Canada

“Canada's political culture then and now is far less polarized than in the United States, and the underlying polarization of your political culture, in my view, is a serious problem.”

“A special advantage we had in Canada through all that period was our immigration policies, especially our far easier ability in the United States to bring in skilled technical people.”

“In Canada, and you know, we thought I had run a large deficit back in, in, in in Canada last year, the fiscal year just completed, the deficit of the federal government will be 30% higher than my entire last budget.”

“All I'll say is when we were in government, we never had any trouble, problem making sure we had vaccinations, vaccines well in advance and getting them distributed. So it's just a matter of competent execution.”

“You know, the pharmaceutical companies came in hot and heavy because we wanted to open up markets in Canada to importation of drugs, right? They were blasting us on, on TV, Wall Street, going after us all over the place. But basically they attacked us, and the…”

“You need a uniform system that nobody falls through the cracks. Nobody should go into, nobody should be going to an emergency room. For general health, right? Nobody should use an ER, which is marked up 87 times as their primary care doctor for general health …”

“Canada's got a very socialized system and I don't think it's a great system by the way. So one of the things that vexes me was when I hear Americans talk about, oh my God, if we just had Canada's healthcare system, I'm like, knock yourselves out. Like I wouldn…”

“Every year in Canada and the U.S., about 20,000 people die from heat. That, we should absolutely recognize that. But every year, a 170,000 people die in Canada and the U.S. From cold.”

“Well, no, we would say he's absolutely right, but let me explain why. Canada has a very active legal immigration program. The percentage of their citizens who are immigrants is huge as compared to us, and they have a selective immigration program, so who is im…”

“Rye whiskey was just getting hot in the cocktail bars in San Francisco and New York and Chicago. Supplies were running out, and I found a great stash in Canada, and basically hustled the hell out of it”