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

Despite our high rate of unemployment, 300,000 jobs go unfilled largely because many of the unemployed lack the skills needed today as a result of technological progress.

I believe it is time for new leadership that is able to leave the '70s behind.

There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians.

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

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 are certain things in gun control that have a certain public appeal, but when you're legislating you need to look at the research on what works, what doesn't, and what really has an impact, recognizing you're never going to do away entirely with gun violence