Besides my religious commitment, the greatest single factor that has enabled me to pursue my business and political objectives has been the security and freedom of my home.

Remember the referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord? The more Canada's political and business elites threatened Canadians that the country would disappear into a black hole if the accord weren't passed, the more Canadians opposed it.

Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics.

The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.

In many respects, my best friends were dogs.

Why not learn from the positive aspect of Canadian populism, which is the way to deal with it? Learn from the negative side, but it's more important to learn from the positive side, because it's an enormous amount of energy.

An optimist in Canada is someone who think things could be worse