Justin Trudeau Quotes

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Justin Trudeau

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 25, 1971

We require Canadians who are collecting EI benefits to prove they are looking for work. It's only fair that we require employers looking to benefit from the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to prove they really need it.

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I think people are looking at Canada and realizing we're a place that is building for the long term and where the world's going to be.

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I think Canada has a great story, and I'm glad to tell it. And if there's a moment where the world is paying a little more attention to Canada, well, I think it's important to try and capitalize on that.

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We need to make sure that everyone's pulling their weight and doing their fair share. Canadians get that, including the wealthy Canadians I talk to.

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One of the fundamental responsibilities of any Canadian prime minister is to get our resources to market.

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We're investing billions of dollars in housing, in home care on the medical side. We're investing billions of dollars in public transit that is not just creating good jobs now but is going to help people get to and from their good jobs in more reliable ways.

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We went through a long phase where we defined ourselves in opposition to other people and other countries.

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In regards to the United States, Canadians expect me to stand up for our values and defend our interests and to have a constructive relationship with our largest trading partner and closest neighbour.

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There is no debate about whether or not climate change is happening. We will deal with it as a challenge. But we also take it as an opportunity to invest.

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As a prime minister, my job is not to try and influence or opine on what a leader of a different country should be doing.

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My job is to do the best possible job for my country, and I wouldn't want someone else telling me what I should be doing in Canada.

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From the very beginning, I've talked about how we're going to strengthen the middle class in this country.

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The federal government shouldn't be drawing lines on a map in terms of what transit infrastructure are needed; we should be there to be a partner with the cities, with the provinces, that need that.

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Income splitting benefits only fifteen per cent, mostly the wealthiest Canadians, but it's paid for by everyone.

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I know and I've always felt for Canada that we recognize that diversity is a great source of strength.

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I think Canadians have always been interested in the choices Americans make because the choices you make inevitably impact upon us... and how we make sure that we get that balance right between continuing to have a good relationship and standing for the things we believe in is what we expect of ourselves.

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The fact is, Canada needs investment, particularly in infrastructure.

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For me, being able to engage with the details when necessary, when there's a challenge, when there's a particularly important pivot, yes, you have to do that. But in general, a leader needs to trust their commanders, needs to trust the team they've assembled, to actually execute in the right way.

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My father, his values were anchored in the time, but they were also timeless, whether it's bilingualism, multiculturalism or the charter of rights and freedoms.

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It's always easy to look at either the politics of division or fear as effective tools in politics, but ultimately, even though they can be effective tools to help you get elected, they hinder your ability to actually get the job of building a better future for this country, for this community, done.

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