It would be naive to imagine we have sol... by Kim Campbell

Politician feminist Canada Prime Minister Income

It would be naive to imagine we have solved all our income security problems simply because the roles of the federal and provincial governments in the area of skills training have been clarified.

- Kim Campbell

Other quotes by Kim Campbell

Today May Time Man

Some of you may have been hoping that today I would speak about Lucien Bouchard's latest economic theories. But I have decided to spare him for the time being: after all, he is a man.

- Kim Campbell

Care People

For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories.

- Kim Campbell

Progress Today

Despite our high rate of unemployment, 300,000 jobs go unfilled largely because many of the unemployed lack the skills needed today as a result of technological progress.

- Kim Campbell

Common sense

I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation.

- Kim Campbell

Government

On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government.

- Kim Campbell

Design

For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation.

- Kim Campbell

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