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Dan Miller
Canadian
Politician
About the author
We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
Dan Miller,
Canadian
Politician
We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.
Dan Miller,
Canadian
Politician
#Problems
#Government
#Difficulties
The heart of our relationship, this natural environment that has blessed us really all along the west coast of North America, on both sides of the border we've realized that this incredible natural wealth comes with a price.
Dan Miller,
Canadian
Politician
#Heart
#America
#Environment
#Wealth
It's easy to focus on the things that divide us. Sometimes too easy.
Dan Miller,
Canadian
Politician
#Focus
In one line of his poem he said good fences make good neighbors. I'd like to think that Alaska and British Columbia working together can prove that we can be pretty darned good neighbors without fences.
Dan Miller,
Canadian
Politician
#Pretty
#Neighbors
My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?
Dan Miller,
Canadian
Politician
#Talk
#Problems
You know, we have our differences, everybody does, honest, real differences, but I do believe strongly that we as neighbors are drawn together far more than we're driven apart.
Dan Miller,
Canadian
Politician
#Neighbors