David Emerson Quotations

I think what's needed is a fundamental review and reshaping.

He asked me if I would serve, I agreed to serve, and I think it was the right thing to do.

we need to think about embedding technology and innovation right throughout the economy and not get so focused on clusters of what we think of as high-tech companies with people in white lab coats.

The fact that Mr. Harper has reached out to someone like me is an indication that they are becoming a middle-of-the-road party. I think I can be helpful moving in that direction.

We are looking for a way to describe it that is not phony and doesn't frighten people.

Canada's competitive business costs are complemented by one of the highest standards of living in the world, a highly skilled workforce, access to abundant natural resources, and its position as a gateway to the North American market.

Canada has to take a stand, ... When it comes to negotiating with the United States, power seems to win out every day, every time.

I have a background from my younger days in hockey. When somebody slammed you into the boards with undue force and aggression, you took their number,

That's going to be a delicate exercise because it does involve essentially trying to establish defined grid of rates, but that is something that we've got together with the province on because it will be important to preserving stability,

It is going to, for once, cause people . . . to really look at this coalition as protectionist, and recognize what a cancer they have become for NAFTA,