The world has changed profoundly since our programs were first established.
Some of you may have been hoping that today I would speak about Lucien Bouchard's latest economic theories. But I have decided to spare him for the time being: after all, he is a man.
On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government.
Since the end of the Second World War, our population has more than doubled to 27 million people.
I have always believed governments must adapt to the needs of the people, not the other way around.
We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays.
