“On my first trip to Havana, I was stopped by a woman who turned out to...” — Laura van den Berg Quote

“On my first trip to Havana, I was stopped by a woman who turned out to be a Canadian tour guide and who had mistaken me for a woman who had been part of one of her tour groups.”

“There's the public self that we present to the outer world. There's the private self, which maybe takes more time to access. But ultimately, what I'm most interested in as a writer is a few notches below the private self.”

“The kind of dystopian books that I've always loved the most are the ones where you find yourself in a world that's less scorched-earth and instead a world that has just been made different.”

“Our government is focused on creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity and on creating the right conditions for Canadian businesses.”

“Canadian tours are big and difficult, because of the large spaces between cities.”

“We have played a critical role in meeting the new safety standards. The Canadian space industry contributed new tools that make the inspection of the space shuttle possible.”