For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation.
Kim Campbell

For too many, to work means having less income.
Kim Campbell

There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians.
Kim Campbell

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.
Kim Campbell

The world has changed profoundly since our programs were first established.
Kim Campbell

I have always believed governments must adapt to the needs of the people, not the other way around.
Kim Campbell

An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes.
Kim Campbell

To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions.
Kim Campbell