Provincial Politics Quotes

Germany collapsed as a result of having engaged in a struggle for empire with the concepts of provincial politics.

My husband was a hospital architect and he was working on some hospitals in Alberta, and I told him to try to find out what they thought about separatism. He would come back on weekends. He said "well, I think I found out how they feel about separatism. I brought it up at lunch in the cafeteria, and everybody at the table was silent and then somebody said 'Let's change the subject'."

Project 523 was both a good and a bad thing. They held so many meetings, and there were so many competing centres, it was a real mess. Nearly every province had their own research centre, and they all asked me to share my research, which I did. But that's no way to do science. They wasted a lot of money and a lot of time.

Ottawa gives to foreigners, Duplessis gives to his province.

I have decided to end my participation in public affairs and to resign my role as premier of Quebec.

If Quebeckers want Jean Charest, well, they can choose him. It's never a winning formula to divide Quebeckers.

I love provincial politics.

My province needs to understand that Alberta's issues are national issues.