Quotes of the Week

Adam Campbell, president of federal Liberal Party, Alberta chapter, on his instructions to hopefuls in the leadership race

As far as I’m concerned, it’s plenty.

Myron Thompson, Alberta Conservative MP, on the new pay raise for MPs, to $150,000

I suspect no one will be asking me why Baghdad is at the bottom of the list. Rebecco Powers, spokesperson for Mercer Human Resources, after releasing the annual list of most livable cities for top-ranked executives

Vancouver came third The President would never authorize the disclosure of information he felt would compromise our national security.

Scott McClellan, White House spokesperson, regarding the Valerie Plame outing affair

Everyone is convinced now that there was no serious or genuine belief in change from the governments. It was just a reaction to pressure by the international media and the US.

Sulaiman al Hattlan, editor, Forbes Arabia magazine, on prospects for democratic reform in Saudi Arabia

I now regret that I did not more openly challenge those who were determined to invade a country whose actions were peripheral to the real threat—al Qaeda.

Gregory Newbold, recently retired three-star US Marine Corp general, in an essay in Time Magazine

I have read the reviews. I don’t want to subject myself to that kind of content.

Randy Sharp, director of special projects for American Family Association, which is pressuring WalMart to stop stocking copies of the film Brokeback Mountain

According to a nationwide survey of 535 Gen Yers, 54% choose additional sleep, 52% drink more water, and 21% opt for relaxation techniques to ease their pain.

Misty Harris, CanWest News Service, in story on how young people stay away from pills

To get one Aspirin into a classroom practically takes a federal edict.

Neil Howe, self-described expert on young people, who says the pharmaceutical industry must inform young people of the benefits of their products

I think there’s a lot we can learn.

Kevin Falcon, BC minister of transportation and government point-man on the Gateway Plan to widen highway one, in Los Angeles, to see how that city has “dealt with road pressures.”

We’re only just beginning to see the major projects for 2010, but we can’t get the workers.

Len Edmondson, of Flynn Canada, a large building-exterior contractor, on the labour shortage hitting Vancouver