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

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If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.

If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the...

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the...

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the...

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the...

Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and...

Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and...

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

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

We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary...

We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary...

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

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

But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should...

But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should...

On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of...

On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of...

I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there...

I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there...

We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to...

We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to...

I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential...

I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential...

I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I...

I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I...

First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the...

First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the...

Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree,...

Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree,...

Whether Canada ends up as o-ne national government or two national governments or several national...

Whether Canada ends up as o-ne national government or two national governments or several national...

There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I...

There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I...

My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of...

My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of...

I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and...

I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and...

I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage.

I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage.