Maxime Bernier

Businessman

99 Quotes

We want the private sector to be able to invest. The private sector works quite well.

Policy should not aim to change the cultural character and social fabric of Canada.

Monetary policy is one of the most difficult topics in economics. But also, I believe, a topic of absolutely crucial importance for our prosperity.

If we want conservative principles to win the battle of ideas, we have to defend them openly, with passion and conviction.

The Conservative Party has abandoned conservatives.

I aim to create a federal government which respects the constitution, which respects taxpayers.

You have to stick to your principles and when you believe in something, to fight for it.

Our immigration policy should not aim to forcibly change the cultural character and social fabric of Canada, as radical proponents of multiculturalism want.

We must give less money to these provinces, like my own province of Quebec, and give them the right incentive to develop their own natural resources and their economy.

I am in politics to defend ideas, real conservative ideas. Because I passionately care about Canada's future. Because I know that the free-market conservative philosophy has the best solutions to ensure our society is more prosperous, secure, and peaceful.

What I'm looking for is doing politics like I believe.

I believe in climate change.

Some taxes are really dumb.

The Conservative Party tries to avoid important but controversial issues of concern to Conservatives and Canadians in general. It is afraid to articulate any coherent philosophy to support its positions.

Taxing corporations means unnecessarily burdening our wealth-creating machines.

If you're choosing somebody that doesn't have the competence, but because it's a young guy, or it's a lady or if it's a man, it's a positive discrimination and I won't push that.

My party will do nothing on climate change because environment, it's a shared jurisdiction, and provinces, they have programs for that, and so I'll let provinces decide what they're going to do to fight climate change.

A small group of motivated citizens can potentially have as much influence as a lobby group spending millions of dollars.

You can shut down our economy and the effect on climate change, it will be nothing.

I think it's motivating and exalting when we defend ideas that are at the foundation of western civilization.

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