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.

The federal court has not commented on niqab as being a violation of any putative Charter right, but rather has said that the court believes that the policy ought to be anchored in legislation or regulation as opposed to an administrative order from the Minister. We disagree with that. But this is not a Charter ruling.

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

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

There's not a word in the Quran or the Hadith that requires that women cover their faces. To the contrary, the only requirement is that they uncover their faces when they're doing the haj.

Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language.

Sometimes there are no good choices for government.