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].

I feel guilty about spending so much time away from home and loved ones.

I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed better laws to better protect them. I saw politics as a means to improve this protection for them.

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.

Happy the society whose deepest divisions are ones of style.

You can't have a discussion about Israel and the region without including Iran and their nuclear ambitions.

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].