We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians.

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

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

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...

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the...

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the...

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 don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on...

I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on...

The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House.

The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House.

As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness,...

As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against...

Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against...

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

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...

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

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

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

Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual...

Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual...

If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.

If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.

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...

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...