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"In those choices, I would be extremely worried about Mr. Harper. I personally would prefer to go with the devil we know... I am that concerned with the imprint of Stephen Harper, not only what he stood for in the past, but the way he has led this party... I don't believe that the Harper party can get away with the masquerade that it is the Progressive Conservative party that was broad enough to attract support from a wide cross-section of Canadians... I've seen nothing in the Stephen Harper-led party that--on issues of human rights, issues like the environment, issues like bilingualism, issues like the nature of the country--this is anything like the governments [Brian] Mulroney or I led."

- Former Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark on CTV's Question Period, April 25 2004.