We can teach them that they have a responsibility to others and to themselves to make the world around them a better place. These are the types of solutions I believe we need more of. They re the kind of solutions you re providing in your own home states. Initiatives that engage citizens and rebuild our faith and confidence in ourselves and one another. HotSpots cuts crime.
Character education helps our children grow into better citizens.
These are quintessential New Democratic initiatives. Let me tell the three principles that lay beneath each of them. First, we believe there is a role for government. Now, we ve learned that Government can t solve all our problems, but government can and must play a role. It can be the instrument through which we attack our shared challenges, and realize our shared dreams.