Canadians Want A Country. They Don't Want

We Can't Afford To Waste People. We Can't Afford To Have People Think The Game Is Over Before It's Begun. We've Got To Be Saying To The Canadian People: You Can't Tax Cut Your Way To A Productive 21st-century Economy. You Can Talk That Talk, But It's Not Going To Give You A Productive 21st-century Economy, Because It Will Scythe Apart The Public Goods That Make Prosperity Possible. That's What We've Got To Say, And So We Shall.

One Of The Biggest Divides In Canada - I Said It In 2006, And I Said It Right Through My Political Career - Is Urban-rural. Lots Of Parts Of This Country Feel Entirely Left Behind. And They're Mobilized By, You Know, The Gun Control Issue.

I'm Very Struck By What You Can Do In A Classroom. I've Got 200 Students. You Don't Do Partisan Politics In A Classroom, That's Not Appropriate. But You Want To Give Them A Strong Sense That These Are The Issues That Matter.

There Are A Lot Of Young Canadians Who Want To Be Politically Active At Their College Or Their University Who Can't Go To The Party Convention, Who Can't Take Part In Politics, Because They're Holding Down A Job To Pay Their Tuition. These Are Kids Who Want To Do Public Service, Who Want To Get Involved Politically, But Their Financial Situation Is Precarious.

There's Intense National Feeling In America That Could Be Called Patriotism.