Rural Alberta is a lot less homogeneous than it used to be, partly because of my immigration policies.

I have said explicitly from day one when I announced this policy in, I believe, November of 2011, that I and our government oppose the idea of banning the wearing of the niqab in public.

I think very few people in Canada are seeking - to regulate any public expressions of individuals' religions.

The public citizenship oath done in a court in front of a judge and one's fellow citizens should be done publicly.

I think I've chosen the right path.

Many, many times I would shake my head in dismay at the goings-on in the House of Commons, but that never caused me to lose my fundamental faith in the values of our parliamentary institutions.

Sometimes there are no good choices for government.