“Richard Nixon made a toast to me as a future Prime Minister of Canada ...” — Justin Trudeau Quote

Richard Nixon made a toast to me as a future Prime Minister of Canada when I was 4 months old, sitting as a centerpiece in the middle of a table as my father had plonked me down there. It was more about politeness than any great vision.

We need to make sure that everyone's pulling their weight and doing their fair share. Canadians get that, including the wealthy Canadians I talk to.

Once Canadians no longer believe that there is any good in politics, they no longer feel we can work together to solve the challenges we're facing, and that is my fundamental motivation: how do we work together as a country to solve the big challenges we're facing.

What I was raised with in terms of a call to service was just a sense that I was lucky.

Even as a kid, I don't think I bought into a lot of the mythology about Canada.

Veterans need employment opportunities and the development of a Hire a Veteran culture in Canada.

At the end of the day, I'm from Canada, and so there will never be a time when I'm suddenly not Canadian.

Canada has always been a great place for literature. It's strong and growing stronger, and there will always be reading, and there will always be great writers.

Every Hockey Canada event, the first day you just do a thousand interviews. You get used to it.