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During the federal election campaign, May 26, 2004[citation needed]
“I think there is a dangerous rise in defeatist sentiment in this country. I have said that repeatedly, and I mean it and I believe it.”
Ottawa Citizen, June 3, 2002: About Canada
2002
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