I have always believed governments must adapt to the needs of the people, not the other way around.

Quebecers have rarely in their history been better represented than they are right now - at the highest levels of the federal government.

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.

To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions.

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

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.

For too many, to work means having less income.