published a landmark
study of 16 years of industry Canada grants, loans and
contributions to business. It documents billions of dollars of
funding to some of the country's largest corporations, much of
which will apparently never be repaid."
Context The reason for the inclusion of this quotation is the use of the
term':welfare·bums."
Source IThe Bulldog -- "Bread & Circuses"
Key Issue IMP Pay
Date 22/03/2000 1
Quote "he [the PM] doesn't see taxes chewing away at his income.
You see, the Prime Minister, like all Members of Parliament,
doesn't pay any taxes of a huge chuck of his income. How
can this be? Simple. In addition to their base salary of
$68,2000, MPs also enjoy a tax free allowance of at least
$22,5000. It's called an expense allowance, but it really
means that 25 per cent of their income is tax free! That's
because MPs have an additional $12,000 personal housing
allowance as well as free travel privileges across Canada to
cover their actual expense."
Context The Leader expresses his displeasure with MP salaries and

allowances.
Source IThe Canora Courier -- "Why PM has little sympathy for hard-hit I
April 16, 2003 Page 195 of359

Key Issue IMP Pay
Date
Quote
29/10/ 1998 1
"We [the NCG] were critical of the pay boost, arguing that MPs f
S~hO_u- -,ld_no-,-t- -,s-,-et- -,t- -,h_ei_r
L _ow_n_pa_y_"_o_u_r_s_o_lu_tio_n_?_'
be allowed to raise the
but not their own."
salaries for MPs in the _M_P_S_S_h_OU_ld_.
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Context The Leader discusses the results of a poll, which was

commissioned by the NCC, to gauge the opinion of Canadians
on the recent MP pay hike. The poll found that the vast
majority of Canadians thought it was wrong of the MPs to hike
their pay.
Source ILetter to the Daily Gleaner (Fredericton)
Key Issue IMP Pay
Date 31/07/1995 1
Quote "I don't think it's realistic to ask them to entirely fund their
own retirement and then also take a pay cut at the same
time," says Stephen Harper, the party finance critic. "We've
made an issue of the pension and I think that's where the
battle line is."
Context Reform MPs, who voted overwhelmingly two years ago to take
voluntary cuts in pay and perks, have quietly dropped their
policy of self-imposed fiscal restraint.
Apri116, 2003 Page 196 of359

Key Issue IMP Pay
Date 12/06/1998 1
Quote "Obviously when it comes to their pay and benefits, MPs are in
a conflict-of-interest situation. That's why MPs should not
collect any raise in payor benefits during the life of this
Parliament. Any increase in compensation should not be
implemented until the next Parliament, after MPs have sought
re-election on the new rules. We taxpayers can't give
ourselves a raise, and neither should MPs."
Context Leader's reaction to recent MP action to increase their pay.
Source ILetter to the Financial Post
Key Issue IMP Pay
Date 06/05/1998 1
Quote "There is no demonstrated relationship between what we pay

politicians and the results we get. We haven't got any value
from the gradual rise in remuneration. I don't see any
evidence that we have better government out of that."
Context The Leader argues the House has ceased to be an effective

legislative body, and therefore, its legislators don't deserve a
Ptiyraise.
Source Ottawa Citizen --"Legislative role shrinking: ex-MP"
Apri/16, 2003 Page 197 of359

Key Issue IMP Pay
Date 12/06/1998 1
Quote "Isn't it time taxpayers had a say in MPs' pay? Right now MPs
are ramming a report through the House of Commons that
would boost their pay, double their expense allowance and
sweeten their severance package and pension options. MPs
say they need the money, but shouldn't Canadian taxpayers
have the final word on this matter? After all, MPs are
supposed to work for us. Isn't it the taxpayers who pay them?
... We taxpayers can't give ourselves a raise, and neither
should MPs"
Context The Leader argues that with $106,000 in salary and

allowances, not to mention a generous pension plan, MPs are
doing quite well for themselves already.
Source Letter to The National Post (this letter appeared in several pap
Key Issue IMP Pay
Date 08/01/1997 1
Quote "If Parliament wants the public to take MPs (and their salaries)
much more seriously, then Members have to reform the
institution they work in, whether their leaders want them to or
not. They have to give themselves a role deserving of a
bigger salary. For what we're getting now, Parliament already
spends too much of other people's money."
Context
April 16, 2003 Page 198 of359

Key Issue IMP Pay
Date 07/02/ 1998 1
Quote "That's why all this recent moaning from some MPs on how
underpaid they are is hard to stomach. Let's face it, the
average backbench MP is little more than a benchwarmer for
his/her political party. On important legislative matters, MPs
act as sales reps for their political party, as well as being local
ombudsmen on less contentious issues."
Context Using a hockey analogy, which was prompted by the PM's

whining about how he makes less than the worst paid player in
the NHL, the Leader argues that MPs are paid enough, and
their pension is like the Stanley Cup compared to the pee-wee
variety available to average Canadians.
Source ILetter to The National Post
Key Issue IMP Pay
Date 09/09/1995 1
Quote "We are public figures. There's absolutely no reason the

compensation of politicians as public figures should be kept
private," Harper said.
Context Privacy laws will bar Canadians from finding out if their MPs
are cashing into the generous parliamentary pension plan or
taking a stand on principle and opting out.
April 16, 2003 Page 199 of359

Key Issue IMP Pay
Date 19/01/1995 1
Quote Each member of Parliament continues to receive a tax-free,

non-receiptable expense allowance starting at $21,300 a year.
This must be reformed. Also taxpayers are insisting on real,
comprehensive reform to MPs' and senators' pensions, not
tinkering.
Context ISO 31
Source IHansard
Key Issue IMP Pensions
Date 20/05/ 1995 1
Quote "What business does this government and this minister think
they have commenting on the issue of private compensation
when yesterday this government, in alliance with the
separatists, decided that it would refuse to hear testimony
from private citizens, from private organizations and ordinary
taxpayers on the issue of MP pensions."
Context Manley took aim Thursday at the huge salaries and perks for
chief executive officers that now must be disclosed by public
companies.
April 16, 2003 Page 200 of 359
,
Date 25/10/ 1999 1
Quote
Context The Leader comments on the decision of Reform MPs to opt

into the pension plan.
Source IThe Globe & Mail -- "MPs join the ranks of those eligible for pe
Date 05/06/ 1995 1
Quote "She's [Deborah Grey] a scrapper," said Calgary West

Reform MP Stephen Harper, the party's pension critic. "I don't
know how you call someone like that an opportunist. It's the
craziest opportunity I've ever heard of. §he's done a principled
thing that's cost her a lot of money."
Context Grey sings the blues because she is out of pocket an

estimated $1.8 million for opting out of the pension plan.
April 17, 2003 Page 201 of359

Date 12/01/19971
Quote "Speaking of the gold-plated MP pension plan, MPs first

elected in 1997 have been required to join the scam, making
them eligible for benefits if they serve six years. A number of
Reform MPs (who claim to oppose the plan) huffed and puffed
and demanded an opt-out provision. In the last Parliament, 51
of 52 Reformers took the opt-out. The NCC publicly proposed
that these MPs emulate Liberal Ted McWhinney and set up a
trust fund to require that the pension money be used for
charitable purposes. The idea of a real opt-out has so far
been greeted by a curious silence."
Context
Source IThe Bulldog -- "Bread & Circuses."
Date 02/07/20001
Quote "The real 'moral issue' facing the Alliance is summed up in two
words: MP pensions ...;That one incident [Strahl colluding
with the Liberals to speedily enact the MP pension deal];imore
than any leadership voting glitches or any debate on religious
conservatism, threaten the CA's credibility, integrity and
morality ... Amazingly, it doesn't seem to matter one bit that
they were elected twice by promising to oppose the MP
pension. Indeed, on the campaign trail, they used their
decision to opt out as proof that they could be trusted to make
tough decisions regardless of the personal consequences. So
how can voters now believe Alliance MPs? By what evidence
are they to trust that the Alliance has a higher moral standard
than the Liberals when it comes to using public money?"
Context In this piece, the Leader argues that the Alliance's 180 degree
turnaround on pensions is potentially the most damaging issue
facing the party.
Source IThe Calgary Sun - "Pension Flap Dogs Alliance"
April 17, 2003 Page 202 of 359

Date 04/06/2000 1
Quote "Will the CA take the bait? I don't think so. I know from
experience that the wealth and security will be tempting. But
most of these people know they're not morally entitled to the
money. Besides, to opt into the pension -- after twice being
elected by promising not to -- would deal an enormous
credibility blow to the Alliance .. : in the next few weeks,
Alliance MPs may have to decide whether they are friends of
the taxpayers, or friends of the Liberals."
Context In this piece, the Leader predicts that CA MPs will resist the
temptation of opting into the new pension deal.
Source IThe Calgary Sun -- "Greedy Grits Bait Tricky Trap: Reformers
April 17, 2003 Page 203 of 359

Date 16/06/20001
Quote "Napoleon Bonaparte once declared that in politics stupidity is

not a handicap. Thatmust explain why the Canadian Alliance
decided to do something stupid like flip-flop on the MP
pension issue.
>+
After railing for years against those gold-plated MP pensions,
the CA leadership conspired with the government to make
sure a new pension-sweetening deal could be rushed through
the House at top speed. And now a group of Alliance MPs
(fortunately not all) is getting set to wallow in the trough.
So not only has the Alliance surrendered its principles and its
credibility, it also provided perfect cover for the Liberals to
increase their own remuneration at taxpayer expense.
You might say this was one of those rare occasions when the
stupid thing and the unprincipled thing came together in a
grand coalition.
That's not the kind of alliance Canadian taxpayers are looking ~

for." ~ \7
Context The Leader expresses his disappointment with the decision on

certain Alliance MPs to opt into the pension plan.
Source [Letter to The National Post
April 17, 2003 Page 204 of359

Date 01/08/ 1995 1
Quote JONES: The Reform Party has spent the past year-and-a-half
passing up parliamentary perks. Now members seem ready to
abandon their no-perks agenda after opting out of the
govemment pension plan in June. To tell us if that is really the
case and why, we're joined from Ottawa by Reform Finance
Critic Stephen Harper. Good morning, Mr. Harper. HARPER:
Good morning.
JONES: When Reform MPs arrived on Parliament Hill back in

1993, most elected to take a voluntary pay cut of ten percent, I
believe. But after the last year, there have been a lot of
complaints that it wasn't winning the Reform Party MPs any
public recognition. Is that why you've decided to drop the
voluntary cuts?
HARPER: No, the reason some have dropped the voluntary

cut at this point is that Reform MPs are going to -- I think all of
us are going to -- opt out of the pension plan by September.
This represents in effect an increase in our financial
commitment by about fourfold from what we were doing
before. It will save the government about 20,000 dollars per
MP in contributions. So, that's really the reason. For the past
two years, Reform MPs have taken voluntary pay cuts -- and
some may continue to do so -- but there's no expectation that
they would both opt out of the pension and take a pay cut at
the same time.
JONES: But in 1993 when you were campaigning against the

perks and privileges on Parliament Hill, you knew what the
pension plan was then -- you were against it -- and you knew
what an MP's salary was (64,000) and still you said it was too
generous. So, what's changed in the two years?
HARPER: Well, what's changed now is we've opted out of the

pension plan and we are now providing for our retirement. This
is an option we asked for and we got in the bill that was
recently presented. We'd prefer to have a reasonable pension
plan, but the choice was between opting out of it completely or
accepting the one the government offers which is four times
more generous than a normal pension. So, that was the
choice we took, and we'll continue to make some of the other
sacrifices on the perks. Most of those things have in fact, with
April 17, 2003 Page 205 of359

our pressure, either been eliminated or put on a commercial
basis.·So;aslsay, we'll continue to make our financial
sacrifice. What we want to do now in the next 60 days,
because we're in this opt-out period, is put pressure on MPs of
all parties to drop out of the pension plan.
Context The Leader explains the party's stance on MP pensions and

salary.
Source !CTV News n "Is the Reform Party Abandoning Their No-Perks
Date 06/05/1995 1
Quote "The fact is MPs know what they're paid and there are no
shortage of people applying for jobs of that salary."
Context Calgary West MP Stephen Harper, the party's pension critic,

said he advocates pension reform but doesn't see the need for
a raise.
Date 31/05/1995 1
Quote "We think we should be hearing from more witnesses," said

Calgary Reform MP Stephen Harper, a member of the
committee studying the bill. "The bottom-line is the
government doesn't want to hear from the critics. This is an
extremely embarrassing issue for government."
Context Refusal of a government committee to invite its loudest critics

to a public hearing on the MP pension-reform bill hasn't
silenced debate on the so-called gold-plated plan.
Aplil17, 2003 Page 206 of359

Date 01/06/ 1998 1
Quote "What have our federal politicians done? They have jumped
first in line to serve themselves a helping of the 'fiscal
dividend.' In doing so they have placed their personal faith in
big government, and told it to take of them 'from ballot to
burial' as its highest priority. They have taken the road so
often traveled and others will surely follow. Yes, some of
these politicians may still refuse demands for new government
spending and taxation, but from now on they will simply be
labeled hypocrites for denying to others the handouts they
have taken themselves."
Context The Leader discusses the decision of the five political parties
to pass an increase in compensation for MPs.
Source !The Bulldog n "A Fork in the Road"
Date 30/05/19951
Quote "I'd also point out - as we've said many times, and you know
this - that if you want to bring in a bill that reflects the general
rates of benefit in the private sector, we would be happy to opt
into that. I have said myself on many occasions that I think it's
perfectly reasonable that members of Parliament should get
reasonable pensions. If you bring that in, I'm sure you'll
cooperation from this side."
Context The Leader discusses potential amendments to C-85, An Act

to amend the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act,
and suggests that a reasonable pension plan could be
'palpable to Reform.
Source Hansard -- Standing Committee on Procedure and House Altai
April 17, 2003 Page 207 of359

Date 25/07/ 1995 1
Quote Reform is trumpeting the fact all 52 of its MPs are opting out.
"We're not pushing people, we're just reminding them of the
[mid-September] time limit," said finance critic Stephen Harper.
Context IWhO is pulling out of the pension plan?
Date 31/05/ 1995 1
Quote If you want to bring in an act that reflects the general rates of
benefit in the private sector, we would be happy to opt into that.
Context The Reform Party, however, says there is a huge gap between
politicians' idea of retirement income and that of ordinary
Canadians. Reform MP Stephen Harper told Mr. Eggleton that
his party cannot support a pension scheme so far out of line
with private-sector plans.
Key Issue IMP Perks
Date
Quote
29/06/1997 1
~With a mansion, servants and a chauffeur, it will be

interesting to see whether Reform can continue to be the fiscal
conscience of Parliament."
>
Context This quotation stems from a discussion about the need to
build a conservative coalition. It has been included for obvious
reasons.
Source Toronto Sun -- "Healing the divided right"
April 17, 2003 Page 208 of359

Key Issue IMP Perks
Date 26/11/1993 1
Quote "This is not a stunt. This is part of a bigger picture."
Context The Leader expresses frustration over what he sees as the

trivialization of the party's stance on perks and privileges by
the media.
Source Vancouver Sun -- "Reformers are trying to reach a consensus
Key Issue
Date 20/01/1997 1
Quote "Frankly, I don't think the environment, as it is now, will attract

high-calibre people regardless of the pay and I don't think
people go into politics for the pay ... Given what MPs do and
the role they play, I believe that MPs are more than
adequately compensated with the present salary. I've never
complained about the salary. I think if MPs want the salary
enhanced and you want to get higher calibre people, you're
going to have to change the nature of the job, and it's going to
have to be something more than being a regional sales rep for
your political party which it is now."
Context This article appeared shortly after the Leader decided not to
seek a second term. In it, he expresses his displeasure with
the ineffectiveness of the Canadian legislative process.
Source IThe Hill Times -- "When an MP Quits Politics"
April 17, 2003 Page 209 of 359

Key Issue
Date 16/04/2001 1
Quote "I have little time for MP tales of woe. Why are MPs so
supine? You might as well ask why cows are so passive.
They are bred that way."
Context There is little additional context for this quotation provided in

the article. The proceeding paragraph discussed how the
move to direct election of political party leaders has resulted in
MPs giving away control.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "The death of democracy"
Key Issue
Date 08/01/1997 1
Quote "Most MPs are bit players in a top-down parliamentary system

and role players on their own top-down partisan team."
Context The Leader argues the House of Commons is an ineffective

legislative body, in which MPs are able to contribute little, and
therefore, their calls for a pay raise, in his opinion, should fall
on deaf ears.
April 17, 2003 Page 210 of359

Key Issue !National Citizens Coalition
Date 01/01/ 1997 1
Quote "We do reflect our membership and obviously the membership

has an input into the affairs of the organization, but the NCC is
not a political party. We don't negotiate our agenda. The
NCC exists to promote political and economic freedom and
the people who join it share those values. We're not out there
trying to capture votes or gain public office or make
compromises. It is about pushing the public policy agenda of
this country in a very definite direction."
Context The above quotation is the Leader's response to Newman's

question of whether the Leader will be bound by the opinions
of the membership, or if he will be able to exercise some
independence.
Source Overview -- This is an excerpt of an interview with the Leader t
Key Issue !National Council
Date 06/04/2002 1
Quote "You have just elected a new national council whose members
restore democratic governance and bring fresh ideas from
across the country. These are dedicated people who have
taken up the challenge of rebuilding our party."
Context \line reason for the inclusion of this quotation

is because of the
recent changes to the council initiated by the Leader.
Source This quotation is from the Leader's keynote speech to the dele
April 17, 2003 Page 211 of 359

Key Issue INational Council
Date 01/08/20021
Quote "The second part of my promise was to rebuild our

organization. We've recently hired a new Executive Director
for the party in Terry Horkoff and he, along with our dynamic
new Council, is busy re-energizing our National Office."
Context The Leader on the national council before the recent brouhaha.
Source Leader's stump speech for summer tour 2002.
April 17, 2003 Page 212 of 359

Key Issue INational Policy
Date 16/11/1987 1
Quote "In historical terms, the principle economic factor in the bias
against the West has been the National Policy. The National
Policy, formally adopted in 1879, was only one part of a great
political vision of Canada's greatest political figure. Having
welded most of British North America into a unified political
entity, Sir John A. Macdonald began the process of building a
viable nation out of a fledgling association of colonies. The
goal was to create a strong economic core to resist natural
pulls to the more advanced and anti-British nation to the
south. Tariffs were the key instrument to be used in
developing an infant industrial structure. Transportation policy
would add a national trading network, ensuring a supply of
cheap resources and peripheral markets to the new economic
centre. In time, a highly concentrated and centralized financial
system supplemented the development strategy. The
economic benefits of this policy were in the creation of a
strong, centralized industrial base. The costs, however, were
paid by the peripheral regions and their widely dispersed
populations. Over one hundred years later, the National
Policy continues to function, federal government policies not
only continue to diversify and strengthen the central core of
the country at the expense of the periphery, but even actively
resist peripheral development. Despite its unprecedented
elements, the National Energy Program was in many ways
simply a direct descendent of the old National Policy. Today
central Canada remains a strong, diverse, and stable industrial
economy, which is highly protected. Western Canada-a
narrower, far more cyclical economy-survives on its
international competitiveness and pays protectionist bills."
Context In this speech, the Leader explains how the structure of the
federal government works against the interests of the West.
Apri/17, 2003 Page 213 oj359

Key Issue INational Security
Date 21/12/2001 1
Quote "The world is preoccupied with a terrorist threat, but the

Liberals respond, when they respond at all, with an implicit
apology for eviscerating the Canadian Forces, but direct only
one of every six new budget dollars to the military. Our
citizens are nervous about terrorists in our midst, but the
Liberals respond by restricting the rights of all citizens, while
admitting that as many as 27,000 deportees remain
unaccounted for."
Key Issue
Date 30/03/ 1997 1
Quote "What the N.D.P I think has to do is two things in the next
election. It has to target traditional areas where the Liberals
won and say that it can keep the Liberal government honest
from the perspective of the left wing voter. And in the west, I
think it has to do something about the smaller percentage but
significant percentage of votes it lost to the Reform party to
people who wanted a western voice, who wanted a voice that's
not part of the establishment, not part of giving Quebec
special status. It has to go after those people. I think the
difficulty the N.D.P has is there is a market for the hard left in
Canadian politics but in order to appeal to that and to survive,
the N.D.P really locks itself in the long run in terms of any
growth potential."
Context The Leader offers his opinion on what the NDP needs to do in
order to electorally successful.
Source esc News -- "Panel Discussion on the Future of the NDP"
April 17, 2003 Page 214 of359

Key Issue
Date 18/02/1995 1
Quote Stephen Harper wasn't planning to celebrate today's

anniversary of the big Trudeau win. "'We're never out of the
woods," says the Calgary Reform MP, who believes there's a
justified suspicion by Albertans of federal authorities. "'The
things that made an NEP possible were a government that
didn't understand the region, a need for money and ideological
motivations directly or indirectly hostile to Alberta and its
society," Harper says. "'When those three things come
together, you're in a lot of trouble."
Context Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the electoral resurrection

of Pierre Trudeau, who set the NEP in motion. The reluctance
of Albertans to forgive and forget explains why the Liberals
were shut out in Alberta in both the 1984 and 1988 elections
and managed to win only four of 26 seats in the 1993 election,
despite the vacuum created by annihilation of the federal
Tories.
Key Issue INEP
Date 20/01/ 1994 1
Quote I was a newcomer to Alberta when a distant government

imposed policies that brought an end to the boom times that
brought me to Alberta to begin with. Of course I am referring
to the national energy program. No Canadian can live through
an experience like that without it influencing greatly his or her
thinking about government and about our country. In spite of
that thinking and in spite of the drain the federal government
l1asoften imposed on Albertans, Albertans have never
wavered in their patriotism or in their optimism about the future.
Context IResponse to the Speech from the Throne
Source !Hansard
April 17, 2003 Page 215 of359

Key Issue IOntario
Date 07/01/2002 1
Quote I've never denied that the demographic characteristics of the

ideal candidate would probably come from Ontario and
probably not from Alberta. But if you picked based on
demographics rather than on who is the best candidate, you
get Kim Campbell occupying 24 Sussex. As you know, I have
considerable roots, both personal and political, in Ontario, so I
don't think it's actually going to be that big an issue.
Context Iinterview asking about Albertan candidates.
Key Issue IOntario
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote "For those who try to paint me as retrenchment candidate, in

terms of regionalism, I was the individual who started the
eastern expansion project of Reform when I was Deborah
Grey's legislative assistant."
Aplil17, 2003 Page 21601359

