I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion.

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

It was the removing of a regime that was hostile, that clearly had the intention of constructing weapons systems.

I was asked to speak about Canadian politics. It may not be true, but it's legendary that if you're like all Americans, you know almost nothing except for your own country. Which makes you probably knowledgeable about one more country than most Canadians.

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.

On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction. In our judgment, it was much more fundamental. It was the removing of a regime that was hostile, that clearly had the intention of constructing weapons systems. ... I think, frankly, that everybody knew the post-war situation was probably going to be more difficult than the war itself. Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.

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