75 Quotes by Jack Layton

There are many confidence-testing opportunities in the next number of weeks,

How we vote now will be determined by whether meaningful action can occur on some of the areas that we outlined a few weeks ago,

That doesn't seem right to me. Canadians paid for this.

That would be a confidence vote by definition, ... I can tell you where we're going to stand on that one: firmly opposed, as will the vast majority of Canadians.

We're encouraged that Mr. Harper appears to have taken some of our concerns into account. If Mr. Harper is serious about making this Parliament work, we will be open to working with him.

The question is if Mr. Martin will realize that he needs the support of other parties to get things done or not. We will be putting some proposals in front of the House and convince other parties to support them. However, at the present time there is no discussion of some sort of an agreement,

We want to try to have a productive parliament to focus on issues Canadians care about, ... If there is no significant action in the days ahead, we will have to make our choice.

The government was comprehensive in its response ... (but) I would characterize the proposals as disappointing.

What the government is proposing is unacceptable, ... There's no basis for our party to express confidence in this government.