Key Issue IQPposition Parties
Date 16/04/2001 1
Quote The Leader comments that opposition parties are often no

better than the Liberals when it comes to their dictatorial
tendencies, they represent mere "alternative dictatorial
choices."
Context This quotation stems from a discussion of the effects of direct

election of party leaders. According to the Leader, this has
resulted in MPs giving away control. He also blames the
increase in dictatorial nature of the Canadian political system
on the emasculation of the cabinet that took place during the
Trudeau era.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "The death of democracy"
Key Issue IOpposition Parties
Date 19/10/1997 1
Quote "Well, the job of the opposition is always to ask the questions
who knew what when and frankly, to make sure that there is
enough suspicion that guilt is implied regardless of what the
answers to those questions are."
Context This panel discussion took place around the time a cover-up in
the Somalia affair and charges of influence peddling against a
former Liberal fundraiser came to light.
Source esc News -- "Panel Discussion on the Liberal Government"
April 17, 2003 Page 217 oj359

Key Issue Iparliamentary System
Date 28/05/20011
Quote "So how about this: why haven't any of the advocates of so-
called 'parliamentary reform' suggested that the essence of
the parliamentary system itself needs to be fixed? By this I
mean disconnecting the executive (cabinet) and legislative
branches of government. Maybe what Canada needs is a
system that separates the two branches of govemment along
the lines of the American model ... But the superiority of
Congress over Parliament pales beside a comparison of the
executive branches in our systems. The difference between
the calibre and experience of the Bush cabinet--or even the
worst American cabinet in recent years--to any Canadian
equivalent is embarrassing to us. The consistency with which
the American executive system recruits top people compared
to our 'fused' system, in which cabinet members are chosen
from among MPs, is one reason why the United States has
made the long climb from peripheral outpost to the world's
sole superpower."
This should not be surprising. The cabinet function is mainly

managerial. It requires experienced, professional, specialized
and yes, elite individuals to run an organization. A legislature,
by contrast, works best when it is representative, when it
provides a forum for all views, ensuring that common values
are integrated into the perspectives and policies of
government.
To some, any such suggestion is an attack on Canada's

British tradition of parliamentary government. I believe they
are mistaken. Indeed, in British history the legislative branch
of government evolved as a separate and essential check on
the unbridled power of the Crown.
Context The Leader explains the superiority of the American political

system over the parliamentary system.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "One crucial flaw in Canadian govern
April 17, 2003 Page 218 of359

Key Issue Iparty Politics
Date 15/01/1997 1
Quote "Partisan politics is a difficult endeavor and frankly I am

looking forward to being in a position where I can speak much
>
more independently."
Context The Leader explains his decision not to seek a second term,
but instead to accept a position at the NCC.
Source IEdmonton Sun -- "Reform star to lead right-wing lobby."
Date 20/01/ 1997 1
Quote "I think obviously we have the most partisan system in terms
of party solidarity in any western democracy. It becomes
worse in an election year ... It results in debates and
communications of ideas as extremely simple and combative
at an extreme level. !,~ese are ju~tvlilry frus\faHngthingsJor
al1ybody trying to operate in that kind of system, unless you're
, 'ust comfortable with that kind of rah, rah, rah we're-the-good-
guys-and-they're- bad-guys approach to politics ... If you just
vote according to your party, and that's the only issue and you
never study them and you never understand them and you
never develop a considered opinion which often happens."
Context The Leader expresses his disillusionment with Canada's

overly partisan political system.
Source The Hill Times -- "When an MP Quits Politics"
April 17, 2003 Page 219 of359

Key Issue !party Politics
Date 31/03/19971
Quote "If a person's objective is to push a policy agenda, party

politics is not the way to do it in Canada."
Context Because the House of Commons has become such an

ineffective institution, MPs have become practically irrelevant
to in policy discussions.
Source !Maclean's .. "Staying Alive"
Date 01/01/19971
Quote "I have argued many times in the past that often being in
Parliament and even in government, isn't necessarily the best
way to push a certain agenda. When you're a politician ...
you're under a different king of restraint. Your role is different;
you are obligated regardless of your views to listen to a wide
range of the population, to [try to] reconcile the irreconcilable.
Ithihk it's easier to push public policy in a very definite
[direction] of you're.with an organization that has that focus,
rather than gaining public office;"
Context In this interview the Leader explains how his new position will
afford him the opportunity to advocate political causes that are
consistent with his views.
Source Overview -- This is an excerpt of an interview with the Leader t
April 17, 2003 Page 220 of 359

Date 24/06/20021
Quote It's abysmal [the fact that the Liberals caucus is so bereft of
talent that Manley must hold multiple important portfolios].
Paul Martin at least displayed some achievement, some
degree of capability, some degree of ability to articulate ideas,
and now he's gone. What have you got left?"
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Context 'IThe Leader gives Martin some praise. I

Source Canadian Business •• "Taking one for the team"
Date 07/10/2002 1
Quote The Leader refers to Paul Martin as the government's

"messiah in waiting"
Context The Leader made this comment at a speech he gave in

Halifax on September 20, 2002.
Source IMaclean'e .. "The Party, C'est Moi"
April 17, 2003 Page 221 of359

Date 07/01/2000 1
Quote "Finance Minister Paul Martin, of course, may upset their I ~ _ ~.t....:
plans [spending for symbolic millennium projects]. Argtiing I;>.~ IX ~-es ~,~\(\ .
quite sensibly that the surplus really belongs to taxpayers, ~ ~
Martin wants to put huge spending programs on the
backburner so he can give Canadians a tax cut. A tax cut, by
the way, Canadians certainly deserve. Canada has some of
the highest tax rates in the industrialized world.
But just because Martin's plan makes sense and would likely
be popular doesn't mean he will prevail. In fact, the big
spenders have one big advantage over Martin -- Prime
Minister Jean Chretien./IiJOlike Martin, the prime minister has
little sympathy for overburdened taxpayers."
Context The Leader offers some kind words about Paul Martin in this
piece in which rails against the Canadian Millennium
Partnership Program, a program devoted to celebrating the
new millennium by "promoting environment, youth, arts and
culture."
Source The Windsor Star -- "Warning for taxpayers"
Date 17/02/1999 1
Quote "A brokerage government party led by the finance minister

[Paul Martin] will compare favourably in the business
community to brokerage opposition parties lacking
experience. "
Context The tone of this article is one of skepticism toward the party to
which the UA process is about to give birth. Needless to say,
the Leader is not optimistic about its electoral chances in the
next election.
Source The National Post -- "The script is ready ... "
April 17, 2003 Page 222 of359

Date 24/07/19951
Quote "Whether I agree with what he's doing or not,t'liul Martin is

Cltlviously on top of his area," Harper says. "He has good
support within his party, he's very popular within the cabinet
and caucus andihe'sjust avery good performer as
Weil."Those things all make him difficult to attack." His main
criticism of Martin -- and of the Liberal government as a
whole -- is that they're hazy and inconsistent on policies such
as reform of old-age security."This is an ongoing pattern and
they really have been getting away with it," he said. 0
Context IHarper profile
Key Issue Ipay Equity
Date 09/01/19981
Quote "Now 'pay equity' has everything to do with pay and nothing to
do with equity. It's based on the vague notion of 'equal pay for
work of equal value,' which is not the same as equal pay for
the same job. Essentially pay equity means comparing the
values of dissimilar jobs ... Using a bizarre and incredibly
complicated formula, pay equity 'experts' determine if a group
of employees in one job is underpaid in relation to a different
group of employed in a different job. In other words, apples
are compared to oranges."
Context
Source Overview -- "Oranges, Apples and Pay Equity."
April 17, 2003 Page 223 of359

Key Issue Ipay Equity
Date 08/01/ 1998 1
Quote "A fully reasonable decision would be to admit that the whole
process of pay equity review is one of the biggest rip-ofts ever
perpetrated on the taxpayer:>' The federal government should
scrap it before another dime is spent on civil service wages. "
Context The column builds on an earlier one on the same topic.
Source IThe Bulldog -- "The Politics of Apples and Oranges."
Key Issue IPersonnel
Date 15/01/2002 1
Quote Canadian Alliance leadership contender Stephen Harper has

defended a campaign worker who stepped down as a
candidate during the last federal election. OO"I'm not doing
witch hunts on people's pasts," Harper told the Calgary Herald
editorial board. "If someone does something wrong, there will
be action taken. But if somebody doesn't do anything wrong,
we're not going to take any action." 00"1 don't make volunteer
field decisions," Harper said Monday, "but Betty Granger is a
riding president, a member in good standing. She's somebody
that other members I've talked to think very highly of, and
quite frankly, she was the victim of an unfair slur story in the
last election campaign." OOJohn Collison resigned last week
after talking to reporters about former party leader Stockwell
Day's campaign. ooCollison criticized Day at length and
called his entry into the Alliance's leadership race a "non-
event." O"The remarks were not immoral ... or
reprehensible," Harper said. "They simply did not reflect my
views."
Context Article entitled: Harper defends personnel moves.
April 17, 2003 Page 224 of359

Key Issue !Pierre Trudeau
Date 07/11/ 1995 1
Quote Trudeau suggested Ottawa should not agree to turn any more
power over to provinces, unless they give the federal
government something back in return. Stephen Harper said:
"Mr. Trudeau says he's not a centralist, but then he worries
that decentralization will lead to the end of the country. I'd say
that's a pretty extreme position."
Context Trudeau speaks out on Quebec separation
Key Issue Ipierre Trudeau
Date 05/10/2000 1
Quote "Mr. Trudeau's goal was no doubt to genuinely promote a 'just

society' of individual 'equality.' But only a liberal intellectual
could believe the assignment of benefits and 'rights' would not
become an arbitrary, politicized game ... Mr. Trudeau
embraces the fashionable causes of his time, with variable
enthusiasm and differing results. But he was also a member
of the 'greatest generation,' the one that defeated the Nazis in
war and resolutely stood down the Soviets in the decades that
followed. In those battles, however, the ones that truly defined
his century, Mr. Trudeau took a pass. And so it is to the ideals
of the greatest generation, and not those of Pierre Trudeau,
that Canada should properly dedicate itself."
Context
Source !The National Post -- "Trudeau: A Legacy that Canada Should
April 17, 2003 Page 225 of359

Key Issue lpolitical Aspirations
Date 08/07/2002 1
Quote "I like where I am. I guess what I came to dislike about
politics more than anything was partisanship as an end in
itself."
Context The Leader's answer to the following question: If Day wins,

would you consider entering politics again?
Source ICBC Radio -- The House
Key Issue Ipolitical Aspirations
Date 01/04/ 1999 1
Quote "lhave zero interest in leading this new entity or any existing
pcarty. I have given a number of explanations as to why I
would not seek the leadership of the UA or anything else, all of
them equally valid. The one that best summarizes them was
what I told one TV reporter. It went like this: 'I like my job as
President of the National Citizens' Coalition. I think it's
important to have an organization dedicates to the NCC's
principles and not subject to the pressures of partisan politics.
Before the NCC, I spend over ten-years of my life pursuing
those principles in partisan politics, including a number of
years as the first policy officer of the Reform Party. ('While I
Qon't regret that at all, I have no desire to do it over again. In
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Context The Leader responding to speculation as to whether he will be

a leadership candidate in the UNCA's first leadership race.
April 17, 2003 Page 226 of359

Date 05/10/ 1996 1
Quote "lfhashever been my intention to seek a second term or to be

become a career politician."
Context IThe Leader explains why he won't seek a second term.
Source ICalgary Sun •• "Calling it quits"
Date 05/10/1996j
Quote ':*can state categorically that I would not be a candidate in any ~

fUture leadership contest ... The decision to run again would (V-
have meant that I was making politics my career ... I've been
at this particular game for over a decade and on a personal
level I feel it's time to get some broader experience outside
Parliament.WE?arliament is already a dysfunctiona!+.;;.;Thelast
thing that Parliament needs is to be filled with people who
have never done anything but partisan politics;"
Context The Leader explains his decision not to seek a second term.
Source !The Globe & Mail -- "Harper to resign after 10 years in Reform
April 17, 2003 Page 227 of359

Key Issue Ipolitical Correctness
Date 01/04/20011
Quote "Under the name of 'political correctness,' the labeling of

certain people and intolerance of their perspectives has taken
in the status of religion. It indeed matter not whether 'specific
hat activity' has actually occurred. With the concept of
'systemic discrimination,' prejudice can be declared rampant
without proof of any specific incident, even without the
conscious knowledge of the discriminators.
Context This discussion of the perils of political correctness stems

from a discussion of the Hedy Fry incident.
Source IThe Calgary Sun -- ""Liberal Values Vex the West: Minister's
Key Issue Ipolitical Parties
Date 20109/20001
Quote "7I'he fact is, Canada has no national parties. Today, the
Liberals rule Ontario, or more correctly, from Westmount to
Winnipeg. Because Ontario is our largest region, the Liberals
are the national government. TI1~Alliance is supreme west of
Winnipeg. This being our second largest region, the Alliance
is our official Opposition. The Bloc Quebecois dominates
francophone Quebec, a significant region, and thus good
enough to make the Bloc a significant third party."
Context The Leader argues that there are no true national parties in
Canada.
April 17, 2003 Page 228 of359

Key Issue IpopUlism
Date 23/01/19971
Quote "Where I share the aims of populism is in the belief that

govemment activity, when it is necessary, should be
representative of and accountable to citizens and taxpayers.
That is why the NCC has supported political reform and direct
democracy for decades. Unlike populists, however, I do not
believe that 'the people' in an advanced democratic society
necessarily share an essential commonality of values and
interests. ftSuch a monistic view can lead to unclear policy
principles or to poor political strategy, as it has in the case of
the Reform Party."
Context The Leader explains his opinion of populism in a printed

response to Jeffrey Simpson. Simpson had written an open
letter asking if he would "continue to fight for greater
democracy, populism and openness and against the abuses
of unchecked power." He also wanted to know if the NCC
would support a campaign to "rein in huge salaries and
inflated pensions the Canadian corporate elite pays to itself."
Source IThe Globe & Mail -- "Never let the government out of your sight I
April 17, 2003 Page 229 of 359

Key Issue Ipreston Manning
Date 02/10/ 1995 1
Quote "The implication is that a politician who can only speak

English -- no matter how articulate or well educated -- is
somehow less of a Canadian and ultimately has an interest in
the break-up of the country," said Harper." I think it is an
attitude and a message that plays into stereotypes about
English Canadians and into some of the worst fears of
Quebecers." "I think Manning has been victim of it and in this
case the victim of absolutely scurrilous allegations (that)
simply because you are unilingual, therefore you want to break
up the country."
Context Attacks on Preston Manning's loyalty to Canada during the

referendum campaign are the product of bigotry against those
who can't speak French, says the Reform party's point man in
Quebec.
Date 28/04/1997 1
Quote "It's partly because of the kind of questions that are asked. If
you ask questions about, you know, who's best positioned to
fight the next referendum or to appeal to Quebecers or to
relate to Quebec, Mr. Manning tends to do poorly."
Context
Source IcsC News -- "Federal Election: CSC Poll Results"
April 17, 2003 Page 230 of359

Date 12/05/1994 1
Quote Mr. Harper said he doesn't want to prolong the controversy

over the expense account. He insisted he was not criticizing
Mr. Manning. And he said he has gained support from most of
his constituents on the issue."1 stick by what I said," Mr.
Harper told reporters. "There always has to be room in our
party for people to speak out. But if we can't speak without our
comments blocking out the issues we consider the most
important, we're going to have to be very careful. ... This
issue became a hell of a lot bigger than it should have been,
and that's something we're going to have to examine."
Context Manning confirmed, for the first time, that he agreed with the
controversial memo by his party's executive concerning his
expense account, which sharply criticized Reform MP Stephen
Harper last week. "I saw the memo and, yes, I thought it was
fair," he said.ln the memo last week, the party's executive
council said it was "appalled" to learn that Mr. Harper had
questioned the leader's $31,000 expense account. It accused
him of being "misinformed" on the subject.
Date 09/02/1995 1
Quote Calgary Reformer Stephen Harper joined Manning in the

boycott of the Governor General." Liberals are appointed to
patronage positions every day in this country and I don't attend
those ceremonies," Harper said. "I don't see why we would
look bad today."
Context Reform Leader Preston Manning thumbed his nose at tradition

Wednesday, refusing to attend the instalment of a Governor
General he says is politically tainted. No major party leader has
boycotted a governor general's instalment ceremony before
this.
April 17, 2003 Page 231 of359

Date 13/04/1994 1
Quote Stephen Harper refused to speak to reporters before as well

as after the get-together. Harper, who sparked the controversy
by going public with his objections to a party executive council
directive saying Manning did not have to account for
expenses, entered and exited the meeting through a back
door. 0
Context IManning's expense account from the party
Date 05/04/1995 1
Quote Calgary Reform MP Stephen Harper isn't planning an

overthrow of party leader Preston Manning, despite rumblings
that some Tories would like to see him a political leader." It
seems to me to be speculation," Harper, who represents
Calgary West, said outside the House of Commons amid a
crush of reporters. 0
Context Harper found himself in the spotlight this week <ifter a report
§!-Jl"facedsuggesting several former Conservative MPs are
seeking a merger with the Reform party and would want the
bilingual Harper as leader of a new, joint caucus.
April 17, 2003 Page 232 of 359

Date 28/10/ 1998 1
Quote The main obstacle to the United Alternative is that Clark's red
tory party will have no interest in a unite the right movement.
That would be a valid complaint if Manning were pursuing
such a concept. He is not. Manning has repeatedly and
vocally rejected any right wing or even conservative mission
for the UA.I;!~has reduced his party's policies and principles
to four slogans acceptable to anyone anywhere on the political
spectrum. He has openly flaunted any liberal, socialist or
separatist interested in teh United Alternative convenction.
Finally, on a range of formerly critical policy issues -
government spending (hep C payouts), political reform (MP
compensation), national unity (special recognition for
Quebec) -Manning has sent unmistakable signls that the
entire Reform agenda is up for grabs. I am the first to admit I
find none of this particularly attractive or tasteful, but Manning
can at least say while Clark has spend the last few months
talking about conciliation, cooperative and outreach, he has
actually been doing it. manning long ago outflanked Clarek as
the champion of ideology. He is not threatening to outflank
him as the king of compromise. This explains the final most
compelling reason why Clark should look more favourably
upon the United Alternative. iAsManning removes one
objection to the scheme after another, it becomes hard to see
what risk Clark would take in accepting the challenge.
Context IEditorial.
April 17, 2003 Page 233 of359

Date 27/10/ 1995 1
Quote Reform unity critic Stephen Harper said Copps should spend
"more time worrying about winning the referendum and less
about campaigning against Reform in a subsequent election."
"Clearly there are some people in the federal government who
have decided to try to find some people to blame." Harper
said Manning is "a patriot as are virtually all Canadians
outside the province of Quebec and, we believe, a majority
inside the province of Quebec."
Context Copps, appearing on the television show Canada AM, said the
western-based party has behaved disgracefully in the weeks
leading up to Monday's sovereignty vote and that its leader,
Preston Manning, is "the flip side" of Bloc Quebecois Leader
Lucien Bouchard.
Key Issue !prOgressive Conservative Party
Date 19/12/1993 1
Quote "The party's objective in the election was to displace the

Tories. If we stick to the kind of policies and perspectives on
which we ran the campaign, there is very little chance the
Conservatives will ever come back."
Context INew kids on the block
April 17, 2003 Page 234 of359

Key Issue IprogresSive Conservative Party
Date 18/01/19971
Quote For the Progressive Conservative party to come to power, the

PCs leader has had to attract support from western populists
and Quebec nationalists in addition to core Tory support from
Ontario and the Maritimes.
Context IEditorial.
Key Issue Iprogressive Conservative Party
Date 28/03/19961
Quote "There is only one right-wing party in the country and that is
the Reform Party. What's apparent is that the Conservative
party simply will not be a contender for power in the next
election in anyway shape of form. I think they are in the
>
process of fading. They could take a while to fade away and
they could do some damage on the way down."
Context ~fforts to merge the Reform Party and the Tories are doomed
qecause the Conservatives no longer represent the right-wing
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Source calgary Herald 1
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April 17, 2003 Page 235 of 359

Key Issue IprogreSSive Conservative Party
Date 12/07/1993 1
Quote The Tories have criticized Reform policies as racist, noted

Reform policy adviser Stephen Harper. Yet, over the past
year, they've adopted all the major planks of Reform's
immigration program -- restricting family class immigrants,
tightening refugee screening and putting more emphasis on
attracting immigrants who can contribute to the Canadian
economy. While Reform applauds those measures, Harper
said the Tories are now adding a potentially dangerous
"negative spin" to immigration policy, emphasizing security
and control and implying that immigrants are a threat that
must be kept out.
Context Prime Minister Kim Campbell's decision to lump responsibility

for immigration policy in with prisons, police and parole under
the auspices of a new super-ministry with the Orwellian name,
Public Security.
Key Issue IprogresSive Conservative Party
Date 10/06/1995 1
Quote I see no evidence that the Ontario Conservatives and the

federal Conservatives believe in any of the same things, Mr.
Harper told reporters. "And frankly, today, there are not two
right-wing parties at the federal level. Mr. Charest runs a small-
I liberal party, and that's where he stands on the map."
Context But Reform MP Stephen Harper, who saw the Harris victory as
an endorsement of his party's policies, said Mr. Charest
should not assume that Ontario Conservatives are the same
as federal Tories.
April 17, 2003 Page 236 of 359

Key Issue IProgressive Conservative Party
Date 05/02/ 1994 1
Quote "To me, the government was in effect suppressing

conservatism because it was in power. True conservatives
were reduced to silence, arguing behind closed doors.,;{pe·
. federal Progressive Conservative Party was ideologically
centrist and ideologically anti-conservative. They suppressed
the emergence of this movement, much to the ultimate
detriment of the country. Canada failed to adopt the political
pressure we needed for economic and fiscal reform at a
critical time. That's why Canada is 10 years behind most of its
competitor nations."
Context The Leader explains why the Tories collapsed in the 1993
election, and why Reform was able to pick up the pieces.
Source IThe Globe & Mail -- "Neo-Cons: Young Bucks of the New Righ I
Key Issue IprOgressive Conservative Party
Date 12/08/1993 1
Quote "The tactic of the Conservative party in this election is to run

on the Reform party agenda against the Liberals"
Context 11993 Election
April 17, 2003 Page 237 of 359

Key Issue IprOgreSsive Conservative Party
Date 18/11/1993 1
Quote "I can't see the Tory senators performing any useful function.
I don't think they really stand for any kind of viewpoint, other
than the viewpoint of die-hard appointed hacks representing
the incompetent former government." He said the move
shows the contempt the party has for Canadians, who
practically voted the party out of existence in the federal
election. "They don't care what people think, or about the
results of the election. They just somehow think the
government belongs to them," Harper said, adding he doesn't
believe the Tory party will regain credibility by maintaining its
voice through the Senate.
Context PC Senators say they will offer a voice of opposition after

