Always have a dream that will outlast your lifetime.

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

Treatments and therapies have never been better in the face of this disease. You have every reason to be optimistic, determined, and focused on the future. My only other advice is to cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey, as I have done this summer.

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

Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey.

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.

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.