Words matter. These are the best Rick Mercer Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Being attached to America these days is like being in a pen with a wounded bull.
I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity offender.
The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there’s people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. But if you vote for them you’re throwing your vote away.
This is very interesting because the Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there’s people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you.
I’m very lucky, because my beat is current events. And events are changing all the time.
In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute.
It’s no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it’s gonna get better. We have to make it better now.
I don’t believe in outing people. It’s up to the individual, but there’s nothing wrong putting the pressure on.
You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and then the Liberals.
The reality is that when three or four networks are at the table with three or four political parties, someone is going to be the victim.
I’m fortunate that I’m employed. And if you’re in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I’ll never, ever work again.
Things are pretty good in Canada. We weathered the recession fairly well. And, of course, were up here up living here, we’re watching American news and we’re constantly saying, wow, it’s not as bad as it is in the United States.
Stephen Harper, who’s the prime minister of Canada, he is saying that this – we have to give him a majority government, otherwise there will be a Separatist coalition. And he says it every minute.
And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it’s always been my position that we shouldn’t complain about that; that’s the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.
Yes, it gets better, but I also understand that saying to a 15-year-old that, ‘Oh, don’t worry, just wait a year’, is like saying ‘Wait a lifetime’, but every single person has the right to go to school and not be afraid.
