Many, many times I would shake my head in dismay at the goings-on in the House of Commons, but that never caused me to lose my fundamental faith in the values of our parliamentary institutions.

It's easier for opposition members to condemn the government at the drop of a hat if they don't understand.

Rural Alberta is a lot less homogeneous than it used to be, partly because of my immigration policies.

Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language.

I thought very seriously having something more like a normal life where I might have my weekends and evenings off, and be able to read and have a more robust personal life.

For members who have only ever been in government, the negativity and aggressiveness of the opposition is easy to caricature.

I do believe there is absolutely space for legitimate debate in a liberal democracy about immigration selection, screening and integration.

Sometimes there are no good choices for government.

I think I've chosen the right path.

I have said explicitly from day one when I announced this policy in, I believe, November of 2011, that I and our government oppose the idea of banning the wearing of the niqab in public.

Finally, as I've said, this is - why are you talking about Jewish women's wigs and people wearing turbans? That has nothing whatsoever to do with niqab.

Everyone got kind of crazy with me mentioning I was in love with a woman.

Hearing the record and seeing the response is affirming that it was the right time and right choice.

I never 'plan' a stanza. Words cluster like chromosomes, determining the procedure.

If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.

Quality is such an attractive banner that sometimes we think we can get away with just waving it, without doing the hard work necessary to achieve it.

Tear off the mask. Your face is glorious

One of the amazing things about pop is that it's there to make people feel confident and empowered.

In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color.

All we have to do now is to inform the public that the payment of social security taxes is voluntary and watch the mass exodus.

I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.