1993 election.
Key Issue IprOgressive Conservative Party
Date 21/03/1995 1
Quote Even less plausible is that Reform faces oblivion from a revival
of the Progressive Conservative Party. By any measure, the
Tories have fallen still further since the electoral disaster of
1993. This is not to say they can never revive, but there is no
sign of it happening soon at the federal level.
April 17, 2003 Page 238 of359

Key Issue IProperty Rights
Date 16/11/1987 1
Quote \!property rights should be entrenched in the Canadian

constitution. "
Context The Leader discusses needed changes if the Canadian

federation is to prosper.
April 17, 2003 Page 239 of359

Key Issue Iprovinces
Date 26/04/1995 1
Quote Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human

Resources Development. Yesterday in response to a question
from the leader of the NDP he said that the new @anadasocial
trlinsfer strength~ps the federal ability to ensure the
responsibility of the provinces to live up to.pliti()nal principles.
He went on to say it gives the continuing ability to ensure that
leverage is exercised; in other words,blackmailing provincial
gpyemrnents. On March 31 the Minister of Intergovernmental
Affairs said that the budget makes it clear that fewer strings
will be attached to the Canada social transfer and went on to
say that social transfer strings will be reduced and these
requirements will be set by mutual consent. In the eyes of the
government, does the Canada social transfer strengthen or
weaken the ability of the federal government to apply federal
standards in areas of provincial jurisdiction? Hon. Lloyd
Axworthy: Mr. Speaker, the new Canadian health and social
transfer is the best of all possible worlds. Mr. Stephen Harper:
Mr. Speaker, the best of all possible worlds is apparently the
ability of the government to talk out of both sides of its mouth.
My supplementary question is for the same minister. Is the
new Canada social transfer designed to strengthen the
government's ability to impose federal standards, as the
Liberals say in English, or to reinforce areas of exclusive
provincial jurisdiction, as the Liberals say in French? Hon.
Lloyd Axworthy (Minister of Human Resources Development
and Minister of Western Economic Diversification, Lib.): Mr.
Speaker, as the hon. member knows, we established five very
important health care principles in order to protect the health
care network throughout Canada. Of course, these principles
will still be protected under the new transfer program. At the
same time, we will hold negotiations with all the provinces to
discuss the new principles based on a consensus among all
partners. The new federalism is based on consensus,
partnership and co-operation for the future.
Source IHansard
April 17, 2003 Page 240 of359

Key Issue Iprovincial wings of the Party
Date 11/10/1994 1
Quote "There's a good possibility the party's position will change,"

said Reform MP Stephen Harper, a one-time opponent to
provincial involvement. "~"ertime, I have become a little more
sympathetic to the idea of running candidates in provincial
elections."
Context As the Reform Party faces mounting pressure to run

candidates in provincial elections, some key members say it
might soon drop its policy against starting up provincial wings.
Key Issue !Quebec
Date 27/07/ 1996 1
Quote "Itis remarkable that in a country of individual freedom and

human rights there has been so little national resistance to
even the excesses of Quebec's language policies ... The idea
of a grand historical struggle to preserve a society against
outside influence is typical of ethnic nationalism ... Instead of
echoing the separatist myth of the cultural and linguistic
threat, genuine federalists in Quebec should be asserting that
such a threat has been superceded. They instead should be
focusing on the real decline of Montreal and a national,
continental and international economic centre, due in no small
part to the ethnic nationalism encouraged by the PQ and the
Quebec Liberal party."
Context The piece is a resonse to Dion's assertion that 'fears abour

distinct society status are unfounded."
Source IThe Calgary Herald -- "'Myth-breaker' Dion peddles own propag 1
Aplil17, 2003 Page 241 of359

Key Issue IQUebeC
Date 02/01/ 1999 1
Quote "Bouchard is gambling that the political pygmies in Ottawa and

the rest of the country will never undertake a social program
without providing Quebec the same funding that it provides to
other provinces, for fear of furnishing the Parti Quebecois with
instant justification for a separation initiative. rnother words,
Quebec can exclude itself from some of the responsibilities of
the social union, but Quebec will not be excluded from i t S >
benefits! ... Quebec is effectively becoming independent
within Canada, its sovereignty drive being underwritten by
Ottawa."
Context The Leader discusses how through the use of the threat of
separation Quebec is able to gain financial concession from
Ottawa.
Key Issue IQuebeC
Date
Quote In one policy area after another, the province of Quebec, with
much less financial independence than Alberta, has taken
initiatives to ensure it is controlled by its own culture and its
own majority. Such a strategy across a range of policy areas
will quickly put Alberta on the cutting edge of a world where
the region, the continent and the bloc are becoming more
important than a nation-state.
with Canada.
Source !NCC Online
April 17, 2003 Page 242 of359

Key Issue IQuebec Separatism
Date 31/10/1995 1
Quote Reform intergovernmental affairs critic Stephen Harper said it

would be suicidal to open constitutional negotiations as long
as a separatist Parti Quebecois government remains in
power."Who are you going to negotiate with? Mr. (Quebec
Premier Jacques) Parizeau? This is not a serious option," he
said.
Context Backed by some non-Quebec ministers, including Fisheries

Minister Brian Tobin and Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps,
they will push Chretien to devolve substantial powers to the
provinces and to convene a first ministers' conference to
hammer out a constitutional proposal which would, at very
least, recognize Quebec as a distinct society.
Key Issue !Quebec Separatism
Date 29/10/ 1995 1
Quote 'Our impact was small but positive," says Reform unity critic
Stephen Harper."1 don't want to exaggerate -- we knew we
couldn't have a larger impact." "Our strategy was a positive
strategy," says Harper. "It would have been helpful for others
to see some of the wisdom of that."D
Context IReaction to Referendum
April 17, 2003 Page 243 of 359

Key Issue IQuebeC Separatism
Date 27/10/ 1995 1
Quote Reform unity critic Stephen Harper said Copps should spend
"more time worrying about winning the referendum and less
about campaigning against Reform in a subsequent election."
"Clearly there are some people in the federal government who
have decided to try to find some people to blame," Harper
said. "We've been feeding them relevant but rather soft
questions all week and the challenge is simply for them to
answer those questions and express an openness to
change." Harper said Manning is "a patriot as are virtually all
Canadians outside the province of Quebec and, we believe, a
majority inside the province of Quebec."
Context Copps, appearing on the television show Canada AM, said the
western-based party has behaved disgracefully in the weeks
leading up to Monday's sovereignty vote and that its leader,
Preston Manning, is "the flip side" of Bloc Quebecois Leader
Lucien Bouchard.
Date 24/10/ 1995 1
Quote Prime Minister Jean Chretien has said he will not accept a
slim Yes victory due to the vagueness of the question being
asked\/butHarper said Canada must accept the outcome in
order to ensure economic stability."The first obligation of all
political leaders from outside of Quebec would be to band
together in a nonpartisan way to prepare for elections to
prepare for defending the best interests of the country,"
Harper said. '0
Context Canada will have no choice other than to accept a Yes vote
and negotiate the secession of Quebec from Confederation,
Reform unity critic Stephen Harper said Monday.
April 17, 2003 Page 244 of 359

Key Issue [Quebec Separatism
Date 24/10/ 1995 1
Quote "The first obligation of all political leaders from outside of

Quebec would be to band together in a nonpartisan way to
prepare for elections to prepare for defending the best
interests of the country," Harper said. '
Context It's obvious Quebec is distinct by virtue of French being the

language of the majority there, Reform MPs agreed. But they
said it's a different matter if distinct means Quebec would be
the only province to get a constitutional veto in addition to
special treatment and rights for Quebecers over and above
what's available to all other provinces.
Date 24/10/1995[
Quote "This country must ultimately negotiate with Mr. Parizeau,"

Harper said Monday outside the Commons. "The alternative
is to watch Mr. Parizeau pursue a unilateral and illegal path,
which I think would not be in the interests of anyone."
Context Refusing to talk with Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau after

a Yes victory could lead to a unilateral declaration of
independence which would frighten investors even more, says
Reform MP Stephen Harper.
Source [vancouver Sun
April 17, 2003 Page 245 of359

Date 21/10/1995 1
Quote "One of the great advantages in most referendums about

being on the No side is that people don't have to agree on
their agenda," Harper said Friday. "They only have to agree
that the question on the ballot is one they should not answer
Yes to." Harper believes the Yes side's three-pronged
approach of Bloc Quebecois Leader Lucien Bouchard, Parti
Quebecois Leader Jacques Parizeau and Action
Democratique Leader Mario Dumont has allowed the Yes side
to cover the field of Quebec opinion. "Unfortunately some of
the strategy in this campaign has made it possible for the Yes
side to communicate a number of different visions," said
Harper, whose party has been criticized by the government
and Conservative Leader Jean Charest for not being
onside."The No side has been reluctant to do that and has
presented almost a partisan perspective which I think limits its
appeal." 0
Context Separatist forces have been able to flip the usual referendum
campaign scenario, providing Quebecers with more reasons to
vote Yes than No, according to Reform unity critic Stephen
Harper.
April 17, 2003 . Page 246 of359

Date 16/10/1995 1
Quote Urging Quebecers to work for a better Canada by voting No,

Harper said many ADQ members have been convinced that
voting Yes "will lead to some of the changes in federalism
that we're talking about." 'What we're trying to do is tell
Quebecers that that is a very mistaken belief," Harper, the
party's critic on unity issues said. "If you vote Yes the only
thing you can do is convince the rest of the country to have
separation." "I don't want to exaggerate because lots of ADQ
members don't belong to the Reform party, and vice versa, but
what you see here is a force at the federal level and a force at
the provincial level that share a common position in this
referendum." But, he agreed the alliance "widens our
potential spokespersons for the Reform party down the road."
Context The Reform party delivered its message for a new-look

Confederation to French-speaking Quebecers Sunday night
and helped forge a split in the three-party coalition urging the
province to vote for sovereignty.
Date 06/10/ 1995 1
Quote "We're not taking a referendum message, we're taking a

policy message," Harper said. "There's a chance for us to get
some attention on this and build on it after the referendum."
He thinks Reform's support of more powers to the provinces
will serve his party well. "I think there's a tremendous market
to hear what we have to say."
Context Reform Leader Preston Manning and unity critic Stephen

Harper head for Montreal Oct. 16 for three days of speeches
and interviews.
Aplil17, 2003 Page 247 of359

Date 09/11/ 1994 1
Quote Harper believes Parizeau is trying to soft-pedal the

consequences of voting Yes in a referendum because public
opinion polls show Quebecers would not support a straight
vote on independence."He knows it's going to be a difficult
sell," Harper said. "But it is completely false for him to say
you can vote Yes in a referendum and still try and work out a
better deal within Canada .... It is fundamentally a choice
between one or two countries."
Context Canadians won't tolerate Quebecers who vote Yes in an

independence referendum and then hope to negotiate a form
of sovereignty-association with Canada, says a Reform Party
unity critic.
Date 24/08/ 1995 1
Quote "If this gets more serious, if the federal government is actually
talking about having a real effort to get comprehensive
constitutional change ... they will lose the referendum if they
pursue that kind of a strategy,"
Context Federalist forces will risk losing the Quebec referendum if they
begin making promises of constitutional change, says the
Reform party's national unity critic.
April 17, 2003 Page 248 of359

Date 01/11/1995 1
Quote "I think Jacques Parizeau may have waved his own magic
wand and ... Poof! There goes Jacques Parizeau," said
Calgary West Reformer Stephen Harper Tuesday in the wake
of the Quebec premier's resignation announcement. Harper,
who earlier in the day had called for Parizeau's resignation
due to the Parti Quebecois leader's intolerant comments about
ethnic voters, said there's no question the sudden
announcement puts Reform closer to official opposition
status."We want to playas big a role in this Parliament as
possible but this is a very different way for this to be coming
about than some of us might have guessed," he said."Mr.
Bouchard will look at the goal, and the goal is winning the next
referendum and he'll evaluate it from that perspective,"
Harper, Reform's unity critic, said. "I'm not going to give him
any advice on that." Harper said that if Bouchard decides to
replace Parizeau, several Bloc seats could become
vacant."'There may be MPs who decide to go with him for new
roles" in the Quebec government, said Harper, describing
Bouchard as the biggest threat to federalism no matter where
he's located. "' So many scenarios are now unfolding as a
result of the close vote ... there are some pretty big games at
play."
April 17, 2003 Page 249 of 359

Date 31/07/1995 1
Quote "The sooner that Quebecers know this the better," says
Reform MP Stephen Harper. "It is not a threat, it is simply a
reality. There is zero support outside of Quebec for this kind of
thinking.""We will be blunt," Harper said in an
interview."There is less support for sovereignty-association
outside of Quebec than there is for outright separation.'
Context The Reform party plans to give Quebecers a reality check

during the coming referendum:/Therest of Canada isn't
interested in economic association with an independent
Quebec.
Date 13/06/1995 1
Quote "It continues their same agenda," said Reform spokesperson

Stephen Harper, "to trick Quebecers into voting for
sovereignty by telling them that they are really voting for a new
economic and political association."
Context Quebecers won't be fooled by -- and other Canadians will

never accept -- offers of economic and political association
proposed by the new alliance of Quebec sovereignists, says
Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
April 17, 2003 Page 250 of359

Key Issue IQUebec Separatism
Date
Quote
12/12/1995 1
At the same time, Reform constitutional-affairs critic Stephen

Harper urged the govemment to look at "less Draconian"-
measures than using the power of disallowance.
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Context Resorting to uncharacteristically tough language, Mr. Chretien T"" -~. - -

told a CSC town-hall program recorded at the University of
Ottawa that he is prepared to use a sweeping but seldom-
used power to maintain peace, order and good government to
qisallowa future Quebec referendum if the question is not
ple~r. The power has not been used since 1934.
Key Issue !QUebec Separatism
Date 19/08/1996 1
Quote " ... Quebec's ethnic nationalist movement (which included a

large proportion of francophones) wants a national state where
'nous, les Quebecois' are the majority. Such a movement is
completely comprehensible and just as completely
inconsistent with most Canadians' idea of Canada. After all,
even if 'distinct society' were passed, Quebecers would still
represent only two per cent of North America's population and,
we will be asked, what are we really going to do about that?"
Context The Leader rebukes Stephane Dion's assertion that the

adoption of a distinct-society clause would placate Quebec
nationalists.
Source IThe Calgary Herald -- "Quebec MP's arguments are hit and my I
April 22, 2003 Page 251 of359

Date 01/12/1995 1
Quote We think there's a benefit for the rest of Canada in simply

being prepared for what has to be regarded as a possibility at
least, said Reform MP Stephen Harper, one of the key people
in the drafting of the document."At the same time, even if it's
not just in our interest, we should communicate to Quebeckers
iil,pGurately- not with hyperbole like one million jobs -just what
we think the actual consequences of separation would be."
Mr. Harper has put out this message before. During the
Quebec referendum campaign, he said repeatedly that the
best way to confront the separatists' talk of partnership with
Canada would be to say, "Yes, we'll deal, but you'lIlose."Mr.
Harper said he cannot understand the Liberal government's
refusal to contemplate a Yes scenario. "What's inherently
contradictory about planning for the best and the worst? It
seems to me that they're so convinced that we're malevolent
that the very fact that we suggest it must mean it would be
bad."O
Context zrheReformParty has laid down 20 tough terms for bargaining

with Quebec separatists, including demands that a sovereign
Quebec assume 25 per cent of. the national debt and be willing
to sacrifice Canadian citizenship, passports and membership
in international trade deals.
April 22, 2003 Page 252 of359

Key Issue !Quebec Separatism
Date 06/04/19911
Quote "For reasons that are both practical and patriotic we believe
Canadians are not prepared to destroy their country in order to
accommodate Quebec. We do have to face the fact that
Quebec - at the provincial level - has withdrawn entirely from
the normal constitutional process. Given the seriousness and
the nature of the threat to confederation, the priority right now
is making sure there is someone to speak for the rest of the
country in this constitutional crisis."
Context The Reform Party chose yesterday to stand firmly by its

founding principle of no special status for Quebec.
Date 20101/20021
Quote "Let me also state unequivocally that Canadian Alliance, while

it must defence legitimate provincial jurisdiction, must also
never defend those who interpret provincial power as including
a right of unilateral separation."
Context For decades Stephen Harper has ridden and campaigned

against distinct society in Quebec
Source IcsC World Report
April 22, 2003 Page 253 of359

Key Issue IQuebec separatism
Date 02112119951
Quote In a toughly worded policy statement, Reform says the federal

govemment should oppose a Quebec declaration of
independence "by enforcing Canadian control over any part of
the province where the local majority has voted by plebiscite to
remain in Canada." O"We're not trying to scare people," said
Calgary-West MP Stephen Harper, Reform's national-unity
critic. oHe noted that almost 50 per cent of Quebecers voted
on Oct. 30 to leave Canada, and separatists are planning for
the next referendum. 0"1 don't think there's anybody with half
a brain in this country who doesn't contemplate this as a real
possibility at this point." oThe party worries that the Quebec
govemment would resort to "coercion" to impose its laws on
loyal Canadians and that other "extremists" could "resort to
violence to influence or hasten the secession process." OBut
Harper said the federal government must consider the
possibility of violence to find ways to avoid it. oThe Reform
paper says the government must send a message that the
use of force will backfire, by stating clearly it will not support
any group that initiates a violent confrontation, "even if that
group has done so in the name of Canada." Olt's the federal
government's "Iegal obligation to protect the rights and
privileges of Canadian citizens, and especially those Canadian
citizens who legally belong to the country and do not wish to
leave the country," Harper said.
Context Article entitled: Reform warns of possible violence.

Canadians should brace themselves for the possibility of civil
upheaval and violence if Quebec ever decides to unilaterally
separate, says the Reform party.
April 22, 2003 Page 254 of359

Key Issue IQUebec Separatism
Date 02/12/ 1995 1
Quote Le Parti reformiste propose rien de moins qu'une partition du

Quebec, que Ie reste du Canada imposerait eventuellement
par la force militaire. Ce que Ie Parti reformiste propose en
fait, c'est une solution encore pire que celie qui a dechire
l'lrlande depuis 1921. "Le Canada a une obligation morale et
legale envers les residents du Quebec qui veulent rester
Canadiens», a explique Ie depute albertain Stephen Harper au
SOLEIL. II con~oit tres bien que des collectivites comme les
anglophones de Westmount, les juifs anglophones de
Hamstead ou les Italiens de Saint-Leonard demandent leur
rattachement au Canada. 0 o "Certains veulent aller aussi loin
qu'une partition du Quebec par bureau de scrutin mais, pour
des raisons pratiques, on s'en tiendra aux territoires
municipaux», explique Harper. C'est la premiere fois qu'un
parti politique reconnu, qui forme virtuellement I'opposition
officielle de surcroit, revendique Ie droit a I'autodetermination
pour tous les groupes "identifiables» de la societe quebecoise
et non seulement pour les communautes autochtones.OO«De
toutes manieres, dit Harper au nom de son parti dont il est Ie
critique constitutionnel, Ie Quebec devra bien negocier sinon
ce sera Ie chaos.» Qu'entend-i1 par la? "Les residents du
Quebec qui veulent rester Canadiens pourraient decider de
continuer a payer leurs impets a Ottawa». Et si c'est
I'affrontement? «On se resoudra a recourir a la force!»
Stephen Harper est I'un des moderes du groupe parlementaire
reformiste. II n'est pas tres a I'aise avec certaines
recommandations, en particulier celie qui concerne la
presence de bases militaires canadiennes sur Ie territoire d'un
Quebec qui aurait deja vote pour son independance.
Context Article entitled: Manning propose une partition du Quebec,

imposee au besoin par la force militaire
Source ILe Soleil
April 22, 2003 Page 255 of359

Date 08/12119951
Quote Le leader refarmiste Preston Manning appuie des moyens

radicaux pour traiter avec un eventuel Quebec
souverain.OOFlanque de son depute Stephen Harper, M.
Manning a presente hier matin un document de discussion de
son parti qui recommande entre autres de proclamer la Loi sur
les mesures d'urgence (anciennement la Loi sur les mesures
de guerre) dans Ie cas ou Ie Quebec declarerait
unilateralement son independance.OOLe document, qui fera
I'objet de discussions lars du prochain congres du Parti
reformiste en 1996, propose egalement que Ie territoire du
Quebec soit morcele pour permettre aux regions ou aux
localites qui Ie desirent de demeurer canadiennes.OOLe but
de I'exercice, estime M. Manning, est de faire preuve de
«realisme» et de presenter ce qui pourrait veritablement
arriver apres un referendum favorable laa
souverainete.O 0 «L'intention [exprimee dans ce document],
c'est que nous reconnaissons les dangers de la violence dans
Ie cas de la separation», a affirme pour sa part M. Harper.
Selon Ie document, il est assure que Ie gouvemement du
Quebec fera usage de la force s'il declare unilateralement la
souverainete.OO«Celie-ci [Ia declaration unilaterale]
a
impliquerait necessairement Ie recours la force, y ecrit-on,
puisque ce gouvemement serait amene a imposer
iIIegalement ses propres lois pour remplacer la loi canadienne
a a
et punir les citoyens qui choisiraient de se soumettre la loi
canadienne.»
Context Article entitled: En cas de declaration unilaterale de

