I intend to lead my party, which is the only party that has a serious policy on the No. 1 priority of the people and that is the economy.

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.

There's going to be a new code on Parliament Hill: bend the rules, you will be punished; break the law, you will be charged; abuse the public trust, you will go to prison.

The time has come to recognize that the U.S. will continue to exercise unprecedented power in a world where international rules are still unreliable and where security and advancing of the free democratic order still depend significantly on the possession and use of military might.

Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been...

My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views.

America, and particularly your conservative movement, is a light and an inspiration to people in this country and across the world.