I cannot say that I have been hindered all my life by the permutation of genes that resulted in me being born a woman.

I suppose, as a politician, I should be content, for the Canada Pension Plan certainly put my name in Canada's history books, and in italics.

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

I took a hasty trip to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England to talk to the officials of each Government about their pension provisions, and to talk to the responsible ministers in each country about the political "whys" of their legislation.

It will be, I suppose, a foolhardy Government that tries to push through legislation making knowledge of both official languages one of the qualifications for election to the House of Commons or appointment to the Senate, but maybe it will have to come to this as a price we must pay for equality of the two great language groups of our founding fathers.

I cannot say that I have been hindered all my life by the permutation of genes that resulted in me being born a woman.

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