I think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy.

There's unfortunately a view of too many people in Atlantic Canada that it's only through government favours that there's going to be economic progress, or that's what you look to That kind of can't-do attitude is a problem in this country but it's obviously more serious in regions that have had have-not status for a long time.

I will strive to make this not the highest-spending country in the world, but instead the lowest taxing o-ne.

There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders.

We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security.

Carbon dioxide does not cause or contribute to smog, and the Kyoto treaty would do nothing to reduce or prevent smog.

I don't get into that second guessing of myself publicly.