The election is not a time to discuss serious issues.

Canadians know that our difficulties will not be resolved overnight. They are tired of politicians who pretend they will be.

I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation.

We now know that unity, the cornerstone of Canada's greatness and prosperity, is above all a matter of emotion and reason for every citizen.

Progressive Conservative candidates from Quebec want to exert real power in Ottawa, not simply be content with playing a secondary role.

We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays.

I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister.