“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
“Public service does not necessarily mean service in the House of Commons, and public service is not synonymous with partisan political activity. It comes in a thousand colours, but the common denominator is: it's not about me - it's about we.” MeanDoePoliticalHouseCommonThousandActivityColourPublic ServicePartisansCommon DenominatorHouse Of Commons Author:Michael Ignatieff
“There are all kinds of different forms of public service, but there's no form of public service that can make more difference for more people than partisan political activity.” PeopleKindDifferentFormPoliticalDifferencesActivityAll KindsPublic ServicePartisans Author:Michael Ignatieff
“The party's got to see itself as being one public service organization in a very competitive field, all of whom are competing for the allegiance and commitment and brains of the next generation. They've got to be big enough to reach out to those groups and say "come on in."” EnoughBigsNextPartyBrainGenerationsGroupsFieldsCommitmentOrganizationReach OutCompetingNext GenerationAllegiancePublic Service Author:Michael Ignatieff
“The Liberal Party of Canada has no monopoly on public service, we have no monopoly on virtue, and we have no monopoly on wisdom.” PartyVirtueCanadaMonopolyPublic ServiceLiberal Party Author:Michael Ignatieff