Canadian Quotable

"Unfortunately, budgets in Canada are an excessively political topic. They are almost the only political topic. The budget is almost the only thing that a political party can do in Canada in the way of influencing votes, and after all, influencing votes is the chief business of politicians."

- B.K. Sandwell, editor and economist, address, "Budget", February 23rd 1928 (source: The Penguin Dictionary of Popular Canadian Quotations)