Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the generous comments of the Prime Minister, but because my constituents in Halifax, who I am proud to represent, may be wanting some explanation of why I will not be hard at work here in Parliament tomorrow, I want to make it clear that this is not in fact my last day in Parliament as leader of the New Democratic Party. I fully intend to be back here tomorrow hard at work.
In the House of Commons on December 11th, 2002. See this statement in context.