If you're wondering whether we think there is a need for and would support the notion of a leader, we would, 100%. There's a tremendous amount of work going on across this country, but nothing speaks to the nature of Canada more than our capacity as a country to pull together, and to do that you need to have some kind of vision and leadership at the national level. We all have our own activities, but we have to have some kind of collaboration to work in some strategic way to achieve what are actually national goals. Recently we have had great difficulty setting national goals. I think politics can work out how we do it, but I think we as a nation can reach consensus on what we want to do. I think we could all do that here, and I think a leader is essential to helping do that and to bringing that kind of consensus together about where we're going, how we're going to do it, and how each is going to play its part. So I think it's a vital role, and I would support it 100%.
On September 26th, 2012. See this statement in context.