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.

As I constantly remind Canadians, there isnt really a Canadian economy anymore. It is a global economy.

What we clearly need is experimentation with market reforms and private delivery options [in health care].

I think we're vastly over-invested in universities. Universities should be relatively small and provide excellent education and research in a number of specialized areas. I think the vast majority of young people should be going through non-university, post-secondary training.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome.

It's the idea that we just have to go along, we can't change it, things won't change. I think that's the sad part, the sad reality traditional parties have bred in parts of Atlantic Canada.