Pat Binns

Patrick George Binns (born October 8, 1948), is a Canadian diplomat who was named Ambassador to Ireland on August 30, 2007; serving in that post until November 19, 2010.

Binns has a long history of public service, most notably being the 30th Premier of Prince Edward Island, holding office from 1996 to 2007, during which time he was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island.

During his premiership, Binns was known as the province's "affable and unassuming premier."

He is now Canada's Consular General in Boston, MA, USA

Before the Premiership

Binns was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and graduated from the University of Alberta in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1971, he earned a Master of Arts in Community Development while working for the government of Alberta as a community development officer. In 1972, Binns began working for the Prince Edward Island Rural Development Council and met and married Carol MacMillan of Stratford, PEI. While working for the P.E.I. government from 1974 to 1978, Binns helped create and run the Regional Service Centres in the province's east. In 1978, he received the Queen's Silver of Jubilee for Outstanding Public Service.

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"In B.C. the results were very close to the required majority and that has led to a second vote. I would think that if this is in anyway close that it would certainly not stop there,"

"Well ah, hah, I'll have to leave that to see what really happens,"

"People are discovering that if you do very well with the constituency candidates, if you get 16 or 17 of those, you would end up, even though you had a high percentage of popular votes, you'd end up with scarcely any of the list candidates, ... I know that raises concerns among a lot of people and I think is worthy of debate over the next few weeks. This has become an issue of some contention in my view."

"That addresses, I think, sort of the diversity of Prince Edward Island, ... To show there is support somewhat across P.E.I."

"Direct funding is not in the best interest of any province,"

"We're calling on Ottawa to substantially increase its funding and to work with the provinces and universities and colleges to make sure that funding is best spent. That partnership has to exist. The money should flow through the provinces."

"We want Ottawa, as a first step, to get back to the 1994-95 funding levels, then build up to 25 per cent,"

"Each of us can do a little bit,"

"find more ways that the provinces can work together within the federation as opposed to being competitors by region."

"It was a very difficult issue. When the elephant rolls over, the mouse gets squashed."

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