I'independance
Source ILe Devoir
April 22, 2003 Page 256 of359

Date 19/01/2002 1
Quote This is a condensed version of the speech Mr. Harper will give
tonight at at the Versailles Park Place Hotel in Montreal. 0- - -
o
Conservative political parties have long recognized that their
relative weakness in Quebec is a critical factor in limiting them
to opposition rather than government status. Conservatives
have also observed that, when they came to power in Canada
in the past century, they did so in coalition with the province's
so-called "nationalist" forces. This lesson has been interpreted
by the Canadian Alliance as meaning that the party should
position itself as a nationalist force in Quebec and focus on
the significant anti-Liberal vote. ooOver the past few years I
have concluded that this strategy is fundamentally mistaken. It
ignores the real lesson of Canadian history -- that while
Conservatives have come to power by exploiting a nationalist
strategy in Quebec, such coalitions have never lasted very
long. Indeed, they have ended in political disaster. ooThe
broad lesson of history is that Canada's natural governing
coalition always includes the federalist option in Quebec, not
the nationalist one. This is what the Liberals were in the 20th
century. In the 19th century, when the Conservatives usually
made up the government, they occupied a similar position. It
would therefore be a mistake, in my judgment, for the
Canadian Alliance to focus on simply grabbing the anti-Liberal
vote in order to build a beachhead in Quebec. The party must
undertake the long-run work necessary to become a federalist
qption in Quebec acceptable to a significant number of Liberal
as well as anti-Liberal voters. 00 For this reason it is essential
for this party to define its view of federalism. I have chosen for
the title of my address today the phrase "Federalism and All
Canadians." I do this in deliberate contrast to the title of Pierre
Trudeau's famous book Federalism and the French
Canadians, for it is well known that I don't share the centralist
and socialist notions of federalism that have come to dominate
the thinking of the Liberal Party in recent decades.
00
Ironically, the centrepiece of Trudeau's book was not the
crypto-unitary state in which so many Liberals have come to
believe, but the constitutional division of powers that defines
any true federal state. In particular, Trudeau argued that
Canadian federalism was exactly what Quebec needed to
protect its language and culture. To those who wanted a new
April 22, 2003 Page 257 of359

constitution, he challenged, "Let them first come up with a
system in which the rules of the game are really more
favourable than the present one." Trudeau argued that
Canadian federalism served French Canadians well. , agree,
though I would prefer a vision of federalism that is pan-
Canadian -- federalism not just for French Quebecers, but
federalism for all Canadians. OOlJnder such a pan-Canadian
fe<teralism, the provinces should be autonomous in areas of
Pfoyincial jurisdiction. Canada is a country of regions with
widely differing geography, cultures and economic interests.
l~ose.<<:Iifferences are best served and reconciled by allowing
qifferences to existamong provinces in a wide array otpolicy
l1-reas. 001 advance this notion of pan-Canadian federalism as
an alternative to the mentality that led to the dead-end
constitutional debates of the late 1980s and 1990s. Those
debates, which produced the Meech Lake accord,
Charlottetown accord, and Calgary Declaration, were
premised on giving Quebec a vague special status in
response to an even vaguer threat to Quebec's language and
culture. That approach threw a poorly thought-out sop to the
separatists. The core assertion of its proponents -- that special
status is needed to protect the French language in Quebec --
is simply false. The French language is not imperilled in the
province of Quebec. Language retention among francophones
in Quebec remains at nearly 100%, and this percentage
increased from the 1970s to the 1990s. ooToday, no one
disputes the view that French should be recognized as the
predominant and common language of the province. The
reality of the strength of French in Quebec is one of the
principal reasons why the sovereignty movement is fading.
While nationalist sentiment will always be an important factor
here, there has been a steady growth in the confidence and
security of Quebecers regarding the state of their language.
,;Fhis.se<:urity robs the increasingly anachronistic sovereignty
mqyement of its central premise unless, of course, federalist
lildvocates of special status choose to fan the flames;
00
Before leaving the subject of Quebec's specific place in
Canada, let me address the question of language policy.
Provinces, including Quebec, have a legitimate role in this
field. I support Quebec's right to legislate in the area of
language. Having said that, I also support the Charter rights to
freedom of expression and language choice. OOAs aJederal \
political leader, I would not intervene in Quebec language' ~~
legislation, and I wouldJeave the courts to deal with /
constitutional challenges" But it would be disingenuous to <-
suggest I am comfortable with all aspects of Bill 101. It is one
April 22, 2003 Page 258 of359

thing to recognize the predominant status of French and
promote its use as a common language.. jtisianother to
restrict the use of English or to make it difficult for
francophones to master the language. I cannot pretend that I
agree with those aspects of Quebec's language policy, and
responsible federal leaders should not voice approval of
linguistic restrictions here any more than they would in other
parts of the country. But I am also confident that debate in
Quebec will liberalize these laws over time. DDThe upshot of
all this is that conservatives can lead the long-term evolution
of the country if theYJEilcpgnize the principles of a pan-
~anadian federalism. This means support for p.~l.jlvincial
autl.jlnomy and jurisdiction, including differing language policies
within the context of a free and democratic society, and
l.jlpposition to ideas of special status and unilateral secession
that only serve to inflame separatist sentiment.
Context Article entitled: A vision of federalism for all Canadians
Date 08/09/1995 1
Quote "As we know from similar experiences around the world, when
people are unclear or unsure what they are voting on, there is
a very high inclination to turn the referendum question down,"
said Calgary MP Stephen Harper. "This one raises so many
ambiguities, people will wonder what it all means, the same as
they did with the Charlottetown agreement."
Context Jacques Parizeau's referendum question has increased the

chances that Quebecers will vote against sovereignty,
prominent federalists said Thursday.
April 22, 2003 Page 259 of359

Date 14/02/1998 1
Quote "It is the same strategy [the Charlottetown Accord] that has
been pursued in different ways by all the traditional political
parties from outside Quebec for the last 30 years. It is the
strategy being the Calgary Declaration. I walked away from
the referendum in 1995 with the conviction that that strategy
did not work. I believe that it will never work. Worse, that
strategy, it continues to be pursued, will most certainly lead to
the eventual sovereignty of Quebec on terms and conditions
as disadvantageous to Canada as is imaginable ... Let me be
blunt. Making offers to a soft-nationalist will not produce a
committed federalist. What does a soft nationalist want?
Does he want more decision-making power shifted to Quebec
City? Or does he want a federal government in Ottawa strong
enough to deliver programs and transfers to Quebec? The
answer of course, is that he wants both. What does a soft
nationalist party want? Does he want national bilingualism -
promotion and subsidies for French from coast to coast? Or
does he want enough provincial control over language in
Quebec to shut down English institutions and outlaw English
signs? Of course, he wants both.;€lOrltinueto make offers to
a soft nationalist and not only of you not get a committed
federalist, you get a hard nationalist, one who believes that
anything demanded is reasonable and everything denied is
intolerable. With every new offer the soft nationalist has more
complaints about Canada and more incentive to consider
voting Yes."
Context The Leader began his remarks by stating that he would not
have addressed such a gathering in 1995 because, as
constitutional affairs and national unity critic for the Reform
Party, he was then part of a very different national unity
strategy from that of the Special Committee.
Source IThiS speech excerpt was printed in the February 1998 edition 0 I
April 22, 2003 Page 260 of359

Key Issue IQuebeC separatism
Date 26/10/1995 1
Quote Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Minister of

Intergovernmental Affairs. I remind the minister that the Prime
Minister has said this week it is part of his efforts to persuade
Quebecers to vote no and that he would be open to change,
including in some cases constitutional change. My question is
the one I asked yesterday which I did not get a response to. Is
it still the policy of the Liberal Party, as it is the policy of the
Reform Party, that any general constitutional change would
have to be submitted to and approved by the people of
Canada in a national referendum? Hon. Marcel Masse: Mr.
Speaker, I have read a number of studies indicating that given
that past constitutional changes have been submitted to
referenda, the normal way in the future would be to go through
referenda. However, I do not know that we have talked about
that as a policy. Therefore I do not think as the government we
are linked to that. Mr. Stephen Harper: Mr. Speaker, my
understanding from the answer of the unity minister yesterday
is the people of Quebec would always have a voice in changes
affecting their powers and institutions. I wonder if the
government would be prepared to say to other regions of the
country that it recognizes they would also have a similar say in
constitutional amendments. Hon. Marcel Masse: Mr. Speaker,
this question deserves very long discussion. I do not think
today is the time for that.
Source IHansard
April 22, 2003 Page 261 of359

Key Issue IQUebeC Separatism
Date 08/12/ 1994 1
Quote "The other thing that we have to say whenever we talk about
third options or decentralized or other arrangements, to make
it clear that the reason those choices have failed in the past 10
years is because the -- of the intransigence of the separatists. "
Context The Leader discusses the failure of initiatives aimed to placate

separatists by decentralizing powers to Quebec.
Source IcsC News -- "The Canadian Debate: What Should the Federa I
Date 08/12/1994 1
Quote "We must have a commitment to this country if we are going

to move forward in a positive manner. We cannot move
forward if we're always talking about quitting every five
minutes."
Context The Leader rails against the separatist threat used by Quebec
sovereignists.
Date 08/12/1994 1
Quote "We have never hadasingle positive suggestion on reforming

Confederation from the sovereignists. They.have never
participated in the processes. They have always boycotted
them or tried to block them."··
Context The Leader rebukes the separatist claim that they have in the
past attempted meaningful participation in federalist initiatives.
Source Icsc News -- "The Canadian Debate: What Should the Federa 1
April 22, 2003 Page 262 of 359

Date 08/12/1994 1
Quote "... let's be clear to the people of Quebec that the

constitutional change in a positive sense will never occur until
the independence option is clearly defeated."
Context This quotation is part of the Leader's response to Pamela

Wallin's question of what is the role of the Reform Party in the
debate.
Key Issue IQUebeC Separatism
Date 31/10/1995 1
Quote "It's a very difficult result for the country," Harper said.
Echoing the views of some pundits that a slim federalist
victory could be a delayed defeat, the Calgary MP said that
since the federal government has no mandate to act
decisively, "the winner is the loser." Instead, the political
future is rife with uncertainly, Harper said. "The federal
government is going to be walking on eggshells on its fiscal,
economic and social agenda and doesn't have any proposals
to change the system."
April 22, 2003 Page 263 of359

Date 15/04/1991 1
Quote The following isn't a verbatim quotation from the Leader, but
rather an excerpt from a story in Maclean's -- '!;Il\Sfol' Quebec's
gemandthatOttawa transfer most of it s powers to the
provinces, Reform's chief policy officer, Stephen Harper, told
the gathering [the party's biennial convention in Saskatoon]
that;itthatwerethecase,he mightprefer a Canada without
~.uElbec altogether. The Reform party, he added to a chorus
of cheers, was committed to 'a strong country built by those
who want in - not those who want out. '"
Context The Leader comments on Quebec's demands for more

powers.
Source IMaclean's -- "Reform's New Strategy: the plan is to run everyw 1
Date 09/11/1994 1
Quote "A vote for independence is a vote for independence,"

Calgary-West MP Stephen Harper said Tuesday. "People in
Quebec should be under no illusion. A Yes vote for
sovereignty will not be perceived as a vote for any kind of
positive change."
Context Canadians won't tolerate Quebecers who vote Yes in an

independence referendum and then hope to negotiate a form
of sovereignty-association with Canada, says a Reform Party
unity critic.
April 22, 2003 Page 264 of359

Date 31/07/1995 1
Quote "The sooner that Quebecers know this, the better. It's not a
threat, it is simple a reality. There is zero support outside of
Quebec for this kind of think."
Context The Leader announcing that the party plans to give Quebecers
a reality check during the referendum. The.message: The
rest of Canada isn't interested in economic association with an
independent Quebec;
Source jCalgary Sun -- "MP vows hard line with PQ"
Date 01/12/1995j
Quote "We think there's a benefit for the rest of Canada in simple
being prepared for what has to be regarded as a possibility at
least ... At the same time, even if it's not just in our interest,
we should communicate to Quebeckers accurately - not with
hyperbole like one million jobs - just what we think the actual
consequences of separation would be."
Context The Leader explaining why the party laid down twenty tough
terms for bargaining with Quebec in the event of a YES vote.
Source The Globe & Mail -- "Reform sets out secession conditions"
April 22, 2003 Page 265 of359

Date 14/03/1996 1
Quote "The reason we in the Reform party insist upon partition is not
a desire to punish Quebec or to hold Quebec in Canada
against its will. It's simply because if you think through the
alternative, it's not feasible ... People say partition could cause
violence and maybe it could, but I will tell you if you try to do
this (separate Quebec from Canada) without partition, you will
have violence."
Context The Leader explaining Reform's stance, in the event of a YES

vote, on if a majority of Quebecers within a region of the
province vote to remain in Canada.
Source The London Free Press •• "Reform looking at separation sensi
April 22, 2003 Page 266 of359

Date 25/03/1994 1
Quote Apparently, the Bloc is opposed to this [budget) bill, as it is

opposed to any major changes proposed by the Reform Party
which concem major government programs, and I find this
disturbing, because I see a party that is in favour of the
greatest change of all, the break-up of this country. When we
talk about federal programs, programs created under the
federal system, our party is proposing major changes, while
the Liberals are proposing changes that are as significant as
ours, but when the government starts to discuss issues that
are vital to the future of our country, we see that the Bloc is
always opposed to these changes. I find it hard to explain to
my constituents why a party that cannot abide the Canadian
federal system still supports federal programs and in fact
supports the status quo. The Bloc Quebecois is always
prepared to recognize the benefits of federal programs and it
does so clearly and incisively, but when it talks about what is
wrong with the federal system and especially about the
programs we are discussing here, they tend to lack that
incisiveness. I must say that I find it hard to understand why
they are opposed to the system, to the program in general,
while they are not to specific cases.
Source IHansard
April 22, 2003 Page 267 of359

Date 02/01/1999 1
Quote "."Foe concept of the welfare state appeals to people only on

the belief that you can get something for nothing. Somehow
everybody gets 'no cost' services in health, education and
pensions because everyone else is paying for them. IJ"his
welfareistateis at the heart of the long-term decline in our
QQuntry since our centennial."
Context This uotation stems from a discussion of how Quebec benefits

financially from Ottawa's fear that it might separate.
Key Issue IQuestion Period
Date 30/05/1994 1
Quote What's the sense in having question period on Friday if most

of the cabinet is not there to answer the questions?
Context ISuggestions of shortening work week
Source !Halifax Daily News
Key Issue IRalph Klein
Date 23/05/1995 1
Quote "Often in politics, personal connections matter more than any

particular political principles," said Harper.
Context Reformer Stephen Harper, a Calgary MP, says it's more a

difference in Manning and Klein's style than substance. He
attributed Klein's support for the federal Conservatives to a
long-time personal friendship with leader Jean Charest rather
than any ideological disagreement with the Reform party.
April 22, 2003 Page 268 of359

Key Issue IRalPh Klein
Date 20/05/ 1995 1
Quote Calgary MP Stephen Harper cites the difference as a major

factor in Klein's swing through Central Canada last week: "He
went to Quebec and said nothing against separatism, and
even said a few nationalist lines." Harper sees no reason to
worry about Klein's impact. He says the federal Conservatives
still have no conservative message, and that Klein had no
effect on the last federal election.
Context Premier Ralph Klein looks and acts much like a Reformer.
Yet he went to Ottawa last week and pitched the Progressive
Conservative cause to 200 insurance executives.
Key Issue IRalPh Klein
Date 24/01/2002 1
Quote "We know that that's Ralph Klein's position and frankly, I've
always thought that if Ralph Klein would support anyone, it
would be Dr. HilL"
Context IKlein denies he is supporting anyone
Source IRegina Leader Post
Key Issue !RaiPh Klein
Date 14/04/1994 1
Quote Stephen Harper said he "congratulates" Klein for what he's

doing, "because he is taking a pro-active approach and trying
to solve the problems in one government."
Context IKlein's deficit reduction plan
April 22, 2003 Page 269 of359

Key Issue IReferenda
Date 01/10/2002 1
Quote "We should have a system of direct democracy. That system

of direct democracy should be put into effect so that the
citizens of Canada can express their judgment on how to
reform our outdates electoral system so we end the
unrepresentative results that elections produce and end
phenomena such as vote splitting."
Context The Leader explains what sort of democratic reform the

Alliance would pursue.
Key Issue IReferenda
Date 26/02/2002 1
Quote "Any polls I have seen suggest the Canadian people want
mechanisms that give them a lot more say in the running of
the country, especially on major issues. If you introduce these
kinds of reforms you would want to be modest at first. You
would want to make some incremental change that would
allow for those kinds of things to focus on major issues, and
probably at times when the public is already voting in
elections. Those are specifics we are going to have to look at
carefully before we make specific proposals."
Context Many members of your party are attached to the notion of

using referendums as a tool for democratic decision making,
and yet it seems people in Ontario are horrified by that notion.
April 22, 2003 Page 270 of359

Date 14/08/1991 1
Quote Sheila Copps attack on the Reform Party is "simplistic,

extreme and wrong - slanderous nonsense. The party is
against political agendas based on race, language, and
culture which is done through the current multicultural
program."
Context Sheila Copps compared Reform Party policies to "Aryan

philosophies". During her speech, Copps criticized the
Reform Party's policy on immigration. Copps says the policy
preaches Anglo-saxon, single integrated culture.
Date
Quote
19/12/1993 1
"The party has to develop more recognized and respected

faces. It doesn't need 52, but it needs more than one. That's
part of the developmental process.·
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Source IOttawa Citizen I
April 22, 2003 Page 271 of359

Date 16/11/1987 1
Quote "In the meantime, we require a. political party to put pursuit of

!hEIWest's agenda at the top of its list. This must be a party
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willing to end central control and special-interest politics in its
own ranks. This must be a party willing to take risks, not
patronage. It must be a party of issues and issue-makers.
And at the heart of those issues must be a commitment to
something beyond the handout system and the bribery of the
voter with his money and the money of others. Western
alienation is not the theme of parochial complainers. The
West is the essential element in a new political majority that
will promote fairness to all Canadians."
Context In this speech, the Leader discusses how the structure of the
federal government works against the interests of the West,
and speaks of the need for a new federal party to rectify this
situation.
Date 31/03/1997 1
Quote "They [the opposition parties, including the Reform Party]

aren't interested in the appearance of co-operation! Ea.ch is,
in effect, a one-party dictatorship."
Context Shortly after resigning his seat, the Leader comments on the
seeming inability of the opposition parties to be effective.
Source !Maclean's -- "Staying Alive"
April 22, 2003 Page 272 of359

Date 25/11/1993 1
Quote "If you're going to Quebec to create an essentially English

party, that would probably limit the potential of ever being
present in Quebec, more than if we never did go in at all."
Context The Leader discusses how gaining the support of only the
English minority is a political dead end.
Source lese News
April 22, 2003 Page 273 of359

Date 31/10/ 1997 1
Quote "I never thought the Reform party would do as well as it has,"
admitted Stephen Harper, founding member and former
Reform MP who now heads the National Citizens' Coalition, a
right-wing lobby group. oHe thought Reform's influence would
lie largely in being the conscience of the Progressive
Conservatives, forcing them further to the right -- much as
New Democrats had long been the conscience of the Liberals,
pushing them to the left. oMuch to Harper's surprise, however,
the Tories did not attempt to co-opt Reform's agenda of strict
fiscal restraint, smaller government, socially conservative
values and -- most appealing to westerners -- the principle of
provincial equality with no special treatment for Quebec.
Indeed, the Liberals have stolen more planks from Reform's
platform than the Tories, who may yet be displaced altogether
by Reform. O"lt has to be considered a tremendous success
story," Harper said in an interview, noting that Reform has
done better in two consecutive elections than the NDP has
ever managed.
Context Article entitled: Reform savours 10 years' success; Western

protest party launched a decade ago has matured into a
national force oTen years ago, several hundred intense,
angry, primarily middle-aged, white Albertans chose a
Halloween weekend in Winnipeg to found a new political party.
o
The timing -- combined with the spectre of delegates mingling
in the corridors with witches and goblins attending a
masquerade ball down the hall -- prompted an inevitable
question among skeptical pundits about the future of the
fledgling party: "Trick or treat?" oBut as Reform celebrates its
10th anniversary this week, it's clear the party has turned out
to be much more than a fleeting apparition destined to join the
ghosts of fringe parties past in the boneyard of Canadian
politics. 00
April 22, 2003 Page 274 of359

Date 21/03/1995 1
Quote I suggest, however, that the logical permanent role of the

Reform Party is to accept itself as the principal force of the
democratic right in Canadian politics, like the Conservatives in
Great Britain, the Republicans in the United States or the
Christian Democrats in Germany. Such a party must do what
the Progressive Conservatives failed to do: adapt to the
contemporary issues of political conflict and to a new
conservatism that is populist rather than paternalistic. For the
Reform Party to transform itself into such a permanent political
force requires adaptation in organization more than in policy. It
means doing what modern national conservative parties do. It
means constructing a coherent coalition in a pluralistic
democracy. It means developing a diversity of contracts
throughout society and developing channels of influence
throughout the party itself• And it means fighting all elections,
federal and provincial, from the broad right of centre, not just
planning to fight one election around the protests of the day. 0
April 22, 2003 Page 275 of 359

Date 25/10/ 1990 1
Quote Reform was established as a "national" party but with a

constitution allowing it to field candidates only west of Ontario.
o
A decision about expanding eastwards is to be taken next
year. Most top party officials are especially keen to move into
Ontario, where they are already forming riding associations.
o
But there are fears the populous province could swamp the
organization, preventing reforms needed to satisfy the
West.Stephen Harper, Reform's chief policy officer, prepared
a report last year on expansion, saying it was essential for
party survival. O"A strictly regional party which can never win
! pWqe will inevitably become narrowly and negatively focussed,
quasi-separatist and a platform for radical elements. Its issues
will be thin and it will die with them." OThe party is expected to
heed Harper's warning and field candidates in Ontario and
possibly Nova Scotia in the next election.
Context IArticle entitled: On the fringe
April 22, 2003 Page 276 of359

Date 06/04/ 1991 1
Quote The Reform Party risks oblivion if it doesn't root out radicals
and distance itself from extremism. OThat was the blunt
warning delivered Friday to 1,400 delegates at the Reform
convention by Stephen Harper, the party's chief policy adviser.
o
"Do not allow the party to be shot in the foot by radicals who
have done this to new parties before." OAs the four-year-old
party gears up to expand into Eastern Canada, Harper tackled
head-on the redneck image that is the source of much media
criticism and public skepticism. OHarper, 31, believes that the
attacks are unfounded, but that they need to be directly
confronted at this "watershed" convention in advance of
making the giant leap onto the national political stage. O"We
are not here to reform Reform. We are here to reform the
country. O"We are not here to fight (leader) Preston Manning,
we are here to help Preston Manning," he said to loud cheers
as the delegates rose to give him a standing ovation. "We are
in a position to make history in this country and we are going
to do it." oTurning to constitutional matters, he issued a
similarly blunt message to Quebec and the other three federal
parties who seem wedded to giving that province a "special
deal" to remain in Canada. O"Reformers want a strong country
built by those who want in, not by those who want out." OThe
other nine provinces and two territories must hammer out a
consensus and then sit down at the negotiation table with
Quebec to see if a solution can be found. O"The government
of Quebec says it wants to know what the rest of Canada
wants. Well, it is going to find out." OAs well, he proposed
giving Atlantic provinces and British Columbia control over
offshore resources, as Alberta enjoys control in the energy
sector, and he proposed that all provinces have full jurisdiction
over language and culture, subject to the Charter of Rights.
o
But the Reform image of a new Canada would be far more
federal than the new decentralized models being proposed by
Quebec and the "wealthier provinces among the political right"
such as Alberta and B.C. o Returning to his main message of
the need to stamp out extremism, he said there's widespread
public cynicism about the Tories, Liberals and NDP. But
Canadians cringe when they view the single-issue "bad
apples" evident in the splinter groups such as the Western
Canada Concept, Confederation of Regions and Christian
April 22, 2003 Page 277 oj359

