Bernard Valcourt: Tory Brian Mulroney

Toronto Empire Club Dept: I am from New Brunswick in Atlantic Canada, Valcourt told Toronto Empire Club in 1993. When I speak of the social safety net, I think of it as a fishing net. And when you get caught in it, you never get out. , according to The Chronicle Herald. Many other Canadians and all progressives consider the net vital because it prevents fatal injuries when people fall on hard times. The progressives challenge is to find ways to get users out of the nets and back into the productive economy and In an earlier incarnation as a federal minister, back when 20th-century Tory Brian Mulroney was still the boss, Bernard Valcourt gave a speech that conjured up a homespun image of federal social programs. As a conservative rhetorical device, Valcourt net was simple and effective. It pointed out the dangers of overusing economic and social supports, in which people do get trapped. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.