Judy LaMarsh: Government

Judy LaMarsh was Canadian politician, writer, broadcaster and barrister.. Explore interesting quotes on government.

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“A government may only govern so long as the people, through their representatives, vote it the money to carry on.”

Judy LaMarsh

Source: Memoirs Of A Bird In A Gilded Cage (1969), CHAPTER 2, N.A.T.O., p. 32

Money , People

“The power of a government with so much money would be frightening. By controlling investment capital, it would be in a position to dominate business. We would then risk ending up with a sort of national socialism, as it was practiced in Nazi Germany.”

Judy LaMarsh

newspaper on Sep.27th, 1963, to oppose Quebec's pension investment fund (RRQ+CDPQ). Her government ended up setting up exactly that type of fund shortly after (CPP+CPPIB).
Source: https://books.google.ca/books?id=fn0NgNxTAxIC&pg=PT223&lpg=PT223
Source: http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/tout_le_monde_en_parlait/2009/reportage.asp?idDoc=86807

Money , Business

“It will be, I suppose, a foolhardy Government that tries to push through legislation making knowledge of both official languages one of the qualifications for election to the House of Commons or appointment to the Senate, but maybe it will have to come to this as a price we must pay for equality of the two great language groups of our founding fathers.”

Judy LaMarsh

Source: Memoirs Of A Bird In A Gilded Cage (1969), CHAPTER 7, The Favreau tragedy, p. 134

Knowledge , Housing

“I took a hasty trip to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England to talk to the officials of each Government about their pension provisions, and to talk to the responsible ministers in each country about the political "whys" of their legislation.”

Judy LaMarsh

Source: Memoirs Of A Bird In A Gilded Cage (1969), CHAPTER 5, The Canada Pension Plan, p. 83

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