Out of near disaster, came real progress.

I had, in my legal practice, often encountered really shocking examples of the devastating impact of the costs of long-term medical care on meagre incomes. And, just before I was elected, I had my own personal experience in paying very considerable bills for my mother's terminal illness.

Most women have a distaste for guns, and I am no exception.

The unexpressed aim of every politician is to influence events that history books will record his name - and spell it right.

Women understand that men must often be kept from soiling themselves with the dirty little details of life in order to accomplish the big shinny jobs unimpeded.

I have served the Liberal cause for twenty-two years. That ought to be long enough for anyones lifetime.

We were always expected to see Quebec's side of things, but there was damned little reciprocity.