I've been called treacherous, stupid, venal, lazy ..and that's only by the Tories.

If the United States leads a multinational force into Iraq without United Nations backing, Canada should fight beside its neighbour. We've gone from being a middle power to a muddle power on this one.

I don't think we're ever going to be in a position where we can say this is the template, this is the checklist, that must be met [for intervention].

What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work.

I find happiness comes from numerous sources in my life. Most often, the happy moments I cherish most are quiet moments with my wife and family back home in Nova Scotia.

There is no more dangerous country in the world today than Pakistan.

Happy the society whose deepest divisions are ones of style.