Heritage Party. OThe Reform move toward moderation is
damaged by recently publicized grass root proposals that
would deny Charter of Rights protection to new immigrants or
force them to settle in remote regions. OThat doesn't mean
backing away from political hot potatoes such as language,
immigration and multiculturalism. But racist extremism is
isolated, Harper said, and it's being weeded out as the party's
base broadens. Olt was the same message being pushed this
week by Manning: that narrow and parochial views will doom
Reform to the political wilderness. DAfter Harper's speech, the
delegates quietly approved policies that reject enforced
bilingualism and promote multiculturalism, as long as ethnic
groups use their own money to preserve their heritages.
Context IArticie entitled: Party urged to avoid radicals
Date 26/07/1991 1
Quote The Reform Party has stolen all its "nice, juicy ideas" from the
Confederation of Regions Party and is basking in misplaced
popularity, says COR leader Elmer Knutson. ONonsense,
says Reform Party policy adviser Stephen Harper. OThe
Reform Party doesn't claim all its ideas are original, says
Harper, adding proposals for Senate reform go back to the
1920s. D"The difference between the COR Party and the
Reform Party is the Reform Party has credible leadership with
a coherent agenda," Harper said. D"lf you look at COR Party
policies, irs a right-wing party with fanatical immigration and
language policies. Then it has extremely left policies on
economic issues. Irs really all over the place." OHarper says
Reformers don't welcome COR Party defectors. "We find
them almost entirely extremists and bigots, and I mean really
extreme," he said,
Context IArticle entitled: COR party claims 'juicy ideas' stolen
April 22, 2003 Page 278 of 359

Key Issue !Reform Party
Date 07/05/19941
Quote It's really just an ethics committee. We have gone through a

lot of code-of-conduct stuff and this is a body that will help
advise members on ethical and moral questions. It's more of a
preventive measure than anything else.
Context Since arriving in Ottawa last November, the party has come
under fire for making mistakes. Errors in Parliament during
question period as well as hardline statements on immigration
have not made Reformers a lot of friends, especially in the
media.
Date 01/11/19951
Quote "I think Jacques Parizeau may have waved his own magic
wand and ... Poof! There goes Jacques Parizeau," said
Calgary West Reformer Stephen Harper Tuesday in the wake
of the Quebec premier's resignation announcement. Harper,
who earlier in the day had called for Parizeau's resignation
due to the Parti Quebecois leader's intolerant comments about
ethnic voters, said there's no question the sudden
announcement puts Reform closer to official opposition
status."We want to playas big a role in this Parliament as
possible but this is a very different way for this to be coming
about than some of us might have guessed," he said.
April 22, 2003 Page 279 of359

Date 21/03/ 1995 1
Quote "The truth is that Reform serves its core constituents quite
well. You can define them as narrowly as you want, perhaps
as little more than the 'g-issues' - guns, gays and government
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certain elements of Reform's agenda, it will never move far
tel(eeL~ ~ ~ .
enough to the core constituencies of the party, which he
'okingly describes in this quotation.
Source IThe Globe & Mail -- "Where does the Reform Party go from her I
Date 19/12/1993 1
Quote Harper knows Reformers must walk "a fine line by sticking to
the right-of-centre policies of small, fiscally responsible
government and free enterprise that allowed them to vacuum
up the Tories' support without sounding uncaring or eccentric.
ObViously you want to avoid extremists and you want to avoid
what you would call yahoos The party has to have people who
are presentable, but at the same time those people have to
articulate the party's message.
Context INew look of Reform
April 22, 2003 Page 280 of 359

Date 07/06/ 1997 1
Quote "ifReform knew how to break into Ontario, it would have dome
so by now ... Reform is permanent -~ and yet has no obvious
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pathway to power, at least in normal times." ~ an.d-.. Of~ecl ~ ~ '--1T
that Reform's resistance to Quebec's demands has placed the
party in a good position to make a breakthrough in Ontario, as
it is the only party embracing what Diefenbaker called "One
Canada." The "normal times" referred to in the quotation,
refers to a time in which Quebec separation is not an issue,
and therefore, the continued obsession with placating Quebec
has provided the party with an unprecedented opportunity to
expand its base.
Source IThe Calgary Herald -- "On the pathway to power ... "
Key Issue [Reform Party
Date 01/01/1998 1
Quote "Reform's limitations, however, are severe. These are rooted

in its commitment to populism. As a populist, Manning has
directed Reform away from a clear strategy of consolidating
the conventional right. Ironically, the vagueness of his
populism has also had the perverse effect of allowing the most
right-wing elements in the party to define its image in the
public eye. Reform's monolithic nature makes a big
breakthrough into the east, especially Ontario, difficult. If
Reform knew how to break into Ontario, it would have done so
by now. In normal times, its efforts would appear to be
hopelessly stymied. Populism simply seems to outside of the
cultural framework of most Ontario voters."
Context A pessimistic assessment of Reform's potential to make the

much needed breakthrough in Ontario.
April 22, 2003 Page 281 of359

Date 21/03/ 1995 1
Quote "And it means fighting all elections, federal and provincial,

from the broad right of centre, not just planning to fight one
election around the protests of the day."
Context The Leader's advice as to what the party must do if it is to

become an alternative to the Liberals. Note the suggestion to
run provincially.
Source IThe Globe & Mail -- "Where does the Reform Party go from her I
Date 03/02/1995!
Quote '"We've been skeptical about whether someone convicted of

anything while sitting in the House should continue to sit," said
Stephen Harper, a member of the party's ethics committee.
'" If anyone in our caucus were convicted of something, they
would certainly be asked to resign."
Context Reform MPs think criminal conduct should disqualify a

member from sitting in the Commons.
Date 22/03/ 1995 1
Quote The Leader states that the Reform party should be a "modern
Canadian version of the Thatcher-Reagan phenomenon."
Context
Source IThe Globe & Mail -- "A political void in Canada yearns to be fill
April 22, 2003 Page 282 of 359

Key Issue IRegional Veto
Date 05/12/ 1995 1
Quote Last night, at the committee hearing, Reform MP Stephen

Harper argued that Ottawa was giving away its federal
authority to provincial legislatures. "Why did the federal
govemment delegate its amending- formula power and
authority to the legislatures of the provinces rather than to the
people of Canada, through a referendum mechanism?" he
asked."
Context Justice Minister Allan Rock insisted last night at the first
committee hearing that the new veto is merely a temporary
measure - "a bridge" to get Ottawa to the federal-provincial
constitutional conference that is required in 1997 and to
deliver on Mr. Chretien's promises to Quebec referendum
voters.
Date 04/12/1995 1
Quote "It still may be a recipe for deadlock."
Context The Leader expresses the opinion that the regional veto (Bill C-
110) will most likely prove to be harmful to the constitutional
workings of the country.
Source Hansard -- Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs
April 22, 2003 Page 283 of359

Date 01/12/ 1995 1
Quote "It alters the division of powers between the provinces.

Ontario and Quebec are treated differently ... than the other
provinces. I think Alberta would have a case there that would
at least be worth pursuing."
Context The Leader argues that Alberta should launch a constitutional

case against the regional veto, which the Liberal government
hastily passed following the 1995 referendum.
Source IOttawa Sun -- "MP wants Alberta to challenge veto"
Key Issue IReligion
Date 23/02120021
Quote "The a big difference between our campaigns is I am not

recruiting people based on their religious denominations. I'm
recruiting regardless of religion. I believe that's the way it
should be. I don't like kind of the... playing the politics of
religion, and I don't believe... as a Christian I'm not
comfortable with using churches and religious organizations to
sell memberships for political campaigns or political parties
because I have a view that the role of the church is different. "
Context Harper has accused Day of courting faiths and organizations

such as Campaign Life Coalition that are anti-abortion, in
order to sell party memberships. Harper says it threatens to
turn control of the party over to a single interest group.
Source IcsC Radio - The House
April 22, 2003 Page 284 of359

Key Issue IReligion
Date 26/02/2002 1
Quote "Those kinds of questions get into my own personal religious

views, and I am just not going to get into a theological
discussion in this campaign. I didn't suggest that religious
organizations have no purpose in public life, but I don't think
the purpose of a religious organization is to promote a
particular political party or candidate. It's not something I
would be comfortable with and not something I am going to
contribute to."
Context IDoes the gospel have public policy implications?
Source jottawa Citizen
Key Issue IReligion
Date 26/02/2002 1
Quote "I don't think we said there was any illegitimacy in courting
religious groups. It is better for the party to do what we are
doing, which is to recruit people regardless of their religious
affiliation. There's a ridiculous charge that we are excluding
religious conservatives. More religious conservatives in
caucus are supporting me than are supporting Stockwell Day.
The big difference is I have support from people who don't fit
that description. I am the one who actually has people who
have strong views on either side of the abortion issue, for
example, and I think this will ultimately prove to be a more
successful tactic. I must tell you just on a personal level -- I
guess I have to get this out -- my view is that the purpose of a
Christian church is to promote the message and the life of
Christ. It is not to promote a particular political party or
candidacy. I don't think this is good religion, besides being bad
politics at the same time."~
Context Your camp has been quite concerned about Stockwell Day
courting the religious vote. What's wrong with him courting
religious groups?
Source jottawa Citizen
April 22, 2003 Page 285 of359

Key Issue IReligion
Date 21/02120021
Quote Mr. Harper said he was wooing supporters "regardless of their

religious affiliation rather than based on their religious
affiliation. My view is the purpose of a Christian church is to
promote the message and the life of Christ," Mr. Harper said
during a meeting with the Ottawa Citizen editorial board. "It is
not to promote a particular party and candidacy."
Context
Source [National Post
April 22, 2003 Page 286 of359

Key Issue IReligion
Date 26/06/2000 1
Quote MESLEY: Stephen Harper, what sort of future do you see with
this movement?
HARPER: Well I think in the case of Stockwell Day, for

example, we don't really know where he would take the
country and that's something he's going to have to articulate.
And I guess I would probably fall somewhat between these
wo views. First of all, I don't think this freedom of religion is
V
freedom from religion. You know, there has been an attempt
on the part of some people on the far left to basically ban
religion from any public discourse. And I don't think that's, first
of all I don't think that's right, correct, I just don't think that's a
correct interpretation of what our freedoms and rights are all
about. Certainly they don't have a right to impose those but
they do have a right to think them and think them in the public
arena. But you know it depends on what you're talking about
here Wendy. Like if, you know, if Stockwell Day, for example,
wanted to criminalize abortion comprehensively I think he'd be
in a great deal of political trouble. But there's, I would suggest
lots of emphasis that the current, quote, "consensus", that
abortion should be, there should be no abortion law but that it
should be publicly funded and practitioners should be forced to
engage in it is frankly not a public consensus so I think there's
room for somebody like a Stockwell Day to find some political
issues that will resonate with the mainstream. But, you know,
he's going to have some trouble if it's perceived that he has a
comprehensive religious agenda that he would impose.
Context The Leader responding to a question as to the proper place for

religion in politics.
Source CBC News -- "Who will lead the Canadian Alliance"
April 22, 2003 Page 287 of359

Key Issue (ReligiOn
Date 21/02/2002(
Quote "My view is the purpose of a Christian church is to promote the

message and the life of Christ," Mr. Harper said during a
meeting with the Citizen editorial board. "It is not to promote a
particular party and candidacy."
Context
Source IOttawa Citz
Key Issue ISaskatchewan
Date 19/02/2001 1
Quote "Saskatchewan has an abundant resource base and has

managed to take that and turn itself into not just a have-not
province but one with no long-term prospects of growth
whatsoever through a long-term series of government polices
that drove industry after industry out and replaced them with
incompetent crown corporations."
Context This quotation stems from a discussion of the Alberta

Agenda. The Leader argues that Alberta's wealth cannot be
attributed to the federal government. He compares Alberta to
Saskatchewan, and argues the "Alberta Advantage" is
responsible for Alberta prosperity.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "Alberta first: Six prominet citizens d
April 22, 2003 Page 288 of 359

Key Issue Isenate
Date 10/12/1997 1
Quote MATHESON: Well, what do you think? They're taking away his
office, his perks, his privileges, but not his salary. Is this the
right way to handle the senator?
HARPER: Well, they're probably limited with what they can do

with Senator Thompson. But I think the problem with Senator
Thompson is he may understand the role of the Senate better
than a lot of his colleagues.
MATHESON: [laughs] A snarky thing to say.
HARPER: Well, the truth is the Senate is a patronage

position -- virtually a lifetime patronage position -- with little
responsibility or accountability. And this is the fundamental
problem. Let's remember Senator Thompson's record is poor
in attendance, as are other senators', but the real problem is
that even if a senator attends every sitting he's still working
less than half the number of days the average Canadian would
work. And that's the greater problem with the institution.
Context The Leader comments on Senator Andrew Thompson, who

was considered the Senate's worst truant.
Source CTV News -- "Senator's truancy stirs debate about Senate's rei
April 22, 2003 Page 289 of359

Key Issue [Senate
Date 23/04/1997[
Quote "Having been forced thought the Commons with closure, Bill C-
66 has now gone to the Senate. That is where the Tories can
show they mean what they say about labour reform. After all,
\oVQile Tory senators no longer have the majority there, they still
have the numbers to mount an effective opposition."
Context The Leader advocates that Tory senators delay the passage
of Bill C-66, which amended the Canada Labour Code in areas
of federal jurisdiction. Only a few years earlier, however, the
Leader scoffed at the assertion of Tory senators that they
would use their powers to act as the "official opposition" to the
Liberals.
Source IOttawa Citizen -- "Labour bill a test for Tory Senators"
Key Issue ISenate
Date 18/11/1993 1
Quote "I can't see the Tory senators performing any useful function.
I don't think they really stand for any kind of viewpoint, other
than the viewpoint of die-hard appointed hacks representing
the incompetent former government. "
Context The Leader's response to the Tory announcement- after being

reduced to a rump in the House -to use its majority in the
Senate to act as a "national opposition" in Parliament. This
plan was concocted in response to the Quebec-base Bloc and
western Reform whipping it from the political map.
Source Calgary Herald -- "PC senators for 'opposition'"
April 22, 2003 Page 290 of359

Key Issue Isenate
Date 05/07/1994 1
Quote It's certainly something that doesn't seem right, Reform MP

Stephen Harper said. "The office of a senator is not supposed
to be a platform from which you would try to get a
contract. ....lt·s a recipe for this kind of situation," Mr. Harper
said. "This whole thing is an argument for Senate reform."
Context A construction company owned by a senator should not have

been able to bid on a lucrative federal contract, a Reform MP
and a government ethics watchdog say.
Source !Globe and Mail
Key Issue Isenate
Date 22/03/1995 1
Quote '"Obviously, the government thinks it's being clever by

appointing women.... But the real concern is, whether it's
women or men or French or English or whatever, these people
inevitably don't represent anybody but the prime minister who
appoints them." Harper said Chretien should allow each
province to hold elections to fill Senate vacancies, as Alberta
did once several years ago. '"We don't think as a party that
patronage has any place in the Parliament of Canada," Harper
added.O
Context However, Reform MP Stephen Harper said the fact that

Chretien appointed women, who are still a minority in the
Senate, doesn't make patronage any more palatable.
April 22, 2003 Page 291 of 359

Key Issue Isenate
Date 23/08/1995 1
Quote "Whether you're talking about distinct society for Quebec or

Triple-E Senate for Alberta, these things are not in the cards in
the foreseeable future," Harper said Tuesday from his Calgary
office.
Context Just as the idea of a special status for Quebec is permanently

off the rails, so too is Alberta's constitutional dream of an
equal, elected and effective upper chamber to protect regional
interests, says Stephen Harper, the Reform party's national
unity critic.
Key Issue ISenate
Date 25/01/1992 1
Quote Stephen Harper warned Clark he could expect a fight over the
Triple E. "He can walk away from what is a hand-picked
conference ... but political opponents like ourselves are going
to take the Triple E cause to the people." He also said he
resents suggestions that Triple E backers are trying to divide
the country. "It is not Alberta and not Senate reformers that
are talking about a sovereignty referendum or boycotting
constitutional talks. That is being done by the government of
Quebec. The federal government should stand up to that
instead of blaming the rest of the country."
Context Triple E senate has about as much chance in Canada as

another virgin birth
April 22, 2003 Page 292 of359

Key Issue Isexual Orientation
Date 14/07/20011
Quote "People have to be able to belong to political parties

regardless of their views on those issues. I think it's perfectly
legitimate to have moral objections as well as moral approval
of homosexuality, but I don't think political parties should do
that."
Context The Leader explains how gay rights shouldn't be a partisan

political issue.
Source IThe Globe & Mail -- "The man who should be king"
Date 10105/19961
Quote "I think on this particular debate we've let done many
Canadians who I think are opposed to this legislation on very
legitimate grounds."
Context The Leader argues that Reform missed an opportunity to

highlight flaws in Bill C-33, which added "sexual orientation" as
a protected category in the Canadian Human Rights Act, and •
reveal divisions within the Liberal caucus.
Source Calgary Herald -- "Reform missed its chance with gay rights, St
April 22, 2003 Page 293 of359

Date 23/02/2002 1
Quote "I know we have a party policy, I happen to personally agree

with that policy, but in my view there should be a tolerance for
a diversity of opinion."
Context The Leader's response to a questions concerning his opinion

on relationships between persons of the same gender.
Although he personally agrees with the Alliance's position that
marriage should be defined as the union of members of the
opposite sex, he argues this shouldn't be a subject of partisan
party politics.
Source ICPAC -- The Public Record (Vancouver Leadership Debate)
Date 02/09/2002 1
Quote The Leader characterizes the Scott Brockie decision as

"absurd"
Context Scott Brockie owns a print shop in Toronto. He refused to

print materials for a gay-rights group, as it would have
comromised his Christain beliefs. As a result of his decsion ,
he was fined $5,000 by the Ontario Human Rights
Commission. The Ontario Superior Court upheld the fine for
Mr. Brockie's refusal to print stationery and business cards,
arguing that nothing in either violated his "core beliefs."
Source IReport Newsmagazine -- "The gay-marriage fight is (probably)
April 22, 2003 Page 294 of359

Date 02/09/20021
Quote The Leader argues that Svend Robinson's sexual-orientation

amendment to the Criminal Code would have "pretty extreme
implications'
Context INo additional context.
Source !Report Newsmagazine -- "The gay-marriage fight is (probably)
Key Issue [Sexual Orientation
Date 02/09/20021
Quote "I support the traditional view of marriage."
Context The Leader comments on the possibility of gay marriage. He

notes that such a bill should go to the Parliament for a free
vote.
Source [Report Newsmagazine n "The gay-marriage fight is (probably)
Date 23/10/20021
Quote "f'!1r. Speaker, I am sure the picture of the hon. member of the
NDP is posted in much more wonderful places than just police
stations."
Context The Leader responds to Svend Robinson's point of order,

which he raised because the Leader made a crack about
cabinet ministers having their mug shots in police stations.
Source IHansard -- Routine Proceedings (Ethics)
April 22, 2003 Page 295 of359

Key Issue [sexual Orientation
Date 10/06/1994 1
Quote Ontario MPPs voted against a legislative compromise that

would have given workplace benefits to homosexual couples,
but wouldn't allow them to adopt children or gain formal
recognition as spouses. Opponents say the government
should stay clear of the controversy the issue sparked in
Ontario. "What I hope they learn is not to get into it," Reform
MP Stephen Harper said. "There are more important social
and economic issues."
Context MP Robinson dragging Feds into same sex couples battle
Source [vancouver Sun
April 22, 2003 Page 296 of359

Date 28/09/1994 1
Quote Nunn: What do you think of Ms. Skoke's remarks Mr.

Harper? Harper: Well I guess what I just heard there [that
dissent within the Liberal party on the inclusion of sexual
orientation in the Human Rights Act] disturbs me. I certainly
think Ms. Skoke speaks for a large number of Canadian's who
have a particular moral and religious perspective on this and
my understanding was there was room for this view within the
Liberal party. Now maybe that is not the case. I'll be to"see
whether she keeps... Nunn: Maybe that has changed.
Harper: ...expressing her viewpoint, but I guess I would say
Jim, that I think it is an important viewpoint. It is one that I
personally have some sympathy for and there is certainly
room for it in our party. Nunn: Room for Ms. Skoke in your
party too I would imagine. Harper: Well, that is ultimately
between an MP and their constituents. I think the Liberal party
generally has been open to different moral and religious
perspectives in the past and I think it would be unfortunate for
the country if it were to change that direction"
Context The Leader responds to the potential fate of Ms. Skoke, a

Liberal MP who went against her party by stating the opinion
that homosexual Canadians shouldn't be afforded certain
protections in the Criminal Code, a promise contained in the
Red Book.
Source ICBC Halifax TV -- First Edition
Key Issue ISexua' Orientation
Date 24/05/1994 1
Quote The practice of the House of Commons has been to use the
definition of spouse in the Income Tax Act, and it seems to me
that is an appropriate standard to use.
Context Robinson urges MPs to act on benefits for gay couples
Source IVancouver Sun
April 22, 2003 Page 297 of359

Date 14/12/1994[
Quote "My personal views on some of these issues are the following:
I do not support the special legal recognition of same-sex
relationships, the compulsory provision of marital benefits to
same-sex couples, or a number of other possible implications
of such legislation. However, I do believe that there should
generally be protection from discrimination on the basis of
sexual orientation in hiring, promotion, accommodation, and
many other areas covered by the Canadian Human Rights
Act I also believe that the definition of sexual orientation may
be an issue and should be clarified. My eventual vote in the
House of Commons on this issue, if and when a bill is tabled
by the government, will be determined by the contents of that
bill and the results of my constituency survey."
Context [Letter to the Editor
Date 06/10/19931
Quote I've been on my own for a long time and I have never been
asked about my sexual orientation.
Context [Calgary West debates
April 22, 2003 Page 298 of359

Date 16/10/19941
Quote "I think it's perfectly legitimate to have moral objections as well
as moral approval of homosexuality, but I don't think political
parties should do that. "
Context The Leader explains that Reform should not establish party
policy on moral issues like gay rights.
Source ICalgary Herald -- "Second MP breaks ranks over gays"
Key Issue !Social Conservatism
Date 18/06/19951
Quote "Frankly, I would anticipate that on some of/those issues that

my views~oUld likely be considerably more conservative than
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Context The Leader explain to Rex Murphy the party's policy on
dealing with hot-button moral issues •• free votes in the
House. In this quotation he indicates that his own personal
views on some of those issues would likely be more
conservative than those of his constituents.
Source IcsC Radio -- Cross Country Checkup
April 22, 2003 Page 299 of359

Key Issue !social Conservatism
Date 26/06/2000 [
Quote WENDY MESLEY:Stephen Harper, you are a former Reform

