Ontario Quotations

'Saturday Night Live' was actually started with a show that Lorne Michaels and I did at a summer camp called Timberlane in Ontario when we were 14 and 15. We would do an improvisational show with music, comedy and acting.

I grew up in southwestern Ontario in the heart of a Mennonite community. All my family are part of the Mennonite church.

In the late 1960s, Ontario Airport was a throwback to a bygone era. Located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, the airport served only two carriers, Western and Bonanza. Passengers could catch regional flights to San Francisco, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Phoenix and Los Angeles, and that was about it.

I do not believe that the people of Ontario judge their leaders on the basis of race, sexual orientation, colour or religion. I don't believe they hold that prejudice in their hearts.

When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film Development Corporation came into existence.

I always wanted to be a professional athlete, it just took me a while to realise it would be in racing. I played field hockey competitively for Ontario since I was 13, 14. Then I tried for the national side and made it. But it was so competitive. The girls were just so big and strong. I was getting crushed.

I used to drive up from theatre in Michigan to Stratford, Ontario to watch every show. I idolized the actors from Stratford. I was very influenced by them because they would come down and work at my theatre and get time on their American Equity union cards.

When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week.

We're not going to see new investment in Ontario's forest sector as long as Ontario has the highest electricity rates in North America (and) as long as Ontario has the highest wood costs in North America,

With the Ontario lift on the tuition fee freeze and the rising costs associated with sending a child to post-secondary education, it is becoming increasingly important for parents to start saving as early as possible. Not only will saving early set the financial foundation for a child's education, it also demonstrates to a child that you are taking steps to help them pursue a post-secondary education, helping to align their goals from an early age.

We know from the testing that's been done so far that this is not influenza, we know this is not SARS, we know this is not avian influenza. There are many other viruses it could be ... and the Ontario Public Health lab is working very hard on identifying which one of those viruses it might be.

We have musicians from as far away as Ontario and Seattle traveling all the way to Greenville to be a part of our first blues festival - this is exciting.

The people of Newmarket- Aurora (her Ontario riding north of Toronto) elected me. They are the ones who will either re-elect me, or throw me out in the next election. I answer to the people of my community not to the political operators of the NDP.

The province has created a ticking download that will cost Ontario property taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars over time.

Many of our graduates have gained national and international recognition for their creative excellence. We welcome the support of the Ontario government in giving our local artists a chance to make a huge difference both here and abroad.

should stop worrying about constitutional jurisdictions and do something the way previous governments in Ontario have done.

Ontario must train more doctors, and we're meeting that need by creating 104 additional first-year medical spaces at Ontario's medical schools.

Ontario is saying 'look, this program is already sort of hurting us. We didn't mind for the longest time because we could easily afford it. Now it's starting to pinch.

Ontario is not growing as fast as other areas. Is it appropriate to blame that on equalization? I would say no,

Ontario industries withstood the impact of that fairly briskly, ... are able to cope with where the dollar is right now.

Ontario college students are frustrated and furious this evening that their post-secondary education is being disrupted by a province-wide faculty strike.

Ontario can expect a surprisingly mild winter, although December and January will be colder than average with very little snow.

Ontario believes that the sentencing provisions in the Criminal Code need to send the appropriate message when it comes to illegal firearms. This message should be one of 'zero tolerance' for illegal activity related to the possession and use of firearms,

If Ontario needs a first-rate post-secondary education system, then in our view, the bulk of the funding for that should come from general revenues of the provincial government.

Furthermore, like any legislation, before becoming law back-to-work legislation must go through three readings in the Ontario Legislative Assembly, not to mention possible committee hearings. Given that Thursday is Budget Day this option can only prolong the strike and keep students out of their classes unnecessarily.

He scored 34 goals in juniors (with Kingston of the Ontario Hockey league in 1997-98). He's more than capable of scoring 30-plus or 40-plus goals in our league. He just needs to get it set in his mind, and I think he's believing more and more than he has that ability.

We're prepared to act in Ontario and we want to hear from his officials as to what the next step should be,

He's driving, ... I am going to the Ontario Automobile Association to take some classes next week, because whenever I look at the 401 now I think, can I do it?

Hockey Canada believes in a safe environment for all players and commends commissioner Dave Branch and the Ontario Hockey League for its stance on hazing this past week,

History has shown -- whether it is in Ontario under Mike Harris, or New Brunswick or Saskatchewan -- that it did not create any child care spaces.

