Yep, that one's pretty bad. I think there are actually worse ones re: homophobia, if you go further back. That being said, I don't even necessarily disagree with this one:
“providing for the poor is a provincial, not a federal responsibility.”
I'd at least be interested in a discussion on who's best suited to take on that responsibility.
Anyway, he is right that after a 20+ year political career, those being the worst quotes you can find suggests he hasn't been much of a gaffe maker. That being said, the gaffes tell you nothing about the way a party will run the country in 2015, it's just more nonsense and distraction. Same applies to Trudeau's "Quebecois > Albertans" stuff. Focus on the platforms.
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