A biography for Rick Mercerhasn’t been written yet.
“In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute.”
“Being attached to America these days is like being in a pen with a wounded bull.”
“I don't believe in outing people. It's up to the individual, but there's nothing wrong putting the pressure on.”
“This is very interesting because the Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there's people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you.”
“And in English Canada, no one really knows where the support is coming from, but Conservatives would assume that it's bleeding from the Liberals. So we have a divided left in Canada.”
“It's a brave new world. I'm 42 years old. I certainly wasn't out in high school.”