I am pleased to announce today that we have made good on our shared resolve to deliver what I firmly believe will be a fair and lasting resolution of the Indian school legacy,

In the weeks ahead you will be hearing from the minister of finance in relation to plans we have especially, as winter approaches in relation to energy costs generally.

If the requests continue, we will continue to meet them. Provinces will probably also step up to the plate with their emergency stockpiles.

I keep reading things in papers and hearing things on open line shows that are just blather as far as I'm concerned and therefore I thought it was very important to reiterate the point,

I want to assure everyone that the government of Canada will not put at risk the success of this province or the promise of its resources,

That is something we've indicated we'll take a look at and will talk to our American colleagues about.

It's my obligation to ensure that we have the legislative framework in place so key law enforcement agencies can do their jobs,

It's not that we're afraid to get our hands dirty. We just don't like that culture of confrontation, 'gotcha' politics.

It's a completely different universe. We're safer today, but the world in which we live is more complex,

Quite truthfully, I have no idea (how much the pension is worth) because I have never contemplated retiring.