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.

For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories.

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.

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

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

Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.