I like the position we're in. I think we're ready for an election. I think we've got the members, the money and candidates and the support we need to have an election at any time.

We all know that I would have preferred an election by now. We didn't have one,

I am confident about the next election. We have our candidates in place, we have our financing in place and we have our policies ready to go if need be,

I think the U.S. ambassador is way out of line,

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

Canada is in budgetary deficit now only because of the recession, only because of stimulus measures, and we will come out of it. We will go back into surplus position when the economy recovers. So there is no need in Canada to raise taxes.