"On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction."
"Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it."
"I don't get into that second guessing of myself publicly."
"If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away."
"There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders."
"After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question."
"As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions."
"But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion."
"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."
"First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government."
"Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff."
"I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions."
"I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion."
"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."
"I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome."
"I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so."
"I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage."
"If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people."
"It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern."
"Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been."
"My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views."
"That's my personal view I would say most in my caucus agree with that but there are some who don't and I've always said that on these kinds of moral issues, people have the right to their own opinions."
"The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House."
"The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government."
"The world is now unipolar and contains o-nly o-ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower."
