Both business and labour, and government officials are starting to say: 'We need to change the way the department operates'.

The Canadian government embraces, with open arms, the possibility of getting another 700,000 people who want to come to this country and stimulate our tourist industry,

Once the government gets into business, they'll want to tell you what to insure and how much to charge. We don't think things like that work very well. We'd rather have a system that allows many companies to compete in a market.

We have a major, major philosophical problem with state government coming into a private business and telling them what kind of benefits they must pay their employees.

We are a government-funded incubator. We support and help start business in the downstream chemical industry like Ethanol Africa.

The individuals have an opportunity to develop what they have, ... Whether it comes through better ferry service or not, it's a business decision that they'll make.