“My policy has always been to play new music. New beat, industrial, techno, disco, funk, rare groove and house music.” PlayHousePolicyBeatsGrooveNew MusicDiscoFunkTechnoHouse Music Author:Eddy de Clercq
“Of course I knew disco and dub from years before but I never heard such a radical new sound like house. It blew my mind!” YearsMindCoursesHouseSoundHeardRadicalDisco Author:Eddy de Clercq
“Many, many times I would shake my head in dismay at the goings-on in the House of Commons, but that never caused me to lose my fundamental faith in the values of our parliamentary institutions.” ValuesHouseLosesInstitutionsFundamentalsShakesParliamentaryDismayHouse Of Commons Author:Jason Kenney
“It's easier for opposition members to condemn the government at the drop of a hat if they don't understand.” IfsGovernmentEasierMembersHatsOpposition Author:Jason Kenney
“Sometimes there are no good choices for government.” SometimesGovernmentChoicesGood Choices Author:Jason Kenney
“Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language.” SometimesGovernmentLanguageAnswersAmbiguous Author:Jason Kenney
“For members who have only ever been in government, the negativity and aggressiveness of the opposition is easy to caricature.” GovernmentEasyMembersOppositionNegativityCaricaturesAggressiveness Author:Jason Kenney
“I do believe there is absolutely space for legitimate debate in a liberal democracy about immigration selection, screening and integration.” BelieveSpaceDemocracyDebateImmigrationIntegrationSelectionScreeningLiberal Democracy Author:Jason Kenney
“Rural Alberta is a lot less homogeneous than it used to be, partly because of my immigration policies.” UsedPolicyImmigrationUsed To BeHomogeneousImmigration PolicyAlberta Author:Jason Kenney
“You go to a lot of small communities in rural Alberta and you'll find a degree of diversity that probably hasn't existed in terms of immigration for a century - you'll find the Filipino grocery store, and the African Pentecostal church and maybe a mosque. Albertans are pro-immigration; they're also pro-integration. In my years in this province I cannot recall more than a handful of expressions of xenophobia or nativism that I've encountered. It's the land of new beginnings and fresh starts - it is rare Albertans who trace their roots here back more than a generation or two.” YearsTwoTermCommunityChurchGenerationsLandCenturyExpressionDegreesDiversityRootsStoresImmigrationRecallsIntegrationNew BeginningsHandfulGroceriesProvincesXenophobiaFresh StartGrocery StoresMosquesFilipinoSmall CommunitiesAlbertaPentecostal Author:Jason Kenney