MP. What does it say, how do you analyze this? What does it
say that an outspoken social conservative like Stockwell Day
is doing so well in Canadian politics?
STEPHEN HARPER (National Citizen's Coalition): Well first of

all, it says he's doing well in the context of the Alliance
leadership race and it says that social conservatism is very
strong in this emerging Canadian Alliance. It was strong in the
Reform party. It may end up being stronger here. It's probably
been underestimated as a political force in Canada beyond the
Alliance itself. How strong it is I'm not sure. Remember,
Wendy, when we talk about social conservatism you're
throwing in a whole bunch of things. You're throwing in moral
and religious issues like abortion and homosexuality. But also
you're talking about things like opposition to gun control or
people in favour of the death penalty and these, there are
people who have some social conservative views and not
others.
Context This exchange took place on a panel discussion devoted to

the topic of leadership of the new Canadian Alliance.
Source ICBC News -- "Who will lead the Canadian Alliance"
Key Issue Isocial Conservatism
Date 24/06/2000 1
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April 22, 2003 Page 300 of359

Date 04/12120011
Quote "Well that's an important constituency. I...you know, I

certainly know that there's many social conservatives in
caaucus and in the party are also going to support me. I have
a lot of things to say to that wing of the party that I think ther're
interested in. You know, I. .. don't begrudge this. I don't take
any alarm from the fact that religious conservatives are active
in the party or may support a candidate. I think that's ...just
part of the game. I would just say that, you know, we have to
be careful that the party doesn't get too narrowly defined. And
I don't think that's a large enough group to elect Stockwell
Day, but obviously that's part of his electoral strategy."
Context The Leader responds to the following question: If the bulk of

the Christian right are prepared to support Stockwell Day
again in this leadership race, how much of a boost does that
give him?
Source IcsC Radio News -- "Harper to Run for Alliance Party"
Date 21/02120021
Quote "Social conservatism - particularly regarding the family as

central to the fabric of society - is in the ascendancy. Welfare
reformers across the political spectrum and around the world
now admit that family breakup is the quickest route to
impoverishment. 'If anything, government ought to favour
policies that assist families to make up, over poliCies that
favour a breakup."
Context In this piece, the Leader argues that social conservatives

ought to remain optimistic and try to effect change through the
political system.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "Now is the time for social conservati
April 22, 2003 Page 301 of359

Date 21/01/2002 1
Quote "... criminalizing spanking extends the long alJl4 of the

government too far into the private activities of families."
Context The Leader on the topic of repealing section 43 of the Criminal

Code.
Date 21/02/2002 1
Quote "When you get into family policies, it's always easier to focus
on areas where children are at issue ... I think there is
probably more social consensus about this area than in trying
to regulate the conduct of adults."
Context The Leader explains his approach to dealing with social

issues. He argues that such issues as supporting parents'
rights to use corporal punishment and raising the age of
consent are social issues on which a broad cross-section of
Canadians can agree.
Source The Globe & Mail -- "Harper campaigns on social issues"
Key Issue [Social Conservatism
Date 21/04/ 1997 1
Quote "Social conservatives who are also Christians have to

remember that politics is fundamentally about establishing civil
peace; it is not the means for bringing the kingdom of heaven
to. earth."
Context The Leader and Dr. Flanagan argue that social conservatives
need to be realistic as to what goals to pursue through the
political process.
April 22, 2003 Page 302 of359

Date 21/04/1997 1
Quote "Social conservatives - rightly, in our view - are keenly aware

that society does not consist simply of individuals contracting
with one another. Society included the natural association of
the family, as well as all sorts of voluntary associations, such
as churches, private schools and charitable endeavors ...
Social conservatives also need to know that economic
conservatives do not favour using government as an agent of
propaganda in favour of secularized moral relativism, for
instance, through the reaching of sexual ethics, in the public
schools. Hedonism and amoral libertarianism can always by
found in a free society, but they are not its purpose. Indeed,
any sensible person recognizes that when the exercise of
freedom becomes widely irresponsible, a free society will not
long endure."
Context The Leader and Dr. Flanagan urge understanding between

economic and social conservatives. They argue that the world
view of each group, if taken to an extreme, is not feasibly
politically.
Key Issue ISocial Policy
Date 02/07/2000 1
Quote The liberal media believes such issues [pro-life and pro-family]
are a death penalty for any political party. It's more
complicated than that. These issues are a mine field, but
Canada has plenty of room for a party that advocates carefully
selected, we-articulated, conservative policies on social
issues. The trick will be to avoid the more dogmatic and
extreme views of some elements of the religious right, while
finding a mainstream audience for tough-on-crime, soft-on-
family policies."
Context This piece offers Day advice on the real "moral issue" facing
the Alliance, the 180 degree turn on MP pensions.
Source IThe Calgary Sun - "Pension Flap Dogs Alliance"
April 22, 2003 Page 303 of359

Key Issue ISocial Policy
Date 16/11/1987[
Quote "Social spending must focus on the greatest needs, not the
IQudest voices. Structures to address social problems must
provide the appropriate incentives and opportunities, not
encourage permanent dependency or mentalities of
entitlement. This would include, in addition, efforts to
strengthen property rights and ownership of all Canadians."
Context The Leader discusses needed policy changes in the federation.
Date 10101/20021
Quote "The comment on Stockwell Day's campaign were contrary to

my state public position. I view Stock as a credible opponent,
and he will be a very formidable candidate in this race. We
will obviously have our disagreements on some issues and
some policies, but beyond that, we have to keep this
campaign of a respectful level."
Context IHarper aide John Collison resigns after bashing Day.
Date 03/02120021
Quote "Lwill know what I'm saying when I open my mouth,· Harper
said. "And when attacked, I will defend the policies of this
P!irty·"
Context Harper and Day exchanged verbal shots, with Harper taking
aim at Day's leadership problems.
April 22, 2003 Page 304 of359

Key Issue IStockweli Day
Date 10/01/2002 1
Quote "Our approach has not been, obviously, to go negative on

Stockwell Day's campaign. There has been too much going
negative on people in this party in the past year. I think I have
been very clear that our agenda here is to put our message
out and advance our candidacy." •
Context IHarper aide John Collison resigns after bashing Day.
Date 21/03/2000 1
Quote "He's the logical successor to Preston Manning and it's a

logical time to change."
Context The Leader predicting to the Globe editorial board that Day will
emerge as leader of the new CA.
Source The Globe & Mail -- "Day can win Alliance leadership, Harper s
April 22, 2003 Page 305 of359

Key Issue !Stockwell Day
Date 04/02120021
Quote Mr. Harper later attacked Mr. Day for voting in favour of the
failed Meech Lake and Charlottetown accords, which would
have granted Quebec distinct-society status in the
Constitution."Was that your own personal view or was that
your constituents' wishes?" he asked, to jeers from the floor.
Mr. Day responded by reminding the roomful of Reform-
Alliance stalwarts Mr. Harper voted in favour of gun control on
first reading when he was a sitting MP.
Context At a town hall debate attended by more than 1,000 party

members, former Reform MP Harper lashed out several times
at his chief rival, Stockwell Day.
Date 26/06/2000 1
Quote "Stockwell Day is going to, someone like a Stockwell Day is

going to pick up a lot of support not just in the traditional
Reform constituency but he can reach out to, you know, the
non-Christian constituency that Darrel referred to. Now this
may not be a majority of the country, but it is an important
political viewpoint and played right I think he can make some
gains. Played wrong it could be disastrous."
Context The Leader discussing the potential appeal of Day's religious

approach to politics.
Source IcsC News -- "Who will lead the Canadian Alliance"
April 22, 2003 Page 306 of 359

Date 24/06/2000 1
Quote The Leader argues that the success of Day's social

conservatism "depends on whether he is able to shape a
personal and political agenda that persuades Canadians he's
really one of them -- and not just a guy with a 'funny' religion.
If he can do that, the Liberals are dead in the water."
Context The Leader comments on Day's potential to appeal to voters.
Source !Report Newsmagazine -- "Day time in Ontario"
Key Issue
Date ci~+\~er h.~ ~'f ~00.

Quote "I'm very excited about Stockwell Day. As you know, I've
expresses some concerns about some aspects of his
campaign, but overall I think he's re-energized the Alliance
and the things it believes in. I'm very excited about his
prospects."
Context The Leader offers a positive assessment of Day, whom he

considers to be the likely winner of the leadership campaign.
Source Icsc Radio -- The House
April 22, 2003 Page 307 of359

Key Issue IStornoway
Date 07/06/1997 1
Quote "Clearly, we're not going to have a functional residence for the
Leader of the Opposition. The precedent is being
established. It would be very difficult for anyone in the future
to move in after at least two opposition leaders did not.
Unless someone has a better idea that will not cost the
taxpayers more money, they should sell it.'
Context This story appeared prior to Manning's decision to move into

Stomoway. The article provides speculation as to what should
be the fate of the residence.
Source IThe Toronto Star -- Canada's Poshest Storage Repository
Date 18/05/2002 1
Quote "I have to tell you this, that just...you know, kind of given my
background, kind of...the kind of people my wife and I are, it'll
be an interesting experience. But it's a little bit uncomfortable
living in kind of this mini-mansion in Rockcliffe Park. It'!fnot
really who we are as people. But you know, it's certainly a
perk of the job... •
Context IThe Leader comments on living in Stornoway.
Source ICBC Radio News -- 'Interview with Stephen Harper"
April 22, 2003 Page 308 of 359

Date 27/08/1997 1
Quote "Spread that (the cost of living in Stornoway) over four years,
and cornpare it to $6,000 (rental allowance) over four years,
it's substantial ... We [the NCG] felt he should have stuck with
his promise not to live there. jNe don't think it is necessary for
himto live there.!'
Context 8i7heLeader discusses how Manning's flip flop on the issue of

living in Stornoway will be costly for the taxpayers.
Source !The Toronto Star -- "Manning's Residence to Cost an Extra $161
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Date 31/08/1997 1
Quote "The greater concern is, if you'll do such a blatant about-face

on something like that and so quickly - and with so little
support or justification - what does that say about what you
may do on other issues?"
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on other issues like spending cuts.
Source IThe Toronto Star
April 22, 2003 Page 309 of359

Key Issue ITaxes
Date 26/02/2002 1
Quote "Eliminating or reducing high marginal tax rates should be a

priority. Does that mean the party should lock itself into a
specific proposal for a single-rate tax model? Not only is there
no political benefit in doing that, but as we saw there are real
fiscal problems in doing that, as you have to make all kinds of
assumptions about the state of the economy and government
finances. I would simply advocate that we have priorities for
tax reduction, firm priorities that we know are achievable."
Context That single-rate tax policy your party had in the last election
was abandoned. Is that a policy you would support?
Source !Ottawa Citizen
Key Issue lTaxes
Date 21/01/2002 1
Quote "... the Alliance should address the fact that most middle-
income families get as large a tax deduction for having a child
as they do for purchasing a new boat -- namely, no deduction
at all (unless they build boats in a shipyard of Brian Tobin's
choosing). Instead, Ottawa provides cash payments to poorer
families and large tax deductions for parents with children in
institutional care. This makes little sense.;f1roviding for tl:Je
poor is a provincial, not a federal responsibility."
Context The Leader discusses how the tax system could be reformed
to be more pro-family.
April 22, 2003 Page 310 of359

Key Issue ITaxes
Date 08/06/19971
Quote "... I would agree that the tax-cut message fell flat ... if you
look at the polls, that's where the public is at [interested in
deficit reduction and focused spending increases]. The public
is in fact very leery of both radical spending increases and
radical tax cuts because I think they realize how severely
exposed we are. So the Liberals will end up somewhere in the
centre. What will be interesting to see from then is how they
can benefit politically from that."
Context The Leader discusses how there was a fair amount of

convergence among the parties, with the exception of the
NDP, when it came to fiscal issues during the campaign.
Source IcsC News -- "Panel Discussion on the 1997 Federal Election
Key Issue ITaxes
Date 19/02120021
Quote "Canadian tax rates are still far higher that those of our most
important trading partner. C.D. Howe President Jack Mintz
recently pointed out that overall, Canada's effective tax rate is
almost 15 percentage points higher than in the United States.
And Canada's personal income tax rates are still among the
highest in the developed world. If we are to make our entire
economy more competitive -- for our primary, secondary and
tertiary industries -- then these tax rates must come down."
April 22, 2003 Page 311 of359

Key Issue IThe Left
Date 02/07/2000 1
Quote "The real problem is the dogmatic and extreme agenda of the I
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country. It is not using the direct democracy the Alliance
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Source !The Calgary Sun - "Pension Flap Dogs Alliance"
Key Issue IThe Left
Date 27/03/2000 1
Quote "The only call from within for annexation [to the United States]
will eventually come from Canada's Left: As the Left slowly
realizes that the stronger U.S. economy is able to provide
greater government handouts than the Canadian state, it will
abandon its cheque-book 'nationalism.' Afterall, itis the
government handout, not Canada, to Which the Left is
ultimately loyal. The Canadian Left's call for annexation will
not be explicit. Instead, it will begin to advocate some kind of
supranational institution, which would deprive us of a directly
elected senior government. This will be a serious threat, and
because of that the Left's Canada should not be allowed to
survive. Built on Trudeau's post-imperial pillars of
bilingualism, socialism and centralism, today's Canadian state
defies the nature of our culture, our economy and our
geography and is inexorably failing as our history unfolds."
Context The Leader argues that in order to maintain its sovereignty,

Canada must reassert the fundamentals of its true
nationhood -- I.e. individual liberty, personal responsibility, ect.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "Back to the future"
April 22, 2003 Page 312 of359

Key Issue IThe Left
Date 26/06/20001
Quote HARPER: Kathleen you're motivated by your deeply held

views on religious and moral questions like everybody else.
And I don't think it's fair for people who are entirely secular
and liberal and left to pretend they don't have any. And in fact
I'd argue today, I mean I'm concerned about the extremes of
the religious right. Sut a big problem we have in public life
today is the imposition of extreme left wing values through the
courts through human rights commissions. That's the reality
and the public recognizes it.
Context The Leader explains his belief that it is the extreme Left, as
opposed to the far Right, the poses the real danger to Canada.
Source Icsc News -- "Who will lead the Canadian Alliance"
Key Issue ITom Long
Date 21/04/20001
Quote "I think Tom Long is perfectly positioned to tum the Alliance
into a real coalition. He's going to bring a big chunk of the
Conservative party with him. Tom got into that position
because he was a grassroots activist. He got himself elected
president of the Ontario Tory party, and he's done a lot of work
over the years speaking ,meeting people, dealing with the
media - all the skills that a politician has. We have an
opportunity with Tom Long - by we, I mean small c
conservatives - we have here the guy who has all the
credentials, all the philosophy, and he is positioned to bring
that element together. I thought it important that somebody
make the case that western Reformers should not have
hesitations about this guy, they should listen and, ultimately,
embrace him. He can do it, and he's one of us."
Context [Harper supports Tom Long.
April 22, 2003 Page 313 of 359

Key Issue ITom Long
Date 07/05/2000 1
Quote "... Tom led a grassroots revolt that sidelined the Red Tories
and set the stage for the emergence of Mike Harris and his
Common Sense Revolution -- an agenda that not
coincidentally shares the values and principles of Reform in
Western Canada. And that's why the Red Tories and the left-
wing media types despise Tom Long: He is not one of thern
and they know it. But they not only hate Long, they also fear
him. They Fear him because he threatens the power if the
Liberal-NDP-Red Tory elite which, to be blunt, has been
screwing ordinary Canadians (and especially Western
Canadians) for most of my lifetime. Long threatens it because
he is the best person to unite Harris Tories together with
western Reformers under the banner of the Canadian
Alliance."
Context IThe Leader argues of the behalf of Long's candidacy.
Source IThe Calgary Sun -- "Beware the Enemies of Tom Long: Establ I
April 22, 2003 Page 314 of359

Key Issue ITom Long
Date 21/04/2000 1
Quote "I think Tom Long is perfectly positioned to tum the Alliance
into a real coalition. He's going to bring a big chunk of the
Conservative party with him. Tom got into that position
because he was a grassroots activist. He got himself elected
president of the Ontario Tory party, and he's done a lot of work
over the years speaking ,meeting people, dealing with the
media - all the skills that a politician has. We have an
opportunity with Tom Long - by we, I mean small c
conservatives - we have here the guy who has all the
credentials, all the philosophy, and he is positioned to bring
that element together. I thought it important that somebody
make the case that western Reformers should not have
hesitations about this guy, they should listen and, ultimately,
embrace him. He can do it, and he's one of us."
Context IHarper supports Tom Long.
Key Issue ITransport
Date 26/02/2002 1
Quote "I don't think it should be the business of government to

decide the structure of the airline industry. I don't think it
should be government policy to create a flagship airline. That
defeats the whole purpose of privatization and deregulation.
Three things that could be done right away to at least get us
o.n the right track. One, the federal Competition Bureau should
continue looking at Tango. Second, it should repeal the airline
passenger tax. Third, we should revisit foreign ownership and
foreign access to domestic airspace."
Context What would you do about the mess in the airlines? Do we

need a national airline?
Source 10ttawa Citizen
April 22, 2003 Page 315 of359

Date 21/12/2001 1
Quote "Let me be perfectly clear. I agree with those who would

prefer one strong national conservative alternative on the
ballot. I suggested this long before the United Alternative
exercise, long before any other candidate in this race. In fact,
this is the founding principle of the Alliance."
Date 01/01/1998 1
Quote "Of the three traditional elements of Canadian conservatism

[the 'Blue Tories' who elected Harris in Ontario,Reform, and
Red Tories), it is actually the strongest, the Toryism of
Ontario, that is increasingly unrepresented by any political
party. Maybe it is time for Ontario conservatives to form their
own consciously regional movement. Since there are virtually
no Ontario leaders in either Reform or the federal PCs to
combat such a formation, it could be organized from the
ground up. If Reform activists were involved, that party would
probably be forced not to oppose the new Ontario Tories if the
latter were prepared to cooperate with Reform at the national
level. Resistance by the rump PC party in Harris Ontario
would be even more futile. In order words, a new Ontario
conservative party could begin to encourage cooperation
between western populists and Quebec autonomists. An
Ontario regional party seems like a novel idea, but it would fit
into the increasingly regional character of Canadian politics."
Context The authors argue that a conservative party made up of

Ontario "Blue Tories" could be capable of forging a much
needed alliance between Ontario conservatives, Reform, and
Quebec autonornists.
April 22, 2003 Page 316 of359

Date 16/01/2002 1
Quote I think it's fairly clear this party needs to extend its electoral
base (but) I think it's a mistake to jump from that to say we
need to make an institutional deal with the Tories and say
that's the only way we can move ahead. Fundamentally, this
party hasn't made progress in the past couple of elections, not
because the Tories were there ... the essential barrier was that
this party didn't run good election campaigns and didn't project
a clear message to voters and clear sense of competency and
ability to form agovemment.
Context IExclusive interview.
Source
Key Issue
Date
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Context
Source !calgary Sun -- "Harper hinting"
April 22, 2003 Page 317 of359

Date 15/02/1999 1
Quote "As someone who has been involved in partisan politics on the
inside of the Reform Party, I can smell an agenda when it's
coming."
Context The Leader predicts that the party created by the UA process
will be a watered-down conservative party with Manning at its
helm.
Source IThe Ottawa Sun -- "Bid to unite the right heading for a fight."
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote "I am a supporter of the idea that this party should be a broad
coalition of small c Conservatives."
Context Alliance members, Harper says, are coming to the realization

that broadening the coalition on the right can't be done with
Clark at the helm of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote "I just think that it is transparently clear that this is a waste of
our time and energy. I don't doubt that there are lots of people
in the Tory party who do want to have meaningful dialogue,
but until we can be sure that they are sincere and supported
by their leadersl1ip,lalllnot going to advocate that be our
focus."
Context Harper believes Clark is more interested in luring Alliance

dissidents into the Tory fold than in sincere negotiations for
political unity on the right.
April 22, 2003 Page 318 of359

Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote "I think the grassroots is divided on this, but they have to
come to the realization that no matter how much people want
it to happen, its not going to happen. Joe's done a number of
things to make this impossible."
Context Alliance members, Harper says, are coming to the realization

that broadening the coalition on the right can't be done with
Clark at the helm of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Date 03/04/1996 1
Quote In a news release, Calgary West Reformer Stephen Harper

underscored his party's opposition [to a mergerjbystating that
Tory leader Jean Charest "is every bit as much an enemy to
real conservatives as Jean Chretien or Lucien Bouchard." He
called a merger "an unprincipled electoral pact."
Context Forget it. That was the immediate response Tuesday from
Reformers and Tories to Ralph Klein's suggestion that
Canada's two right-leaning parties cosy up.
April 22, 2003 Page 319 of 359

Date 06/01/ 1997 1
Quote "It will be interesting to see whether Harris Blue Tories

continue to split their votes, try to broker a merger, or start a
federal "Reformed Conservative Party." With the
regionalization of our politics, the last possibility is now a
viable one."
Context In the aftermath of the 1997 federal election, the Leader

explains what went wrong, and discusses possible options for
the future.
Source IThe Bulldog -- "Election Blues"
Date 08/10/1999 1
Quote It is time to start trying to understand why the United

Alternative has failed. The decision of the Tories to spurn
Reform is not the postponement of an inevitable remarriage.
The opportunity is lost. Having decided not to come together,
these families will instead grow apart. Unite the right
advocates are swimming against big [international] currents,
not the little splashes of Joe Clark or Preston Manning. After
all, the experience of Canadian conservatives is not unique.
Within the next decade, we will have a situation where no one
party can credibly hope to form a national majority
govemment. And this, not the UA, will make things really
interesting."
Context IEditorial.
April 22, 2003 Page 320 of359

Date 26/02/2002 1
Quote "I think most members of the party want to see the party move
forward. They know it has to expand its electoral base to be a
government and they are open to coalition, co-operation, unity,
whatever. But the majority of the party also understands there
is no sign the Progressive Conservative party is going to
endorse any of these initiatives and our party has to be
prepared to move forward. The various methods of co-
operation that have been discussed have all been precluded
by two positions taken by Joe Clark. One is that he must be
the leader: Obviously, if you are going to have national co-
operation the leadership question is going to be in play. The
other is his instance on putting in the PC constitution the rule
that they mu~t run a candidate in every electoral contest in
every riding. That precludes local co-operation."
Context The polls your party did say 58 to 60 per cent want some sort
of reconciliation with the Tories. Is reconciliation part of your
plan?
April 22, 2003 Page 321 oj359

Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote Stephen Harper, a former Reform MP and president of the

National Citizens Coalition, said in an interview yesterday that
the base of the party he is appealing to includes the 20 to 25
per cent of Ontario voters who have backed the Alliance and
its predecessor, the Reform party. OOHarper, however, says
he will campaign for the opposition leader's job by promising
to repair the Canadian Alliance and ending any attempts, at
least in the short-term, to come together with Joe Clark and
his Progressive Conservatives. OOAliiance members, Harper
says, are coming to the realization that broadening the
coalition on the right can't be done with Clark at the helm of
the Progressive Conservatives. 00"1 think the grassroots is
divided on this," he said, "but they have to come to the
realization that no matter how much people want it to happen,
it's not going to happen. Joe's done a number of things to
make this impossible." 00"1 am a supporter of the idea that
this party should be a broad coalition of small-c
Conservatives," Harper said, "but it's clear to me, in the short
term, any kind of institutional deal with the Tories is not going
to happen and it will not happen while Joe Clark is leader."
DO
Yesterday, Harper said he supported Klein and Ontario
Premier Mike Harris for their efforts at taking on the federal
government over its lack of funding for the public health care
system and opening up the Canada Health Act. OO"The
federal government doesn't run the health-care system, it
didn't create it and it's not going to fix it," he said. "Right now it
is the single largest obstacle to dealing with health-care
funding. It underfunds the system then threatens further
underfunding while grandstanding as the great defender of
medicare." He said he is prepared to take tough positions,
advocating some private delivery in the public system and
take "political heat" from a Liberal party which he says has a
"secret agenda" of privatizing health care as it wraps itself in
the flag when it comes to health care. OOHarper also
acknowledged the party is finding it difficult to raise money in
Ontario, particularly since the Alliance leadership is competing
for attention and workers with the race to replace Harris as
premier. OO"The big corporate money which chases power is
just not there for this party today," Harper said. "That is not
just an Ontario phenomenon."
April 22, 2003 Page 322 of359

Context Article entitled: Harper shuns Tories: Alliance leadership
hopeful rejects union.

