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Things fell into place and there was an opportunity for fresh leadership. And - I was - I was successful.
One of the fundamental responsibilities of any Canadian prime minister is to get our resources to market.
From the very beginning, I've talked about how we're going to strengthen the middle class in this country.
We went through a long phase where we defined ourselves in opposition to other people and other countries.
You cannot let yourself be defined by the hopes that you will fulfill the darkest wishes of your opponents.
I am in politics because every day, I get to work to make the world a little better - for my kids and for yours.
Income splitting benefits only fifteen per cent, mostly the wealthiest Canadians, but it's paid for by everyone.
Nobody knows better than I do what the pressures of party leadership can do to a young family. It tore mine apart.
Every time, every time a tourist or an immigrant or a refugee shows up in another country there's a security risk.
Canada's extraordinary success is that we have bound together a vast country with a set of shared ideas and beliefs.
I don't read the newspapers, I don't watch the news. I figure, if something important happens, someone will tell me.
The Liberal Party will not vote - no Liberal member of Parliament will vote - to take away a woman's right to choose.
Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand.
As a prime minister, my job is not to try and influence or opine on what a leader of a different country should be doing.
Openness, respect, integrity - these are principles that need to underpin pretty much every other decision that you make.
Much more a skiing family than a hockey family, my dad wasn't a big fan of the arenas early in the morning on the weekends.
Vancouver is home. I spent a huge amount of time here as a kid growing up with my mom, with my grandparents who lived here.
I think that Canadians in general very much understand... that we need to engage in the world and stand up for human rights.
We're committed to making sure parents have affordable, quality early learning for their kids - there's no question about it.
People are very much worried that our kids are not going to inherit the same opportunities that we inherited from our parents.
It's important that people understand who I am and where I come from and not just have it shaped by purely political discourse.
For generations, Canada has been built by hard-working people who want to make sure their kids have a better life than they did.
I am so proud of my family, and I am happy to give them all the limelight they want because heaven knows I got more than I need.
When I get passionate or worked up about an issue, I say things that the Conservatives and opponents and critics like to pounce on.
My job is to do the best possible job for my country, and I wouldn't want someone else telling me what I should be doing in Canada.
I want my sons to escape the pressure to be a particular kind of masculine that is so damaging to men and to the people around them.
Some people have come to admire Stephen Harper's style because he's standing at the top of the pyramid - that's not leadership to me.
I am entirely confident that the extraordinary women we have running for us right across Canada will make excellent cabinet ministers.
I think people are looking at Canada and realizing we're a place that is building for the long term and where the world's going to be.
Any decision made by my father was the result of a process that had involved many voices and which sometimes had taken weeks or months.
I'm a high school teacher. I'm someone who stumbles my way through, leads with my chin in some cases, leads with my heart in all cases.
I was raised with pretty thick skin. And I think people are hungry for politicians who aren't afraid to say what they think and mean it.
We know that trade, NAFTA, the free and open trade between Canada and the U.S. creates millions of good jobs on both sides of the border.
People still think there's sort of a debate around the Charter that politicos go into. And I get wrapped up in it, too, from time to time.
I have no fears that on a purely merit basis, we will have an embarrassment of riches from which to choose in order to reach gender parity.
I have made it clear that future candidates need to be completely understanding that they will be expected to vote pro-choice on any bills.
I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.
The Liberal party has always worked with multiple parties in the House to make sure we're being governed in the best interest of Canadians.
So having a little more of an awareness of what's going on in the rest of the world I think is what many Canadians would hope for Americans.
People think that boxing is all about how hard you can hit your opponent. It's not. Boxing is about how hard a hit you can take and keep going.
People have to know that when you sign a deal with Canada, a change in governments won't immediately scrap the jobs and benefits coming from it.
I think Canadians want to get a feel for the people who will serve them... and, for me, I think that Canadians will trust people who trust them.
Liberals will continue to put forward positive solutions that will help our economy grow and give all Canadians a real and fair chance at success.
Let's not pretend we're in a global free market when it comes to agriculture. Every country protects, for good reason, its agricultural industries.
One of the things with Canada is we're of a modest enough size that we never feel that the ideal outcome of any given deal is, we win and you lose.
Business as usual doesn't work, that we're in a time where we have to rethink a lot of the basic ground rules and assumptions of our civilizations.
One of the reasons why Canadians are generally positively inclined towards immigration is we've seen over decades, over generations, that it works.
We need to make sure that everyone's pulling their weight and doing their fair share. Canadians get that, including the wealthy Canadians I talk to.
I'm proud to be a feminist because making sure that everyone understands we all have a role in fighting for equality is the only way to move forward.
Income splitting is a cynical policy, designed by a tired government short on ideas, now reheating old concoctions as their next campaign policy menu.