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Republic

Current Issue • March 15 to March 28, 2007  •  No 159

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Quotes of the week  

It’s just mother nature wreaking havoc. Hopefully it’s not going to be too much of an inconvenience.

Sandy Webster, spokesperson for Canada Line construction project, after a section of Cambie Street caved-in following heavy rains, closing the main thoroughfare in both directions

 

I want to look the man in the eyes and I want to confirm that they are going to do what they say they’re going to do. I just want assurances from him that he will monitor and inform us of any abuses.

Gordon O’Conner, Canada’s defence minister, speaking about Afghanistan’s human rights officer

 

We use the term ‘detainee abuse’ but there’s no proof that there is any detainee abuse.

Gordon O’Conner, defence minister, Canada

 

It seems that now, after so much time, the president of the United States has discovered that there are poor people in Latin America. We don’t need the false charity of empire. We’ve decided to be free, and we will be free, whatever the cost.

Hugo Chavez, president, Venezuela

 

The market is awash with super-yachts being built right now and it’s the Russians who are driving it. For them it is all about who has got the longest boat, the highest mast and the best fittings.

Nick Griffiths, director, Ancasta, Europe’s largest custom yacht building company

 

In Pakistan, he will meet with political leaders, parliamentarians and senior government officials to deliver important messages on regional security and democratic governance.

Alain Cacchione, Canadian foreign affairs spokesperson, on Liberal-elected but now-Conservative MP Wajid Khan’s second deployment to the Middle East on a “fact-finding mission” after failing to reveal the contents of his first “fact-finding mission” there

 

The Liberals have one heck of a brand name. It’s like fighting Coca Cola.

John Reynolds, co-chair of national Conservative campaign

 

Even Pluto has warmed slightly in recent years, if you can call -230C instead of -233C warmer. And I swear I haven’t left my SUV idling on any of those planets or moons.

Lorne Gunter, columnist in National Post, attempting to ridicule the IPCC report pointing to manmade CO2 as the cause of Earth’s warming

 

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