We make sure the information gets to the Ontario government and Canadian Wildlife Management. Then we get it to the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA).

I think Carlos' recovery is probably as realistic as getting from Century City to the Ontario Airport in seven minutes.

Our key was to stay with our game plan, stay compact and be smart tactically because I knew we were going to score. Our goal was to shut them out, but Ontario Christian is a good team, and they're going to do some strange stuff to try and confuse us.

Stephen is doing a great job in communicating his views to the people of Canada. I think the people of Ontario sense he is the kind of person they can relate to.

Stephen Harper best serves the party by being in Ontario and Quebec because, at the end of the day, being in Alberta is not going to win us the government, and that's what this is about.

Jurisdictions like Ontario might choose to have an access target, an initial one, that is a half or a third of the way toward the destination point, ... and once we've hit it we would seek to bring in a more aggressive access target.

Just because a middle-aged woman in a small Ontario town and a young gay man in a city have obvious differences doesn't mean they can't be extremely similar in terms of their existential lives, or in the way that they go about doing whatever it is they go about doing, be it sodomy or dusting, ... If you are bored with those activities, you may end up having similar reflections about them -- or they might be placeholders, or become obsessions.

We observe the same time all year. In Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, they want to be fully synchronized -- given that they are observing daylight saving time -- they want to be synchronized with the jurisdictions directly south of them that observe daylight saving time,

The alumni team we're going to put together will include two years before they moved to the Gardens, when they played at Ontario Arena at Western Fair and were called the CNRA London Nationals.

Why, when this prime minister claims that aboriginal issues are his top priority, does the Liberal premier of Ontario say he's 'missing in action' in this crisis?

You can draw a fault line down the borders between Western Canada and Ontario east and see a fairly substantial difference.

The premier and the province of Ontario have abilities to stop illegal strikes. We would hope they would act on that.

When are we going to start dealing with the facts of life we manufacture the product in Saskatchewan, we ship the jobs to Ontario ? and I am definitely opposed to that.

The ratios of saw mills in Quebec versus Ontario is significantly higher. It's a very resource-rich province.

Today's announcement of a new subsidy package for Ontario lumber producers is disappointing.

We didn't have much of a margin for error with Nick out. Then our back-up point guard has two fouls a couple of minutes into the game. Against a team like Ontario that puts you behind the 8-ball.

There are many other viruses it could be. The Ontario Public Health lab is working very hard on identifying which one of those viruses it might be.

We're trying to do everything we can to ensure that we are in compliance with the federal legislation to have offenders who are on the Ontario registry go onto the national registry.

Toronto focus group participants told us they love to shop in Buffalo. They described Buffalo as affordable, accessible and offering great product variety. This promotion confirms what our research suggested - that Buffalo is a very attractive short break and shopping destination for the Ontario market.

We're disappointed, frustrated and angry. Small business is not a part of the Ontario plan for this budget and there is nothing.

The Tories are starting to eat away at Liberal support in key geographic regions like Southwest Ontario and Eastern Ontario. You can also say that, if the Tories continue to creep up, they'll start to win more seats.

The rumours were insane -- everything from $2.25 a litre in Ontario to $1.90 in Halifax.

These results demonstrate a strong economy in Ontario and our commitment to strong financial management. As we stated in the 2005 budget, the deficit will be eliminated no later than 2008-09, or a year earlier, in 2007-08, if the reserve is not required,

I wanted to engage the leaders of the community in helping me shape an immigration plan for all of Canada. And in particular for northern Ontario and, even more specifically, that would suit Sault Ste. Marie's interests.

Southern Ontario has the kind of sophisticated consumers that we feel will be very interested in the cultural experiences we have to offer.

As a result, I think it's fair to say that there's an appetite for the Province of Ontario to seriously explore more nuclear power.

Algoma employees and pensioners, the company's suppliers, the City of Sault Ste. Marie and the government of Ontario contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to the effort to making this company viable.

This is a significant milestone, laying a foundation for the governments of Canada and Ontario to work together in collaboration with municipalities and official language minority communities to improve the social and economic integration of immigrants in the province,

There really isn't a good player out there that every coach doesn't know about. For us it makes sense because we are so close. Such a huge bulk of the Canadian population is in Southern Ontario and Toronto - you could drive three hours in almost any other direction and not find that kind of population base.

