Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.

If we start thinking simply nationally, and we start having policies that try and restrict the benefits only within our borders, and try and implement protectionist measures as a consequence, this will not have the effect we need to have on the global economy. And that's ultimately the global economy that's pulling most of us down, particularly countries like Canada, that aren't the source of these current economic troubles.

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.

It's past time the feds scrapped the Canada Health Act.

I know economists will say well, we could run a small deficit but the problem is that once you cross that line as we see in the United States, nothing stops deficits from getting larger and larger and spiralling out of control.

Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.

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