If We Do Not Step Forward, Then

I Mean If There Are Going To Be Missiles That Are Going Off And There Are Going To Be Going Off Over Canadian Airspace Whether We Want It Or Not, No I Don't Think That Is Acceptable. I Think That We Want To Be At The Table.

At A Moment That Comes Rarely In The Life Of A Country. It Is A Time When Destiny Is Ours To Hold.

The Facts Are Plain: Religious Leaders Who Preside Over Marriage Ceremonies Must And Will Be Guided By What They Believe. If They Do Not Wish To Celebrate Marriages For Same-sex Couples, That Is Their Right. The Supreme Court Says So. And The Charter Says So.

There Are Nations That Resist, Voices That Attempt To Diminish The Urgency Or Dismiss The Science, Or Declare, Either In Word Or Indifference, That This Is Not Our Problem To Solve. Well, Let Me Tell You, It Is Our Problem To Solve... To The Reticent Nations, Including The United States, I Say This: There Is Such A Thing As A Global Conscience.

Have You Ever, On A Cloudless Night, Looked Down From A Passing Aircraft Flying Over Canada? Endless, Glowing Strings Of Cities, Towns, And Homesteads. Stretching On And On, One Province To The Next. With Only The Stars In The Distance.