We are doing politics differently - smart, populist, political movement.
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 hope that more Canadians will become interested in in how the inflation rate target affects our purchasing power, our standard of living and therefore our life.
They call me the Albertan of Quebec. It stuck.
Some may remember that, in 2010, I publicly broke ranks with my colleagues from the Quebec City area who were pushing our government to subsidize a new sports amphitheater in the city. They had seized on this popular project to... What else? Buy votes.
A tax on capital is self-defeating, in that it slows down capital accumulation, investment and economic growth.
I want a smaller government, yes, but I want a government that will be fair.
Policy should not aim to change the cultural character and social fabric of Canada.
I know many Canadians are fed up with the traditional way of doing politics.
Taxing corporations means unnecessarily burdening our wealth-creating machines.
We cannot be the welfare state of the planet.
I think it's motivating and exalting when we defend ideas that are at the foundation of western civilization.
