Famous Quotes & Sayings

Margaret Atwood

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Health Canada said I'm not on the list, so I must be illegal.

Rick Mercer

Health Canada reports that the infection rate for chlamydia in Saskatoon is twice the national average, making it the chlamydia capital of Canada. Montreal has vowed to get their title back.

Our third-quarter financial results reflected encouraging volume and financial performance in Canada and the United States despite extensive competitive price discounting in some of our largest markets.

People don't realize the richness of the gems and minerals out of Canada. The Baffin Island sapphires are very unusual for their size and clarity.

Defensive and interest-rate sensitive sectors did well because Canadian rates were very low - up until recently we saw the 10-year Canada yield get down to 3.73 per cent - very constructive to utilities and the dividend payers and the defensives.

David Murdoch

Defeating such a big curling nation as Canada, it's colossal. As far as Scottish curling goes, it's huge. There's a lot of pride at stake, making sure we do ourselves justice.

David Murdoch

Defeating such a big curling nation as Canada, it's colossal.

Compared to last year where I had to drive all the way to Canada and pay 40 dollars, this is wonderful. I walked in, it took about two and a half minutes for the whole procedure.

Marty Turco

And there's a lot of other goalies from Canada that deserve to be here. But we're here to make each other better and that's such a Canadian thing, we keep pushing each other and supporting each other this week.

Thank you for choosing Canada. We're very, very proud of each and every one of our new citizens of Canada.

Sophie and her husband Jack, who had five children, emigrated to Canada 32 years ago and I have only seen her briefly once since then at their golden wedding, but this is the first time she has come over here.

Richard Masur

So much of what defines culture is Language. Take Canada for example, francophones and anglophones are defined by their language.

Ten years ago, maybe Canada was dominant. But there are so many good teams now. So Canada needs to go up and up and up just like the rest of them.

(Team Canada) wasn't working hard as a group. They perhaps were working hard as individuals but not as a group. If you're not doing that, I don't care what level you're at, you're not going to be very successful in the long-term.

Team Canada is a good team. We have to be ready.

I understand fully Quebec's position, Canada's position and frustration on this issue of softwood lumber. You have valid points,

It was the right decision then and it would be the right decision now and I'm expecting the government of Canada to do that.

It was very difficult for us to skate after the long trip from Canada to China.

The story for Canada just gets better. Canadian energy and mining stocks will continue to be driven by strong global demand for commodities.

John Smith

That's why the sewage deal must be terminated, because it will facilitate the SE2 power plant that nobody in Canada wants.

This investment in innovation demonstrates that Canada is a global leader in its commitment to the development of new technologies.

They've done a very good job in Canada of changing as consumer trends and demands have changed.

This is a significant milestone, laying a foundation for the governments of Canada and Ontario to work together in collaboration with municipalities and official language minority communities to improve the social and economic integration of immigrants in the province,

This is the first time since I started monitoring sales by model in 1978 that a passenger car has come even close to being the most popular vehicle in Canada.

This is not just a debate about the federal government resourcing, it's a question of what Canada has to do to be competitive in the future,

The West (is) entering 2006 like a lion; and central and eastern Canada like a lamb.

Stephen Harper

The West has wanted in. The West is in now. Canada will work for all of us.

Jean Chretien

This gives us no pleasure, ... Canada is not a nation that rushes to embrace the use of force. We do not lightly endorse military action. For us it is always the last resort.

Angela Ruggiero

There was no need for that. They're trying to pad their stats. Canada is running up the score for whatever reasons personal, short-term.

Rudolph A. Marcus

There were no theoretical chemists in Canada at the time, and as students I don't think we ever considered how or where theories were conceived.

Deborah Ellis

There's a big thing in Canada that parents need to talk to their children about drugs and sex. I don't think talking to your kids about war is any less important than that.

Joe Sakic

This is where he belongs. He assembled the team. When you think of Canada, you think of hockey and you think of Wayne Gretzky. This is where he should be.