The Political Pearls of Kevin O’Leary
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Where does our (maybe) next PM stand on family values, national pride and the greater good? Read on.
By David Beers , 18 Jan 2017 | TheTyee.ca David Beers is founding editor of The Tyee.
PHOTO: O’Leary to TMZ: ‘I don’t think of North America anymore as Canada, the United States and Mexico.’
The world really could use another rich reality TV celeb as chief of state, so Kevin O’Leary is stepping up. Today the Shark Tank star officially sets his sights on becoming Canada’s prime minister once he has led the Conservatives back to majority rule in 2019. Should that day come, expect these guiding principles for an O’Leary government, given what the relentlessly self-promoting if not all he’s cracked up to be investor has stated publicly already.
FAMILY VALUES
Dump your fiancé, chase wealth and lots of girlfriends. That’s what O’Leary advised when asked if being a “prosperous entrepreneur” makes it difficult to be attentive in a relationship and do a fair share of parenting. According to Press Progress, O’Leary answered by telling a story about a business student whose fiancé told him: “I can’t stay with you anymore, you have no time for me, you’re all consumed — school all day, business all night.”
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