Date 21/12/20011
Quote "Where I disagree [with the Unity candidates) is that I see no

political or strategic sense in continuting a one-sided mating
ritual in the vain hope of finally getting Mr. Clark's attention.
Even worse is running around dismissing the entire viability of
teh Alliance, a la Mike Myers chanting 'we're not worthy'. If
ever there was a strategy to justify Mr. Clark's non-
cooperation, this is it. If Mr. Clark had a genuine interest in
coming together, he would endorse one of teh concrete
options or make his own counter-proposal, which, after some
discussion, sould be submitted to the membership of both
partices for judgement. But he continues to open the door
ever so slightly to 'discussions' of a 'process' for 'cooperation'
toward 'unity' (through intermediaries), just enough for the
Alliance to continue to wallow in thsi quagmire. He obviously
hopes that, out of sheer demoralization, Alliance MPs and
constituency associations will drift to him by default because
the Tory party will at least commit to being a permanent
electoral force. Now, Mr. Clark can enjoy the spectacle of an
Alliance 'unity' campaign that can't even unite behind a single
candidate!"
April 22, 2003 Page 323 of359

Date 21/12/2001 1
Quote "It is time for the Alliance to stop playing telephone tag with
Mr. Clark and resume a position of strength. Most Alliance
eMPs understand this. A number of those involved in previous
talks with the Tories want nothing to do with a unity process
that has degenerated into little more than unilateral
disarmament."
Date 11/01/2002 1
Quote "Joe is not going to deal with us. Joe is a principled guy in his
own way. And he has stood on principles different than this
party for his entire political career. He doesn't agree with us
on any major issue. As long as we chase him, we just put
ourselves in a position of weakness because he doesn't have
to deal with us."
Context IHarper discourages merger
Source ILeader Post
Date 24/01/2002 1
Quote "We put a whole bunch of offers on the table for the Tories
and those things are still there. I don't think Joe's going to
take us up on them. If he does, fine, we'll talk about it but I'm
not going to chase him around a play telephone tag."
Context IKlein denies he is supporting anyone
Source IRegina Leader Post
April 22, 2003 Page 324 of359

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Date 22/03/2002 1
Quote The party "is flexible in the kinds of relationships it's prepared
to explore, but I'll only want to explore those if I think there's
some very real possibility something could happen," he said.
"I'm very sceptical about that."He said he assumes Mr. Clark
wants to "clarify his views on the potential or the non-potential
of co-operation between the parties and I'll want to certainly
make clear my views and what I've been saying during the
campaign."
Context Stephen Harper will meet with conservative archrival Joe Clark
to trade opinions on how to break the electoral logjam
between their two parties. However, Mr. Harper, who has been
cool to talks with Mr. Clark, retains doubts about the
Progressive Conservative Leader's sincerity.
April 22, 2003 Page 325 of359

Date 05/04/ 1995 1
Quote "The only way you'll get a merger is if the members of both
parties would want it. And that, along with any talk of
leadership, certainly has never been communicated to
me.""Right now, we have a leader and the country needs a
strong right-of-centre party to fight the Liberals in the next
election."
Context IMerger rumours rejected
Date 22/03/2002 1
Quote "It's a pleasant change that Mr. Clark is calling us and I'm
certainly willing to talk to him," said Harper. "The party is
flexible in terms of the kinds of relationships it wants to
explore," Harper said. "But I'll only want to explore those if I
think there is some very real possibility that something could
happen and I'm very skeptical about that."
Context After campaigning on a pledge to end his party's mating dance

with Joe Clark, new Canadian Alliance Leader Stephen Harper
will now explore "long shot" unity talks with the Conservative
leader.
April 22, 2003 Page 326 of359

Date 03/04/ 1996 1
Quote "I just see it as a way of propping up the Tories, to pretend

that they're not even a factor."
Context The Leader arguing that talk of a merger is a form of

exaggerated flattery toward Charest and his party, whom he
believes to be slipping off the political map. A couple of years
later (pre-Clark), however, the Leader had kinder words for the
party and its ability to attract conservative voters.
Source The Globe & Mail -- "Klein breathes life into merger idea."
Date 16/07/1995 1
Quote "The Conservatives' identity is very blurred at the moment,"

says Flanagan. "There are still a lot of people with right-wing
views supporting the Conservatives. But Charest is not right-
wing. The leader, for lack of a better term, is a red Tory." Until
the Tories prove they represent true conservative views, many
Reformers believe Charest's party isn't a threat:Td be worried
if the Conservative party were to swing to the right," says
Calgary-West Reform MP Stephen Harper. "At this point,
they're only going to split the vote with the federal Liberals."
Context Alberta Premier Ralph Klein opened a political can of worms

with his call last week for a Reform party merger with the
federal Progressive Conservatives.
April 22, 2003 Page 327 of 359

Date 06/03/20011
Quote Rumours of co-operation between the Canadian Alliance and

Progressive Conservatives abound; but, with so many people
saying so many things, it is impossible to say how far this
could go. OOElectoral co-operation between parties can
advance their common interests while retaining their distinct
identities and ideological positions. It is, however, difficult to
sustain co-operation for more than one or two elections with
Canadian-style first-past-the-post voting. The winner-take-all
logic of the system makes parties want to contest races in all
possible ridings, even those they cannot hope to win. The
Reforml Alliance and the Tories did this repeatedly in the past,
effectively sabotaging the other's hopes of success in Ontario.
00
Electoral co-operation, however, is promoted by other forms of
voting, such as proportional representation or the alternative
vote. Thus, Stephen Harper and I suggested in 1997 that, if
the Reform party and the Tories wanted to get together, they
should make electoral reform "Proposition 1" in their joint
platform. OOAlthough electoral reform would serve the
interests of an Alliance-PC coalition, it would be more than a
measure of pure partisan self-interest. There is wide interest in
Canada today in democratizing the political system. Voters are
unhappy with rigid discipline in the House of Commons, the
appointment of Senators and manipulation of election dates
for partisan advantage. Another source of anger is the
potential for first-past-the-post voting to confer victory upon a
party that has won fewer popular votes than its main
opponent, as happened in the 1990s in Quebec and British
Columbia.
Context Article entitled: Uniting the right, reforming the system: An

Alliance-PC coalition would be more than pure partisan self-
interest. BYLINE: Tom Flanagan
April 22, 2003 Page 328 of359

Date 12/07/1995 1
Quote Stephen Harper, Reform MP for Calgary-West and a one-time

federal Tory, said he doesn't think Reform needs the
Conservatives to succeed. "And such mergers are very
difficult. They almost never occur because of leadership
rivalries," Harper said.
Context Ipossible Reform PC merger
Key Issue 1 Unite the right
Date 17/06/1995 1
Quote But Reform MP Stephen Harper insists any Tory rebirth is

Reform-fathered."Wherever there's a resurgence, it's on a
straight Reform party agenda," says the Calgary West MP.
'"Because there's no Reform party in the provinces, the
Reformers are working for the Tories and energizing them, not
only with policy but with people and organization."
Context Reform fails to benefit from a Harris Ontario.
April 22, 2003 Page 329 of359

Date 08/10/2000 I
Quote ..... the experience of Canadian conservatives is not unique.

For the past decade, the traditional parties of the centre-right
have been in trouble across the Western world. Defeats in
national elections have become increasingly commonplace ...
From within the electoral coalitions of the old centre-right, new
parties have emerged to appeal to its different elements. In
the future, we are going to see two types of 'conservative'
party, similar to the alignment that existed before the rise of
ideological socialism. One type of conservative party,
mirroring the 'classical liberal' parties of the 19th century, will
champion the freedom of the individual, laissez-faire and
secular values, and globalism. The other type will resemble
the old 'classical conservative' parties, championing the
integrity of the community, traditional and religious values, and
nationalism ... With centre-left parties sharing such polices
[Le. prudent public spending and deficit reduction], they no
longer constitute a sufficient basis to reunite conservative
factions, as the UA is discovering. With conservatives split
and their voters newly enticed by the Liberals, Canada's old
PC coalition has been shredded ... The political realignment
going throughout the democratic world means that there can
be no simple 'reunite the right' strategy -iUandthere will be no
return to a two-party system in Canada."
Context As the title of the article suggests, the Leader argues that the
possibility of creating a united conservative alternative to the
Liberals is slight.
Source The National Post -- "Conservative divisions are here to stay"
April 22, 2003 Page 330 of 359

Key Issue !Unite the right
Date 22/04/1995 1
Quote Meantime, Reformers like Stephen Harper recognize that

winning power means creating a broader coalition, "fighting all
elections, federal and provincial, from the broad right of
centre, not just planning to fight one election around the
protests of the day."
Context IArticle examining possibility of Tory Reform merger
Date 01/01/1998 1
Quote "... merger seems to us to be simply out of the question. Too

many careers would be at stake, which is why political parties
almost never merge in the true sense of the term."
Context IThe authors discount the chance of a conservative merger.
April 22, 2003 Page 331 of359

Date 29/06/19971
Quote "On the surface this [in order to knock the Liberals out of
power, the Tories and Reform must merge] seems a sound
argument. It may very well have been the Reform-Tory vote
split in Ontario that enabled the Liberals to win yet another
majority government. In any case, there will be no merger
between these two parties. Many of their activists detest the
other party. Their leader, who possess singular control, are
dead set against the idea. They will pursue strategies
designed to absurd or obliterate the other. Any individual or
group seriously pursuing merger from within will be
marginalized of expelled. I;lowever, even if such a merger
were possible, would that necessarily be a good thing for
Canadian conservatives? The answer is no'. Principled
conservatives should be more concerned about what direction
the country is headed than about the partisan stripe of the
governing party ... ,With a mansion, servants and a chauffeur,
it will be interesting to see whether Reform can be the fiscal
conscience of Parliament ... There is no point blaming
ito/estern Reformer and Eastern PCs for having made their
decisions. It is time for Ontario Tories to decide for
themselves. The Blue Tories that elected Mike Harris seems
to be fundamentally uncomfortable with the choices that they
have been offered. The federal Tories never tire of reminding
us that they are not conservatives but progressive
conservatives. They are dominated by Red Tories and soft
separatists - everything the Harris government is working to
change to change. Reform never tires of reminding us that
they are not conservatives but populists. The party continues
to be defined by westem populist style, organization, and
values with which many Ontario conservatives are unea"lly. If
Ontario conservatives cannot bring themselves to embrace
any of the options that others have created, it may be time for
Ontario to form its own regional movement in federal politics
... If Canadian conservatism is ever to work, its three sisters
[Reform, Blue Tories, and Quebec Conservatives] must
recognize that each represents an authentic aspect of a larger
conservative philosophy. Conservative Quebecers must
obviously commit to Canada and abandon the tribal
symbolism of the sovereignty movement and distinct society.
The R~form Party must evolve beyond the narrowness of the
western populist tradition. But more than anything else,
Ontario Tories must stop trying to recreate the single,
April 22, 2003 Page 332 of359

monolithic, conservative party that has failed time and time
again. Canada is a confederation, not the centralized state
the Liberals want. Ontario conservatives should stop trying to
merge everyone in a centralized party, and take the lead in
creating a confederation of conservative parties. Bring on
Ontario's 'Reformed Conservative party!'"
Context The Leader argues that the decision to form some form of
conservative coalition is in the hands of Ontario Blue Tories.
Source [Toronto Sun -- "Healing the divided right"
Key Issue [unite the right
Date 31/03/1996 1
Quote "I think now, what federal P.C.'s who are serious about a right
wing party have to really ask themselves is what is the point of
just being in politics for the sake of splitting the right-wing vote
when they have absolutely no prospects of doing anything in
term of winning seats."
Context This interview took place after a by-election was held in

Etobicoke North, a riding in which the combined Tory/Reform
vote would have beat the Liberal candidate. The Leader
responds to a question about the splitting of the right-wing
vote, and dismisses the Tories. However, two years later he
would advocate some form of merger between the two parties,
claiming that the P.C. Party did have some strengths that the
Reform Party lacked.
Source CTV News -- "Interview with Stephen Harper"
April 22, 2003 Page 333 of359

Date 25/06/2001 1 ~A..O .

Quote "ltis clear that the remaining Tories are to the left of the
Liberals, and have made it clear that the eradication of all
Reform-oriented values is the price of a merger; I would say
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Context The Leader explains the chances of a eAITory merger. J n e.-x...~ :: ~
According to the article, the Leader made this comment in J< \,.<-.:: .....~ ~
April 2001, but by June of the same year he declined to ~ •~ z/. CQ.
discuss the subject. ~
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "The end of the dream"
April 22, 2003 Page 334 of359

Date 18/04/1998 1
Quote "The country does not need a second liberal party, and it does
not need a populist party. It needs a national conservative
alternative.
It is true that, eventually, an alternative to the Liberal Party

[will emerge] But ... wars of attrition do not leave armies in
good shape, even the ones that win, and there is no guarantee
that the gradual decline of [Reform or the Tories] will result in
the strengthening of the other. In the meantime, there is a real
danger that more and more mainstream small-c conservative
voters, especially conservative business people, will simply
drift to the business side of the Liberal party. One-party
government is unhealthy and one-party government by the
Liberals is especially undesirable.
Most importantly, only if the Reform and Progressive

Conservative parties are able to make the accommodations
necessary to work together will they demonstrate to the public
the ability to make the accommodations necessary to govern."
Context The quotation represents the entirety of the Leader's

statement as printed in the Citizen. It is dated April 9, but
there is no reference as to what the source is.
Source Ottawa Citizen -- "For a truly conservative party"
Key Issue Iunite the right
Date 21/12/2001 1
Quote "The one constant throughout both episodes is the

intransigence of Joe Clark. While the Canadian Alliance and
the Reform Party before it twisted themselves into political
pretzels to appease the Tories, Mr. Clark has show he is not
interested in combining forces on any terms but his own (and
to which some former Alliance MPs have duly consented).
April 22, 2003 Page 335 of359

Date 19/02/2002 1
Quote onAWA - Stephen Harper, a candidate for the Canadian

Alliance leadership, has privately offered to soften his hard line
stance against a political coalition with the federal Tories in a
bid to win the endorsement of leadership opponent Grant Hill.
DO
Senior officials in Mr. Harper's campaign confirmed yesterday
he is willing to put the question of Tory-Alliance co-operation
to grassroots members at the party's national convention in
April. DDBut sources say a deal to have Dr. Hill pull out of the
race collapsed last weekend when Mr. Harper refused to
publicly endorse the idea, apparently fearing a backlash
among thousands of anti-Tory Alliance members whom he
has courted for support. DDMr. Harper has publicly said Tory-
Alliance unity is "virtually impossible" as long as Joe Clark
remains the Conservative leader. However, in a private
meeting last week, Mr. Harper told Dr. Hill that he is willing to
let party members vote on Dr. Hill's proposal to run joint
candidates in federal by-elections.
Context Article entitled: Harper pledges to hold vote on unity if Hill

quits race
April 22, 2003 Page 336 of359

Date 05/12/2001 1
Quote Harper, the first official rival for Stockwell Day as Alliance
leader, says he will bring the fractured party back to its Reform
roots. He says the party has wasted a lot of time and energy in
the past year on an "endless mating dance with Joe Clark."
DO
"Nothing has come of it and nothing is going to come of it,"
said Harper, 42, a former Reform MP who defined much of the
party's early doctrine as its first chief policy officer. DDHarper
is also taking a hard line with the eight dissident MPs who left
the Alliance caucus last summer when Day refused to
surrender leadership. DD"lf you're interested in my leadership,
get back into caucus, get back into the party," Harper said.
Context Article entitled: Alliance's Harper dismisses PC merger;

Leadership hopeful rejects 'endless mating dance with Joe
Clark'
Date 18/03/1998 1
Quote "The party now has a chance, if it wants to take it, of trying to
reach, once again, to its traditional base of support in western
Canada to try and compete with the Reform party for appeal. "
Context The Leader comments on the possibility of uniting the right if

the Tories pick the right leader.
Source IcsC News -- "The Charest Aftershock"
April 22, 2003 Page 337 of359

Date 08/06/ 1997 1
Quote "Well there will be no institutional merger particularly as you

have the Quebec question where these parties party's are
farther apart from each other than they are from the Liberals.
~utl think particularly the Reform party on a couple of fronts
both on the unity front but particularly on the fiscal front in
Ontario, is well positioned to cOnsolidate the right-of-centra
vote in the country and I think that's what they'll do."
Context The Leader's response to Mesley's question of whether there

is a possibility of a merger.
Source Icsc News -- "Panel Discussion on the 1997 Federal Election
April 22, 2003 Page 338 of359

Date 09/04/1998 1
Quote "I would propose today that we begin to understand history

and begin to learn from it. Because without an historic and
unprecedented effort at building a national conservative
coalition, a credible challenge to the Liberals is a long way off,
and certainly will not occur in the next federal election ... such
an effort [some form of merger] is only worthwhile if it involves
people of goodwill from both sides - in this case both the
Progressive Conservative Party and the Reform Party - and
only if they enter into a broader dialogue with an explicit
willingness to cooperate with each other. Both sides must
beginning by acknowledging their mutual needs, both in terrns
of their strengths and their weaknesses. Everything must be
on the table, but symbolic stumbling blocks should be left until
later, particularly the issues of The Name. Therefore, allow
me to make an attempt to assess the mutual needs of
Reformer and Progressive Conservatives and tq(explain why
they should pursue a broader national conservative coalition.
First, both the Reform Party and the Progressive Conservative
Party have assets and strengths that complement each other.
Electorally this is obvious. Reform is strong in the West;
Tories are strong in the East. Reform has a solid political
base that can deliver seats in an election; Tories have the
ability to field candidates in every riding of the country and a
significant potential for growth. The two parties include many
people who have shared a federal political home in the past
and who share a provincial political home today. It is not
enough, however, to focus on mere electoral advantage ...
There must be other complementary strengths that can form
the basis of a political vision - a vision that could potentially
appeal to a broad group of Canadian voters in all parts of the
country. I believe that such a strength can be identified in
each party ..•lhaveconcluded that a strong sense of political ' )
principle [which he associates with Reform] in not sufficient to
govern people. And this is where I turn to the strengths of the
Progressive Conservative Party. Governing requires a
conservative temperament. This temperament includes a
respect for tradition, a penchant for incremental change and a
strong sense of the honour compromise. These qualities are
not developed overnight and cannot be adequately embodied
in a single individual. They are imbedded in institutions. The
Progressive Conservative Party is such an institution, with its
long history, its experience in power, its existence at both
April 22, 2003 Page 339 oj359

levels of government and at least some participation by
Canadians from all parts of the country. These
complementary strengths of the Reform and PC parties are
not just theoretical in nature. They are also reflected in public
policy views shared by members of both parties. Try as some
partisans might to emphasize the differences, when the two
parties consulted their grassroots members and developed
platforms for the last election, tn6sedbCumentsrefiected
some remarkable similarities both in their priorities and in their
substance ... Let me know dwell for a few minutes, and to do
so quite frankly,contneFveryrealdangersfor the Reform and
Progressive Conservative parties if they fail to recognize the
opportunities available to them.bhave already said that,
without an explicit attempt to build a broader coalition, neither
Reform nor the PCs will launch a credible, national challenge
to the Liberals in the next federal election. Those who claim
otherwise are either ignorant of the basic electoral facts or are
simply playing to their supporters' most bitter partisan
instincts. Both parties are fully capable of contesting the next
election and limiting the other's electoral gains. The war of
attrition could plausibly go on for some time, given each
party's regional strengths ... Like it or not partisan politics is
ultimately about winning elections. Parties that do not win, or
cannot win, inevitably begin to evolve in unhealthy ways. (If
fileformers and Tories are determined to stay apart they will
il'lvariably concentrate on the characteristics that make them
unique from each other, rather than those which genuinely
proaden them ... Wars of attrition do not leave armies in good
shape, even the ones that win, and there is no guarantee that
the gradual decline of one of the two parties will result in the
strengthening of the other. In the meantime there is a real
danger that more and more mainstream small-c
conservatives, especially conservative businesspeople, will
simply drift to the business side of the Liberals Party. One-
party government by the Liberals is especially undesirable ...
When a national conservative coalition is ultimately built, it will
not be done by one person, but only by key people on both
sides who are prepared to be leaders by working together."
Context The Leader advocates some form of coalition between Reform

and the Tories.
Source IThe excerpt of this speech, which the Leader gave to Mortgage I
April 22, 2003 Page 340 of359

Date 29/03/ 1998 1
Quote "Well I think, I think that such a party would lure a lot of people
into federal politics. I think the blatant reality is, and I think
both Reform and the Progressive Conservatives have to face
this, that there is absolutely no opportunity without explicit
cooperation between the two parties or some elements of
them. That they will, either one of them will present a national
challenge to the Liberals in the next federal election."
Context The Leader discusses the need for a united right-of-centre

alternative to the Liberals.
Source IcsC News -- "The Sunday Report on the future of the federal
Date 04/12/2001 1
Quote "Right now I see conservatism as in pretty desperate trouble

at the federal level if this party doesn't move forward. I don't
see an alternative. Jdon'tseethis hypothetical merged party I?~
coming to pass. It is clear to me Joe Clark will continue his ~
life-long quest to create a second liberal party, So we're in a
completely different ball game."
Context IHarper on the Tories
Source IVictoria Times Colonist
April 22, 2003 Page 341 of359

Date 25/03/20021
Quote "I say it would be highly unusual to put all the eggs in the
basket of uniting this institution with another political party.
That kind of event almost never happens in a democracy. I
think there are other ways to move forward." Asked if he ~
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Context The new Canadian Alliance leader, said yesterday it is highly
unlikely his party would ever merge with the federal
Conservatives and warned that Bay Street financiers cannot
blackmail him to unite with threats of losing donations to the
cash-strapped party.
April 22, 2003 Page 342 of359

