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

If you never encounter anything in your community that offends you, then you are not living in a free society.

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.

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

There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians.

Canadians want to see real hope restored, not false hopes raised.

Governments allocate enormous resources for social programs. And it is true that for many years we have had one of the best social service systems in the world. Yet we are still incapable of meeting the needs of tens of thousands of Canadian families.