There really can be little debate now that Western Canada is already experiencing the closest thing to full employment in over three decades, with the jobless rate west of Ontario just barely above four per cent.

The report shows that Ontario is on the right track. It also shows that sustained effort is essential if we're going to stay ahead of this slow-moving epidemic.

This is very serious for Ontario and we can't sign on to an agreement that specifically disadvantages us.

Assisting residents of the North receive training in their own communities, so that they can gain meaningful employment in those communities, is one way that the Government of Canada is helping Northern Ontario prosper, ... This program will increase the pool of trained welders available to local industry.

It's the politics of the Liberal party that they seem to get away with this kind of thing in Ontario and to some degree in Quebec. He'll likely form another government. Whether it's a minority or a majority, I don't know. But certainly he'll get votes out of Ontario.

The black bear population in Ontario has exploded. It's just ballooned out of control.

It took Ontario five years of rather substantial increases to get there, but they're there now. . . . Ontario is at the top of the mountain, ... Quebec is at the bottom and starting to climb.

Once again, our government has shown its commitment to heath care for the province of Ontario and in particular to citizens of the Ottawa area. This funding will ensure that our cancer patients in Ottawa receive the best treatments possible and I'm particularly proud that the Queensway Carleton hospital will play an important role with the regional cancer centre.

The NDP position on Northern Ontario representation is clear - the north deserves a strong voice in the Ontario Legislature, ... The Ontario NDP opposes any reduction in the number of seats for Northern Ontario.

The intent is certainly for the national and the Ontario to work co-operatively,

I'm disappointed Northern Ontario Liberal MPPs put their party interests ahead of their constituents' interests,

I'm thrilled for our captain. We don't really count on him to score but this time he had his hands in everything. It was his finest day in a St. Mike's uniform and it comes with the Ontario playoffs just a day or so away.

I remember being in the Ontario Legislature and the Liberals yelling over at me about the fact that the dollar was rising, and that was bad for business, and didn't I realize that. And I thought, 'What are you talking about?' The value of the currency in part, large part, reflects the world's view of the state of our economy.

In this context, it is outrageous that the Ontario government is preparing to increase college tuition fees next September. Why should Ontario families keep paying higher and higher fees for less and less quality?

I hope I haven't got a battle on my hands. The attorney general of Ontario can consent to his release,

Canada and Ontario are pleased to confirm today the announcement by the Office of the Governor of Michigan the elimination of eight alternatives within two corridors under consideration for a new border crossing between Ontario and Michigan,

Before you rip off three feet of toilet paper, consider that each year 500,000 acres of virgin boreal forest in northern Alberta and Ontario are being clear-cut to make the stuff. These forests are home to some 500 First Nation communities, as well as caribou and bears, moose and wolves, and, in the summertime, billions of songbirds.

I don't think I'm ever going to step out of his shadow and I think I told you guys umpteen times, I'll never, ever fill his shoes. The four of us are here to win it for Ontario and to win it for ourselves and it really has nothing to do with Russ or what he's accomplished in the past.

I then moved to the University of Western Ontario where I was made a full professor in 1985.

You could take this equalization burden away from Ontario and it's still going to have those dollar issues, and the commodity prices issues.

The major part of the problem in Ontario over the past few years is on the spending side, and unimaginative policy decisions, and we haven't really done much on the fiscal side to sort of stem problems with the increased spending.

The fiscal gap and the idea of Ontario becoming a have-not province are related, but not closely related,

The important point today is that the government of Ontario was a very effective catalyst in bringing the parties together,

You want to talk about New York and 44? Until this morning Ontario was at two, now we're at 21, ... By my measure, that's a heck of a good leap forward while acknowledging that there will always be room to do more.

You would be hard-pressed to find another Ontario group that has a facility of this magnitude.

The construction of a new nuclear plant in Ontario would be the environmental battle of the millennium.

The legislation will not improve the safety of the residents of Ontario and will not reduce the number of dog bite incidents in this province. It will, however, force the owners of friendly, happy dogs who have never bitten anyone to leash them and muzzle them without any reason.

I toured Ontario in the winter of '48, in a touring company of The Drunkard, in which I played the bartender.

I dragged my wife from our honeymoon in Africa and landed her in Ontario, Canada, when it was -40 degrees,

Ontario is so far behind in newborn screening that this is a useful baby step, but there are significant gaps in this announcement,

The United States trades more with the province of Ontario alone than with Japan.