Are we allowed to sing? I imagine that at times, it might improve the tone of the debate.

Free speech is one of our fundamental principles and it's pretty hard to speak freely when people are yelling at you when it's your turn. That would never be allowed in a classroom or in any other kind of meeting.

I want to share with you my belief in your power to change this country and this world.

To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don't be discouraged that my own journey hasn't gone as well as I had hoped. You must not lose your own hope.

Are we allowed to sing? I imagine that at times, it might improve the tone of the debate.

Well, I say it's time to take Stephen Harper to the woodshed!

Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters, because all of us need to be able to make a difference.