When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.

Negative is always more newsworthy than positive.

Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent.

New Canada must be workable without Quebec, but it must be open and attractive enough to include a New Quebec.

There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems – including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity – than by treaties, top-down regulations, and other approaches offered by big governments and their dependents.

The first lesson, for all Canadians, is that the closed door, top down approaches to constitution making do not provide the public input or debate necessary to achieve a constitutional consensus that will be supported by the people.

During his long political career, my father was always active in communicating the Christian gospel from the evangelical perspective.