“Reconciliation between our communities, following all the hurt and distress of 2000, is a critical part of the reconstruction of the country.”

Speech opening Parliament, 1 August 2005 (excerpts)

Additional remarks about the proposed Reconciliation and Unity Commission, Response to continuing opposition to the Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill, 30 July 2005

Writing on the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing

2010s
Context: p>Americans have more freedom and broader rights than citizens of almost any other nation in the world, including the capacity to criticize their government and their elected officials. But we do not have the right to resort to violence — or the threat of violence — when we don’t get our way. Our founders constructed a system of government so that reason could prevail over fear. Oklahoma City proved once again that without the law there is no freedom.Criticism is part of the lifeblood of democracy. No one is right all the time. But we should remember that there is a big difference between criticizing a policy or a politician and demonizing the government that guarantees our freedoms and the public servants who enforce our laws.</p

Interaksyon http://www.interaksyon.com/article/75681/senate-approves-2014-national-budget-on-third-and-final-reading
2013

Source: Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000), p. 38.

Source: Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000), p. 41.

Civilization: The West and the Rest (2011)

When asked about learning French during the 2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2018/11/28/doug-ford-discovers-the-franco-ontarians-he-never-knew.html
2018