Stephen Harper Quotes About Economy

Quotes about: Economy

• Canada appears content to become a second-tier socialistic country, boasting ever more loudly about its economy and social services to mask its second-rate status.

  Stephen Harper

  Country, Canada, Mask

  "National Post" Newspaper, December 8, 2000.

• I think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy.

  Stephen Harper

  Thinking, Firsts, Economy

  "Postmedia News" Interview, nationalpost.com. January 12, 2011.

• We have to remember we're in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies, but to help the global economy as well, and that's why it's so critical that measures in those packages avoid anything that smacks of protectionism.

  Stephen Harper

  Purpose, Helping, Remember

• Canada is in budgetary deficit now only because of the recession, only because of stimulus measures, and we will come out of it. We will go back into surplus position when the economy recovers. So there is no need in Canada to raise taxes.

  Stephen Harper

  Needs, Canada, Economy

  "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 29, 2009.

• As I constantly remind Canadians, there isnt really a Canadian economy anymore. It is a global economy.

  Stephen Harper

  Economy, Global Economy

• I do think that all economies need a sense of fiscal discipline especially over the midterm and if you are in the middle of a debt crisis you can't borrow your way out of a debt crisis. That's logically impossible.

  Stephen Harper

  Thinking, Discipline, Needs

  Interview with Peter Mansbridge, www.theglobeandmail.com. June 5, 2012.

• I intend to lead my party, which is the only party that has a serious policy on the No. 1 priority of the people and that is the economy.

  Stephen Harper

  Party, People, Priorities

• Part of the reason we're all committed to coordinated stimulus is we want to stimulate the global economy. We're in a global economy, not just our national economies.p

  Stephen Harper

  Reason, Economy, Committed

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• If we start thinking simply nationally, and we start having policies that try and restrict the benefits only within our borders, and try and implement protectionist measures as a consequence, this will not have the effect we need to have on the global economy. And that's ultimately the global economy that's pulling most of us down, particularly countries like Canada, that aren't the source of these current economic troubles.

  Stephen Harper

  Country, Thinking, Trying

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• We got into a recession because the global economy went into the recession and we're a big exporting nation.

  Stephen Harper

  Economy, Bigs, Exporting

  "Postmedia News" Interview, nationalpost.com. January 12, 2011.

• Our government has been in a surplus position up until this year. We should be able to recover to a surplus position shortly, as quickly as the economy recovers. So, we're able to do the kind of stimulus that you see in the United States without deteriorating our debt position in the long-term.

  Stephen Harper

  Kind, Economy

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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