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whenever I’ve been faced with Islamophobia, my answer has never been “I’m not a Muslim,” because hate is wrong, no matter who it’s aimed at. When it comes to stopping fear and division, all of us, no matter who we are, have to stand
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“In 1995, the result of the PQ-mandated second referendum on Québec independence was such a close call that in many other countries it might have degenerated into civil conflict. But that didn’t happen. Why not? Maybe because on all of those occasions we kept talking, since we know in our heart of hearts that what we’ve got is worth keeping.”
― Strength of Conviction
― Strength of Conviction
“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”
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“The open-mindedness we were taught, that willingness and desire to hear out the other side of an argument, is also fundamentally, profoundly a Canadian value.”
― Strength of Conviction
― Strength of Conviction
“Learning what laws can do, for good or ill, to transform society was a revelation.”
― Strength of Conviction
― Strength of Conviction
“Politics and the stock market are the two most ruthless environments outside an actual battlefield. The market creates and destroys wealth; politics creates and destroys power. Power and wealth are both highly prized, and those who acquire large amounts of either are unlikely to be gentle souls.”
― Stephen Harper
― Stephen Harper
Jeff’s 2025 Year in Books
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