It's easier for opposition members to condemn the government at the drop of a hat if they don't understand.

For members who have only ever been in government, the negativity and aggressiveness of the opposition is easy to caricature.

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

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

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.

I do believe there is absolutely space for legitimate debate in a liberal democracy about immigration selection, screening and integration.

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.