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 think Paul Martin doesn't mean what he says. He said he would clear this sort of thing up and he didn't do it.

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

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

The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government.

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

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.