At a moment that comes rarely in the life of a country. It is a time when destiny is ours to hold.

Put simply, we must always remember that separate but equal is not equal.

The main goal in any criminal statute is to produce what's best for the victim. And sometimes, a mandatory minimum doesn't accomplish that.

This is the province that pioneered dreaming big.

For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford.

Now the bad guy's not targeting cash. He's targeting narcotics. And he's robbing a pharmacy because that's where the narcotics are.

I mean if there are going to be missiles that are going off and there are going to be going off over Canadian airspace whether we want it or not, no I don't think that is acceptable. I think that we want to be at the table.