“No kid graduating in a political science class in Canada should not understand what's happened to income inequality since the 1970s, period. And then, what do we do about it? It's the biggest problem out there, in all western liberal societies.” ShouldProblemKidsPoliticalClassHappenedPeriodsWesternIncomeInequalityCanadaGraduatesPolitical ScienceIncome InequalityScience Class Author:Michael Ignatieff
“There are a lot of young Canadians who want to be politically active at their college or their university who can't go to the party convention, who can't take part in politics, because they're holding down a job to pay their tuition. These are kids who want to do public service, who want to get involved politically, but their financial situation is precarious.” WantKidsJobsYoungPartyPaySituationCollegeInvolvedUniversityFinancialActiveConventionsGet InvolvedPublic ServicePrecariousTuition Author:Michael Ignatieff
“Liberals don't want any part of Canada left behind. I used to give speeches on and on and on about the fact that we don't want to have a country where you think, "my kids have got to move to the city if they're going to have any kind of future." We've been saying that, and we've not got through.” IfsThinkingWantGivingKindCountryFactsKidsMovingUsedLeftCitiesBehindsSpeechCanadaLeft Behind Author:Michael Ignatieff
“The Conservatives hold rural places because they keep bombarding rural Canada with, "Liberals are a bunch of urban, metropolitan snobs who don't care about you and want to leave you dead by the roadside." We've simply got to go out and say, "they're lying to you about us. We actually care about you more than the other guys, and we're not going to pander to your prejudices - we're going to give hope to your kids."” WantGivingCareKidsLyingGuyPrejudiceDon't CareBunchCanadaUrbanOther GuysSnobMetropolitanRoadside Author:Michael Ignatieff
