Quotes from Andrew Scheer

Nobody can look back into our history and look at everyone who contributed into our development as a country and find someone who's flawless.

The foundation of our democracy is the ability to have a debate about any subject. That is why I am so committed to defending free speech.

I've made it very clear that the government should get out of the business of trying to affect the markets, of trying to pick winners and losers.

We have to recognize is that the best way to improve the quality of life for First Nations and Indigenous Canadians is through economic development and activity.

The Liberal carbon tax is just about raising revenue for government.

I will withhold federal funding from universities that shut down debate and can't stand different points of view.

The difference between Justin Trudeau and myself is I have had real world experience. I haven't just read books on the middle class and what life is like for them. I've lived it.

We have to be very realistic as a party as to what we're promising Canadians going into the 2019 election.

The government of China has admitted that they've been involved in cyber infiltrations around the world and in governments.

Let's make sure that when companies make investments to reduce emissions that they're rewarded for that and encouraged to do more.

Our position is that we believe that Canada has to have a comprehensive plan to significantly reduce global emissions.

When it comes to protecting workers, labour conditions, labour legislation, the rights for collective bargaining, when you look at our environmental standards, when you look at our public disclosure laws and accountability and securities regulations to ensure that companies abide by the law, we don't have a level playing field with China.

When it comes to Senate reform, in general, I've always been a believer in an elected Senate and would hope to achieve aspects of Senate reform.

We know that the government in China has been involved in cyber attacks before. I look at our partners around the world, our traditional allies, our NATO partners who are making the same assessment. We share so much with them and rely on their technology, their expertise and interoperability in many aspects of our own armed forces.

We would never accept a prime minister saying, 'Well, maybe I'll intervene and use a trade issue as a link to an independent investigation into criminal activity.'

I've got 12 reserves in my riding and have always been very available and worked very diligently on a few files. I've been out any time there is major events. So I've always had an open door policy with the chiefs and individuals on- and off-reserve.

I support the need for Canada to play a significant role in reducing global emissions.

I believe very firmly that we can get to balanced budgets without raising taxes and without cutting transfers to the provinces or to individuals.

We've made tremendous successes in clean energy. We should be proud of what we've accomplished.

I do believe that the U.K. over the years has given up a tremendous amount of sovereignty. The bureaucratic nature of the E.U., the different levels of government, the fact that court decisions in the U.K. can be appealed to a higher level of court in Europe, those are all things I don't think Canadians would ever accept for ourselves.

Some people say I smile too much.

We will not allow Justin Trudeau to keep spending billions wrecking our economy and then forcing local businesses - the very people who create jobs and opportunities in their communities - to pay the bill.

Justin Trudeau had a message of asking Canadians to have trust in our immigration system. The problem is Canadians don't have trust in the Liberals to manage it.

I actually think Justin Trudeau's approach to label people who have legitimate concerns with his issues as being un-Canadian and intolerant - that is very dangerous.