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

On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government.

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.

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

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.

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.