The words that sank Harper's Mr. Clean

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This is a speech by Gwyn Morgan, president and CEO of EnCana Corp., made Dec. 7 last year to the Fraser Institute. Morgan's previous statements on immigration were cited as one of the reasons Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Québécois refused to confirm the Prime Minister's pick as head of public appointments on Tuesday. The theme of Morgan's speech was that political correctness was preventing politicians from solving some of Canada's problems.

Thank you Mark, for those kind words and thanks also to the staff of The Fraser Institute for their continued excellent work under the past direction of Michael Walker and now Mark Mullins who has the distinction of being second Executive Director in The Fraser Institute's 32 year history.

And thanks to all of you for supporting the important work of the Institute by being here tonight. There are some special people I'd like to acknowledge - with us tonight are two young blind persons and their families at a table hosted for the CNIB by the Burns family. Many of you know John Burns whose loss of sight in one eye creates a kind of connection with these young people. I also faced the possibility of blindness when I had a severe eye injury over ten years ago. These young people and their families are moving ahead to make the best of the gift of life with the support of their families and the CNIB.

What an honour it is to present the T.P. Boyle Founder's Lecture in the footsteps of three of the world's most distinguished icons of economic and personal freedom; economists Milton and Rose Friedman, and Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic. And speaking of economic freedom, The Fraser Institute's own Michael Walker, son of a good hearted Newfoundland union leader, learned an early lesson that changed his life and the direction of public policy in Canada.

The lesson: socialism doesn't work.

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Speechless.