Date 20103/20021
Quote MANSBRIDGE: What's more important to you? That they

come back or that there are meaningful discussions with their
coalition with the Conservative party?
HARPER: Well I think it's most important that we get our own
party together. I've always thought that, and I think you know
in this campaign I've said that you know, I'm pessimistic about
uniting with another party. We've been trying to do that for four
years and it hasn't happened. So I'd obviously rather see our
own former colleagues come back. But I think actually what's
most important is that we do get a resolution of this and move
on. It's been on the agenda for far too long and as I said this
party has to start getting ready for the next election. And so
while we want these people to come back, we're not going to
wait forever. At some point, we are going to move on one way
or the other.
MANSBRIDGE: Well, you mentioned the other party, being

the Conservative party, Joe Clark told us a little while ago that
he's been trying to reach you on the phone tonight but
understandably there have been different things that you've
been up to. So I asked him well, what would you say to
Stephen Harper if you got him on the phone? Here's what he
said. Why don't you watch this.
JOE CLARK (Conservative Party Leader): Well I want to

demonstrate how successful our coalition has been in
practice. It's easy to talk about these things. It's harder to
make them work and over the last six or seven months, in the
House of Commons, we've been very successful in building
the base of a coalition to which we want to add. Now that will
take some flexibility on Mr. Harper's side and I guess the first
question for him is going to be will he continue the hard line
that he showed through the campaign and that in fact he
returned to in his opening remarks tonight?
MANSBRIDGE: All right. Well that's what he's saying. What

do you say to that?
HARPER: Well, I'm, you know, I ran in this party saying I think
this is the second strongest party in the country and it
deserves to be moved forward for the next election. This party,
April 22, 2003 Page 343 of359

you know t!'Jisparty reinvented itself in order to offer Joe Clark
and the Progressive Conservatives a home. A number of them
took us up on that. And as I say, those offers are still out
there. Our party indicated recently in the straw poll that it still
is interested in pursuing these kinds of arrangements. All I've
said is that there has to be a clear commitment that that's
going to happen before I'm going to make that my priority. My
priority is to get this party ready for the next election. I think
Joe indicated in those remarks what I've been saying all along
that his interest is rebuilding his own party and having himself
as leader run 301 candidates under their banner in the next
election.JtpinktPat's his clear priority and until I see some
indication otherwise, I'll assume that is and there would be no
reason to assume otherwise. That's generally what a party
leader manages to do.
>
Context IThe Leader explains his position on uniting the right.
Source Icsc News -- "Interview with Stephen Harper"
Date 17/02/1999 1
Quote "So when the script has played out and the curtain falls, we
can be sure that there will be a polite applause. Weare not
sure how much of the audience will be left in the theatre."
Context The Leader is skeptical about the electoral chances of the

party about to be created by the UA process.
Source IThe National Post -- "The script is ready ... "
April 22, 2003 Page 344 of359

Date 20/04/1998 1
Quote "The last time a PC majority government [was] defeated -- the

Diefenbaker government in 1962 -- a five-party alignment
evolved in Parliament ... Before that, in 1935, the previous
Tory majority collapsed in an electoral debacle that also led to
a long period of Liberal government and fragmented
opposition. Most of these various opposition parties, including
the rump Tory party, believed that it was only a matter of time
before they emerged as the major alternative to the Liberal
government of the day. They invented and reinvented
themselves to fit the bill. But in the end, there were 23 years
>
between the defeat of A.B. Bennett and the Diefenbaker
landslide, and there were 22 years between the defeat of John
Diefenbaker and the election of Brian Mulroney.
I would propose today that we begin to understand history and

begin to learn from it Because without an historic and
llnprecedented. effort at building a national conservative
qoalition, a credible challenge to the Liberals is a long wayoff,
and certainly will not occur in the next federal election."
Context The quotation represents the entirety of the Leader's

statement as printed in the Citizen. It is dated April 9, but
there is no reference as to what the source is.
Source !ottawa Citizen -- "long droughts customary 'round here'
April 22, 2003 Page 345 of359

Date 18/03/19981
Quote "There are all kinds of possibilities -- segmenting ridings, joint

nomination meetings, shared platforms, some co-operation
among the caucuses in parliament; the possibility of simply a
few joint platform items, particularly on something like the
electoral system. These are all possibilities. There's no limit to
the number of ways the party could co-operate;;iftllerewas
theWili to do that ... What future leaders should recognize is
that these two parties represent, in my view, very authentic
elements of the Conservative electorate in Canada. The PC
party represents the Tory tradition that's predominant in
eastern Canada. The Reform party represents the populist
tradition that's predominant in the west. Any future leader has
got to recognize that that's the nature of conservatism in the
country, and that whatever institution they have has to reflect
those things. And it also has to reach out to the traditional
Conservative element that exists in the province of Quebec."
Context The Leader discusses the possibility of ReformlTory co-

operation in light of the resignation of Jean Charest.
Source ICBC News -- "The Charest Aftershock"
Key Issue IUnited Church
Date 01/06/19991
Quote "Perhaps stories like that help to explain why there has been
so much critical ink spilled over United Church Moderator Bill
Phipp's demand that Canadian pay their taxes 'joyfully.' A
wise old fellow told me not to be too upset about the irreverent
Phipps. He observed that 'you can not accuse the Moderator
of the United Church of mixing religion and politics.;A.ftet all, ( 1::..:t::
the Moderator of the United Church has noting to do with V
fElligion."
Context There is no additional context for this quotation.
Source !The Bulldog -- "Bread & Circuses"
April 22, 2003 Page 346 of359

Key Issue IUnited States
Date 29/04/1995 1
Quote Reform MP Stephen Harper says there is "an undercurrent of

aggression in the political discourse" of the U.S. that is a
natural outgrowth of a country borne of revolution and civil
war." People who resort to or threaten to resort to violence are
extremely marginal in this country," says Harper. The fact that
separatists have formed the government in Quebec and the
official Opposition in Ottawa, without any violence, "says
something about our character," he adds.
Context IWhy militias cannot take hold in Canada.
Key Issue IUnity
Date 08/12/1994 1
Quote "We must have a commitment to this country if we are going

to move forward in a positive manner. We cannot move
forward if we're are always talking about quitting every five
minutes."
Context The Canadian Debate - what should federalists do about

Quebec?
Source IcsC
April 22, 2003 Page 347 of359

Key Issue IUnity
Date 27/06/2001 1
Quote This is an excerpt of a speech that Stephen Harper, president

of the National Citizens Coalition, delivered to the Canadian
Institute of Plumbing and Heating, in
Charlottetown. NATIONAL
UNITY DDThis issue seems in remission, but we know from
experience it is unlikely to disappear. DDIt would seem to go
without saying that the federal government has a role in
keeping the country together. But, once again, we should ask
ourselves how it executes that role and what motivates its
policy choices. DDAs the Reform party's spokesperson in the
last Quebec referendum, I had the opportunity to examine the
battle up close. I concluded it is the economic argument that
carries the day for the federalist side. Indeed there should be
no doubt that, in the war of competing "national identities," the
Quebecois identity carries the day. Left to this matter alone,
Quebec's legal relationship with Canada would have been
greatly altered long ago. DDBut what is that economic
argument, that federalist "winning condition," if you will? "If you
leave, you'll be deprived of a favourable balance of transfer
payments." And it is indeed a powerful argument because, no
matter how often the sovereignists prove otherwise, the
Quebecois know it is true. DDButwhoseinterests is this
!irgument in? Is it in Canada's interests to see its second-
Ia.rgest province unable to fulfill its economic potential? Is it in
Quebec's economic interests to be a perpetual, needful ~
recipient of such payments? D[Jl\ndsothe federal =tsz
'-...
government ensures, through a policy of economic vV-
dependence, that it "keeps the country together." All the SUb-!
optimal economic and social policies of Canada are pursued
with a vengeance in Quebec-state corporatism, regional
development and financially unsustainable social priorities.
And in the end the federal government proves that the
Quebecois need Canada Inc. just as much as they need
Quebec Inc., both apparently invaluable despite their low
growth, high taxes and declining ability to deliver. DDThe real
issue is not whether Quebec should or should not be
sovereign, but rather how to end Quebec's economic
dependence upon the rest of the country. DDAnd, of course,
the larger question is how the federal government itself should
be restructured to serve the common interests and needs of
all regions rather than, under the excuse of "national unity,"
how it can sustain the regional transfers, economic
April 22, 2003 Page 348 of359

dependencies and cultural rivalries necessary to keep itself an
unfocused, under performing and over-bloated institution.

Harper
Key Issue IVote splitting
Date 26/02120021
Quote "I don't accept that vote splitting is our primary difficulty.~ltthe
Alliance got every Tory vote we would be nowhere near
forming a national government. What we should focus on is
broadening the appeal of this party to people regardless of
their previous political affiliation. NVehaveto getLiberal vote
if)Nearegoing to form a governmenti"Afterall, it's the Liberals
who have been stealing our policies in many areas, so it's
often Liberal voters who in some cases are closer to our
policies. In some cases if you can get a small percentage of
the Liberal vote that would get you farther than getting 100 per
cent of the Tory vote."
Context The polls your party did say 58 to 60 per cent want some sort
of reconciliation with the Tories. Is reconciliation part of your
plan?
Source lottawa Citizen
April 22, 2003 Page 349 of359

Key Issue IWelfare State
Date 21/04/ 1997 1
Quote "Conservatives, whether economic or social, recognize

instinctively the hollowness of socialistic value systems. Both
know that asking the state to care for one's own family does
not constitute social responsibility. Both know that asking
other people to care for the poor (perhaps so that one can
have a job administrating the money) does not constitute
compassion."

that there is much ground shared by economic and social
conservatives.
Date 16/11/1987 1
Quote "It is time for Canada's federal governrnent to significantly

reduce its size and to decentralize power from bureaucrats to
ordinary Canadians and from Ottawa to the regions.
Whatever the merits of many government programs, they are
not, and never were, acts of God.1I1haWelfare State is not
me politicians' 'sacred trust;' it is the taxpayers' burden - a
burden which has been disproportionately borne by western
Canadians."
Context The Leader discusses the need to decentralize powers to the

provinces in order to rectify injustices in the federation.
April 22, 2003 Page 350 of359

Key Issue [Welfare State
Date 19/11/1987 1
Quote "If the National Policy was historically responsible for the
centralizing of the Canadian economy, then the welfare state
has taken its logic to a modern extreme. The welfare state
has placed unprecedented power in the centralizing hands of
the federal bureaucracy, both in terms of its new reaches into
Canadian life and its insistence on standardizing all policies
and practices on a national scale. The welfare state has
witnessed the phenomenon of greedy pressure-group politics
reaching unprecedented depths. The vested interests of the
welfare state operate in the guts of government decision-
making machinery. Thus, their networks have been highly
successful in achieving constant growth for their programs and
bureaucracies ~agrowththat seems to place more emphasis
on the welfare state than it does on the welfare of human
peings. The key point, however, is that the unlimited appetite
of the welfare state for funding has led to unprecedented tax
grabs. One principle target of these tax grabs - indeed a very
logical target - has been the windfall profits of western
resource industries during boom times. It is critical to
understand how such centralized handout economics works.
On the one hand, its inevitable drain during the boom times
continually hampers any attempts to put resources into the
kind of productive investment which could diversify the
western economy. On the other hand, the trickle-down of
bureaucratic enterprise aids a peripheral regiongnlyWhen, like ~ ~
~l
\ OJ{\J
fc--
Atlantic Canada, confederation has reduced it to a state of 1 ~ 7X ".. f1Ld-o-- .
permanent dependency." 1/ ~ .~-
Context In this speech, the Leader explains how the structure of the
federal government works against the interests of the West.
April 22, 2003 Page 351 of359

Date 01/06/2000 1
Quote "... we have come to see government not as the menacing,

fear inspiring, 'Big Brother' of George Orwell, but closer to
what Preston Manning used to call 'Mother Government.' Just
as children assume their mothers will look after them, we also
assume and even demand government will look after us."
Context This quotation stems from a discussion of the HRDe scandal.
Source IThe Bulldog -- "Big Sister is Watching"
April 22, 2003 Page 352 of359

Key Issue Iwestern Alienation
Date 05/02/20011
Quote Dear Editor,
The Liberals' anti-western agenda seems to have come full

circle.
Having used the federal election to deliberately provoke

sentiments behind the formation of a western separatist partY;
the Liberals now offer themselves as protectors of national
unity against western separatism.
Both now and then the Liberals' motives were the same - to
smear western-based political rivals as un-Canadian in order
to strengthen their support among the eastern majority.
Chretien, Dion, McLellan and company are not Canadian

patriots. They are political hacks whose actions are beneath
contempt.
Stephen Harper
President
National Citizens' Coalition
Context
Source ILetter to The (Sherbrooke) Record
April 22, 2003 Page 353 of359

Date 22/01/2001 1
Quote "It almost confirms the argument that Ottawa treats western
Canada as a foreign country. Now we have an ambassador!
Our representative is not somebody from here; it's somebody
from there."
Context The Leader responds to speculation that Stephane Dion will

reprise the tough love capo role he played in Quebec, and
begin lecturing the West about the benefits of federalism.
Source Report Newsmagazine -- "The West as spoiled teenager"
Date 16/11/1987 1
Quote "In addition to this [the fact that Canada has no serious form
of regional representation], around the National Policy, the
welfare state, and the Quebec question has grown a highly
centralized political culture which is inherently and righteously
biased against western Canada in its basic values and
rhetoric. Whenever challenged, it wraps itself in a flag called
'Canadian identity,' 'Canadian nationalism,' 'national unity,' or
the 'national interest.'"
Context The Leader discusses how the centralized structure of the

federation has resulted in feelings of alienation in western
Canada.
April 22, 2003 Page 354 of359

Date 05/12/2001 1
Quote HARPER: I'm talking about a series of ads and comments

and, you know, I don't think we can start saying because
somebody is from Alberta or an Albertan or somehow
inherently a suspect Canadian. Or because a...
MACKINNON: Did the Liberals say that during the last

election?
HARPER: No, but this is, this is intrinsic in a lot of the

questions you're asking me, Jhatsomehow somebody who's
from Alberta stands up for their province, that this is somehow
un-Canadian or that if you don't like a federal government
exploiting deliberately exploiting, you know, negative views or
connotations abouttheprovinCe in an election campaign, that
that's somehow a bad thing. 19;JeaI1Jhey're the ones who
should be called on it.
Context The Leader expresses his opinion that the Liberal's ran on anti-
Alberta agenda during the 2000 election campaign.
Source ICBC News -- "Profile of Stephen Harper"
Date 16/11/1987 1
Quote "There is no party that will out the economic, political and
constitutional priorities of the West first. By failing to offer a
clear vision of the future, they have us exist in the shadow of
our past. And the shadow cast by confederation has been
western alienation."
Context The Leader discusses the vacuum of political representation

for the West that exists at the federal level.
April 22, 2003 Page 355 of359

Date 16/11/19871
Quote "Where circumstances differ, fairness requires the redress of

historical inequalities and the sharing and balancing of
strengths and weaknesses in a way that encourages
development, not dependency. -If the partners are not willing
to live up to the requirements of a partnership, fairness
requires that they pursue ar(equitable dissolution of the
partnership.
Context This quotation stems from a discussion on how to achieve

fairness in Confederation. The Leader states: "Fairness in
not the appeasement of one party, but similar treatment of all
parties." Although dissolution of the federation is mentioned in
the quotation, the Leader states that it isn't the way for the
West to achieve economic justice. He goes on to argue that
this justice can be achieved within Confederation as long as
the West receives a "Fair Shake."
April 22, 2003 Page 356 of 359

Date 05/02/20011
Quote MURPHY: It wasn't the joke itself but that it spoke so easily to
the idea that they westerners are in some interesting or
strange way outside. Sorne read much of the Liberal party
campaign that way.
STEPHEN HARPER: We were shocked that the federal

Liberals seemed to be able to successfully run a strategy
against the west and against Alberta in particular and not be
very subtle about it and that that would sell.
MURPHY: Western discontent or grievance is not new. What

is new is that the west's long stewing estrangement with
aspects of confederation, Ontario owned, Quebec preoccupied
is taking a turn passing a threshold. Resentment hardening
into resistance. Here recently, ex-Reformers, activist
Conservatives publicly issued a call to Premier Ralph Klein to
build a fire wall around Alberta, to protect the province against
federal raids on his wealth and autonomy. Hardly an index of a
healthy functioning federation.
HARPER: There is nothing the federal government can do

better for Alberta than Alberta can do for itself.
MURPHY: Stephen Harper was a leading Reform politician

and he is an active observer participant in the effort to redefine
Alberta-Ottawa relations.
HARPER: I think most Albertans have a strong emotional

attachment to Canada. But that doesn't mean that there's any
logic to administering the affairs of the citizens of Alberta from
Ottawa. This is a country the federal government, this is an
institution which has abandoned the concept of national
defence. It has abandoned the concept of national culture.
And abandoned the concept of a national economy over the
decades.
MURPHY: That's not a nation.
HARPER: Well, in, by any normal definition, that is not a

nation. The federal government has become an entity that
collElcts alarge amount of money and moves it around in kind
ota spoil system. The problem with Alberta and the problem
April 22, 2003 Page 357 of359

with the west generally is not only does it not benefit from that
system, it doesn't want to. It doesn't like that system. It's
correct not to like it and it's correct to want the country to be
governed in a very different way.
MURPHY: Calgary is shimmering with growth and new power.

It's modern skyline is a symbol of the west drive and
confidence. The west feels it's due a real share in shaping
itself and where it stands in Canada. For years, the cry has
been the west wants in. Either no one is listening or there's
something lost in the translation.
HARPER: I have just concluded there is an enormous cultural

gap between various parts of this country. And if I could list
some of those, I think the eastern Canada is essentially
content with the system of government we have. Very much a
traditionalist, top down kind of government. The west is ~ Al -.LL '
essentially populace, essentially doesn't like that style of ~~. (,s-t ~~-t ~ \Vl\.-S . II L...n r-.L
government(.tthink the west continues to have a moralistic
attitude towards government and by that I don't mean a moral /
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agenda on abortion or homosexuality)! mean that it is
intolerant of ~hat it perceives as corruption or immorality in ~ ,~ ..... '"'~ ,c..
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government<And the fact that the Alliance might have, you ~I> ,If\\C..) ~ .... ~-
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know, some odd views on religio~ it's a far more serious issue\ ..
for eastern Canadians than the integrity of the government !\. \ . \~ I S ~c...Q.....L.fl
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party, I think is something that most people here just don't ~ V l~ f\ (\ \~..-+a)
understand. I ~ C0. C-J." e.sE? .~ ....... -
Context This exchange took place on a documentary devoted to the
topic of western alienation.
Source Icsc News -- "The Western Divide"
April 22, 2003 Page 358 of359

Key Issue [Women's issues
Date 18/10/1992[
Quote "Let's put it this way: of all the groups opposing the
Constitution, some of NAC's criticism, , , I have the hardest
time swallowing, That's just a personal viewpoint, , , (But)
some of the things NAC says I just don't buy to be factually
correct."
Context [NO forces divided on solution for nation
Source [Toronto Star
Key Issue [women's Issues
Date 01/08/1999[
Quote "Remember the National Action Committee on the Status of

Women? NAC says it must get far more than the $281,000 it
>\(\
recently received from the federal government. It claims it
needs the funds to bring about a 'major political struggle and
revolution' against 'racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism,
:~~:~n~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~:h~~~~~::U~~~~lthOU9h '\:t we>e- cl'l\.. DIS. ,~

$450,000 for burE1aucratic salaries, offices, travel and -t - 'I _.. ~ ,.l
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Context There is no additional context for this quotation, 6-~ -t:9 ~ eN- ~
Source [The Bulldog -- "Bread & Circuses"
April 22, 2003 Page 359 of359

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Dear Nancy,

Attached is the latest supplement to the Harper

Source [Report Newsmagazine - Alberta first

Quote "In our [Firewall authors) view, the Chretien government a

Key Issue [AbOriginal Issues

Date 25/10/ 1999 1

Source [Report Newsmagazine - On the brink

Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Mr. Harper

Context l2:he Leader on the impact of race-based laws.

Key Issue IAboriginal Issues

Date 25/10/ 1999 1

Source ~ Newsmagazine - On the brink

Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'Some of these

Context The Leader on the absurdity of the acceptance of oral history

January 7, 2004 Page J 0/53

Date 21/02/ 1994 1

Source Iwestern Report - The price of punitive taxation

Quote "Smuggling arms through the reserve system is a far more

Context IThiS article dealt with cigarette smuggling.

Key Issue IAboriginal Rights

Source BC Report - Two wrongs make -a "right" I~

Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'What's important

Context The Leader comments on the minority-rights mania that

Key Issue IAbortion

Source Canadian Press Newswire - Abortion issue reappears

Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "Instead, he

Context [TIle Leader on Day's campaign strategy.

Source Canadian Press Newswire - Unity minister heaps praise on

Quote [~berta shouldn't lower its guard, that would be foolish."

Context The Leader warns Albertans to be wary of positive comments

Jalluary 7, 2004 Page 2 oj 53

Source Canadian Press Newswire - Alberta treasurer rejects

Key Issue IAlberta Agenda

Source Canadian Press Newswire (CBCA) - Stephen Harper's critics

Key Issue ~Iberta Agenda

Source Canadian Press Newswire - Unity minister heaps praise on

Quote "Ottawa rates from useless to dangerous to Alberta."

Context The Leader expounds as to why he and the co-authors of the

Key Issue IAtiantic Canada

Source Canadian Press Newswire - "Equalization must be revamped"

Context The Leader on the need to rethink Canada's economic policy

January 7, 2004 Page 3 of 53

Source Western Report - Are mega-city projects dead

Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "One important

Context Although the Leader isn't directly in this excerpt, criticizing

Key Issue IBIOC

Date 07/06/ 1996 1

Source Canadian Press Newswire - Reform reaffirms unity policy

Context The Leader on a proposed motion put forth at its convention to

Key Issue !Canada

Source E r t Newsmagazine - I lose, you lose

Quote "The present system is simply not effective enough. Either

Context The Leader argues that unless substantive decentralization of

Source Canadian Press Newswire - Stockwell Days says he is close

January 7, 2004 Page 4 of 53

Date 05/04/ 1999 1

Source IBC Report - Flip-flop #1 I

Key Issue ~anAlliance

Source Canadian Press Newswire (CBCA) - Stephen Harper wins

Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'You have just

Context An excerpt from the Leader's acceptance speech at the 2002

Key Issue Icanadian Alliance

Source ~ Newsmagazine - Disunited alternative'

Quote The following is an excerpt from an article: "'The Ontario