We plan to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the preparation of the budget. We also plan to open up the process of government appointments.

For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation.

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

Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is.

An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes.

There's no evidence that registering guns reduces the level of gun violence. It's not that I don't think it's something worth doing, (but) it's something you do much later.

There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians.