Canada is our country. It belongs to us and we belong to it. Let us join together, in our time, and make history once again.

Have you ever, on a cloudless night, looked down from a passing aircraft flying over Canada? Endless, glowing strings of cities, towns, and homesteads. Stretching on and on, one province to the next. With only the stars in the distance.

I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law.

Every Canadian who wants to learn should have the opportunity to do so.

It's very clear that we are going to have 10 different [abortion] laws and that we are going to have these laws made by judges

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.

Don't tell me what's in the Red Book. I wrote the goddamned thing. And I know that it's a lot of crap.