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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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 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...

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...

If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.

If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...