It Is Imperative To Take The Initiative,

On The Justification For The War, It Wasn't Related To Finding Any Particular Weapon Of Mass Destruction. In Our Judgment, It Was Much More Fundamental. It Was The Removing Of A Regime That Was Hostile, That Clearly Had The Intention Of Constructing Weapons Systems. ... I Think, Frankly, That Everybody Knew The Post-war Situation Was Probably Going To Be More Difficult Than The War Itself. Canada Remains Alienated From Its Allies, Shut Out Of The Reconstruction Process To Some Degree, Unable To Influence Events. There Is No Upside To The Position Canada Took.

We've Got To See A State Where The Afghan Government Can Handle Its Own Day-to-day Security.

There Is No Greater Fraud Than A Promise Not Kept.

I'm Not Trying To Be Diplomatic. I'm Trying To Be More Nuanced And Realistic. I Think There Has To Be A Serious Examination Of The Shortcomings Of The Euro Structure. Euro Central Institutions, Whether It Be Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Financial Regulation, Are Simply Not As Robust As They Are In A Currency That Has A National Government Behind It.

I Think In Atlantic Canada, Because Of What Happened In The Decades Following Confederation, There Is A Culture Of Defeat That We Have To Overcome.