Populism is about is alienation in large numbers of people, but aggravated and provoked by a deteriorating economic conditions.

Where you find all the worries about immigration, I think the way to handle that is to listen to the person that's got concerns, and then try to move that in a positive direction, as opposed to decrying it and saying, 'Don't even raise that, you can't raise that.'

Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent.

My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

Populism is about is alienation in large numbers of people, but aggravated and provoked by a deteriorating economic conditions.

In Canada, what I find what people are afraid of or worried about is politicians who denigrate the importance of the resource sectors, which are the basis of our trading capacity.

Canada has had populist movements in the past, virtually since its inception. I don't think the central Canadian elites have ever understood populism at all, particularly the Western version of it.