“How can this Parliament continue under the leadership of a Liberal Party whose ethical conduct voters deserve to judge and a Liberal Party that once worked with New Democrats to build medicare and now flatly rejects rules to protect that achievement?”
Jack Layton
“The Bloc is actually a party that is very serious about the work it does in Parliament, either in committees or in the House of Commons.”
Antonia Maioni
“We urge the leaders of the new parliament, both ruling party and opposition, to work together to devise new rules and practices to ensure that all voters' interests are represented in parliament,”
Jimmy Carter
“Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative.”
Stockwell Day
“The CDU, the great party of the center, is back, ... It is the biggest party in parliament. We will make what we can of this great result.”
Edmund Stoiber
“We are not living in a country where a party with a two-vote majority in Parliament can rule - this is not Iraq. If the Shiites and Kurds will cooperate, there will be a majority, but this is not right, and not the correct way to rule the country.”
Jalal Talabani
“Unfortunately, for those of us committed to getting things done in this Parliament . . .there's no basis for our party to express confidence in this government.”
