Everybody makes money when times are good. It's when times are not so good that the groundwork is laid for the next generation.

I think what everybody believes and agrees with, and to be frank myself, is that the current approach [to the drug trade] is not working, but it is not clear what we should do.

Whether Canada ends up as o­ne national government or two national governments or several national governments, or some other kind of arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion...

Restoring accountability will be one of the major priorities of our new government. Accountability is what ordinary Canadians, working Canadians, those people who pay their bills, pay their taxes, expect from their political leaders.

If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.

But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion.

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