Jason Kenney quotes:

Rural Alberta is a lot less homogeneous than it used to be, partly because of my immigration policies.

Many, many times I would shake my head in dismay at the goings-on in the House of Commons, but that never caused me to lose my fundamental faith in the values of our parliamentary institutions.

Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language.

Each year, members of Canada's Ukrainian community, Parliamentarians and others commemorate the Holodomor at gatherings across the country. In doing so, we honour the memory of those who perished and the legacy of those who survived, including many who found refuge in Canada. It is by remembering the tragedies and atrocities of the past that we can equip ourselves to prevent them from happening again. That is why this national tour, which will reach Canadians of all ages and backgrounds, is an important initiative

It's easier for opposition members to condemn the government at the drop of a hat if they don't understand.

I do believe there is absolutely space for legitimate debate in a liberal democracy about immigration selection, screening and integration.

I thought very seriously having something more like a normal life where I might have my weekends and evenings off, and be able to read and have a more robust personal life.

You go to a lot of small communities in rural Alberta and you'll find a degree of diversity that probably hasn't existed in terms of immigration for a century - you'll find the Filipino grocery store, and the African Pentecostal church and maybe a mosque. Albertans are pro-immigration; they're also pro-integration. In my years in this province I cannot recall more than a handful of expressions of xenophobia or nativism that I've encountered. It's the land of new beginnings and fresh starts - it is rare Albertans who trace their roots here back more than a generation or two.

For members who have only ever been in government, the negativity and aggressiveness of the opposition is easy to caricature.

Sometimes there are no good choices for government.

I think I've chosen the right path.