Ralph Goodale Quotes

"If Parliament should ultimately defeat these measures, then whoever did so would have to take responsibility for raising taxes on Canadians,"

"The opposition will do whatever the opposition does but this government is standing not only on its record, but its agenda on its future, and I am more than happy to take that agenda to Canadians if necessary,"

"We intend to see that benefit redirected to consumers, to Canadians, ... We are at the moment considering the options we have available."

"The tax-reduction plan . . . is a job-creation initiative that I hope (NDP Leader Jack) Layton would be able to support,"

"higher projected corporate and personal income tax receipts and lower public debt charges."

"if the time is available (for a budget), I will no doubt make use of that time."

"the most vulnerable in society."

"In this Year of the Veteran we are recognizing the contributions made by the women and men who have served Canada in uniform, ... It is also fitting that we recognize the contributions made on the Canadian home front, one of which was the Victory Loan Program and the purchase of Victory Bonds."

"It was agreed among the House leaders that without putting the House through the complication of a vote, and the bells and the time and all of that ... we would just unanimously accept the deeming motion."

"In fact, I think our focus would need to be in the opposite direction, ... the first step in an ongoing plan."

"Tomorrow, I hope we will be able to provide further and better detail,"

"This is an issue that the caucus asked the government to consider,"

"affected hundreds of thousands of ordinary Canadians who have invested in mutual funds that invest in income trusts."

"This is an issue that the caucus asked the government to consider, so we're examining that as something we may want to consider during the course of the fall."

"It became quite obvious that the opposition's intention was to prevent the publication of a budget in February, and therefore I felt I had an obligation to Canadians not just to provide the bare bones of statistics, but in fact to give a greater indication of how the flexibility would be used,"

"It was a meeting that reflected very well, with a lot of pride, on the accomplishments of a successful administration. What we inherited in 1993, to what we turn over now in 2006 ... we can take a lot of pride."