It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern.

I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I believe in law we should protect the traditional definition of marriage.

There is a dependence in the region that breeds a culture of defeatism.

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.

Don't indulge your theories, think of your children and listen to the experts.

Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn't happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada.

Canada receives the news of the death of Osama Bin Laden with sober satisfaction. Sadly, others will take his place.