If I've tried to bring anything to federal politics, it's the idea that hope and optimism should be at their heart.

Ideas are always more important than money.

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

You can wait forever for perfect conditions or you can make do with what you have.

Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.

I don't know why we'd need so many more prisons when the crooks seem so happy in the Senate.

So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.