Sept. 16, 2009

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โ€œWe have seen the unco-operative nature of this very rigid prime minister and his inability to work in a minority parliament … in a constructive way.”
โ€“Andrew Telegdi, former MP for Waterloo, on the possibility of a fall election.

โ€œWhat a lot of campuses have done is theyโ€™ve stopped allowing food to be prepared and/or sold in common, open areas where there isnโ€™t proper storage and blah blah blah blah blah.โ€
โ€“Dan Dawson, director of student services regarding new policies on selling food in the concourse.

โ€œThere is a gap between what we want to do and being able to do it.โ€
โ€“Vice-president academic Deb McLatchy speaking to the senate regarding Laurierโ€™s academic planning and the constraints due to a lack of provincial and federal funding.

โ€œWhat we agreed to, here, as ministers in the G20, is that the world economy is stabilizing. We also agreed that no clear recovery is evident. So weโ€™re being very cautious because we fear going back into recession.โ€
โ€“Jim Flaherty, Canadaโ€™s minister of finance, on the G20 ministerโ€™s summit in London.


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