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

As a people, we know what we can do, we know how to do it, and we just want to get on with it. How? By ensuring that Canada's place in the world is one of influence and pride.

The fact is that there is now, we know well, a proliferation of nuclear weapons, and that many weapons that Saddam Hussein had, we don't know where they are. That means terrorists have access to all of that.

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.

The fact is the statements are perfectly consistent, but more importantly, I don't have all the facts.

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

If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it.