Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy.

We have to remember we're in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies, but to help the global economy as well, and that's why it's so critical that measures in those packages avoid anything that smacks of protectionism.

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

If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

The world is now unipolar and contains o-nly o-ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower.

Our government has been in a surplus position up until this year. We should be able to recover to a surplus position shortly, as quickly as the economy recovers. So, we're able to do the kind of stimulus that you see in the United States without deteriorating our debt position in the long-term.

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