Ralph Klein
Ralph Klein
Ralph Phillip Klein, OC AOEwas a Canadian politician who served as the 12th Premier of Alberta and leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta from 1992 until his retirement in 2006. Klein's tenure as premier ended when the Alberta Progressive Conservatives' new leader, Ed Stelmach, assumed office December 14, 2006, exactly fourteen years after Klein first became Premier. His nickname was "King Ralph", a reference to his political longevity and his management style. Klein continued the PC dynasty, winning...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth29 July 1931
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I'll do whatever he wants me to do, ... I don't think I'll door knock, but certainly I'll speak, and I'll speak on his behalf.
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I'm pleased to announce today that $1.4 billion of this year's surplus is going to be used to improve access to health services across the province,
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It's the politics of the Liberal party that they seem to get away with this kind of thing in Ontario and to some degree in Quebec. He'll likely form another government. Whether it's a minority or a majority, I don't know. But certainly he'll get votes out of Ontario.
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This is more than money, it's a sense of friendship and a sense of concern for the people in the Gulf coast,
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I don't know who would challenge it, other than the bad guys, the people who have an interest in selling drugs to children,
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The U.S. administration is finally paying attention to the oilsands in particular,
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I know that in this province, the buck would have stopped with me, ... I would first of all, if they could track me down, I would be hung. And if they couldn't, I would have to find a place far enough away in the world to hide.
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The $72 million that was spent on the two auditoriums, the Jubes in Calgary and Edmonton, was spent in the inside of the auditoriums to make them more performance-friendly. All of the seats point into the stage so people will have a wonderful opportunity to see the performances unimpeded,
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A fine city with too many socialists and mosquitoes. At least you can spray the mosquitoes.
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This is about unenforceable registration of weapons that violates the rights of people to own firearms.
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Albertans have always worn their passions on their sleeves,
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Dinosaur farts? I don’t know.
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I’ve been to Vulcan where I’ve been vulcanized, Carbon where you get carbonated and Standard where you get standardized. Ernie Isley’s invited me to Castor … and I’m not looking forward to it.
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We're sending as much oil as we possibly can to accommodate the people in New Orleans. The pipeline capacity is very limited.