84 Quotes by Buzz Hargrove

I think that was a short-term view of the values of Canada.

Just because we're a low wage economy and you can get someone to do our job cheaper, you don't have the right to sell our jobs as long as we're meeting the commitment of quality and productivity.

Our union does not resist change, so long as we can manage it in a way that does not threaten our members.

Our major problem is imports and lack of ability to export into the emerging growth markets of Asia. They ship into North America at their leisure and they close their markets to anything built in Canada and the United States.

I'm so frustrated and angry about this decision, I can't believe it. It's irresponsible at best. My worry is it's consistent with the Harper government's idea of letting the market decide, as opposed to looking after Canadian interests.

That's the only thing that he spoke against at almost every council meeting.

We have to solve that or it's a showstopper for sure.

We're close enough to do this, but far enough away to fall in the ditch, ... We're feeling somewhat better this morning, although we're not there.

We're certainly working towards a settlement and quite frankly, I'd like to do it before the 20th, given the state of the industry and the state of the companies, ... If we can do it early, I think that would be a credit to all of us.