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 think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy.

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

The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control.

If you want to diminish the number of abortions, you've got to change hearts and not laws.

We're not going to scrap the budget and make up some totally new platform the day after the election. So it's certainly willingness to compromise but we're not going back on the fundamental things we're running on in this campaign.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.