{"id":1165,"date":"2021-04-30T07:25:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T11:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2021-04-30T07:26:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T11:26:44","slug":"quotes-of-pm-paul-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"Quotes of PM Paul Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Martin_PM-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Martin_PM-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Martin_PM-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Martin_PM-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Martin_PM-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Martin_PM-1538x2048.jpg 1538w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Martin_PM-624x831.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Martin_PM-scaled.jpg 1923w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;\">For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;\">As a people, we know what we can do, we know how to do it, and we just want to get on with it. How? By ensuring that Canada&#8217;s place in the world is one of influence and pride.<br \/>\nI rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;\">If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;\">The achievements we forge in this place and in our nation will not be those of one person or one party.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;\">The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;\">We were caught in a trap of our own making &#8211; a vicious circle in which our chronic deficits contributed to economic lethargy, which in turn contributed to even higher deficits, and then to greater malaise.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;\">We will strengthen the integrity of government. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>To achieve that goal, we must create an environment in which the reporting of wrongdoing can be made without repercussion for someone who comes forward. We are doing just that. The political process in Ottawa will never be the same again.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;\">We are going to condemn to history the practice and politics of cronyism I am going to change the way Ottawa works and we are going to do it come hell or high water. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Chris George<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0is an Ottawa-based government affairs advisor and wordsmith, president of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>. Contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ChrisG.George@gmail.com\">ChrisG.George@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford. As a people, we know what we can do, we know how to do it, and we just want to get on with it. How? 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