If America was trying to keep the bubonic plague out of its hemisphere, Canadians would import it just to show their independence of American foreign policy.

In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.

Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians.

If America was trying to keep the bubonic plague out of its hemisphere, Canadians would import it just to show their independence of American foreign policy.

Indeed, we Jews were at the leading edge of communist totalitarianism, one of the most murderous movements of the 20th century.

Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships.

I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity of travelling across this country and enduring all the classic situations that go with talking to people.