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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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...

This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not...

This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not...

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of...

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of...

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...

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...

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.

That's my personal view I would say most in my caucus agree with that but...

That's my personal view I would say most in my caucus agree with that but...

If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.

If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...