Without his determination, his talents as a parliamentarian, his hard work, his inspiration, his unshakeable conviction regarding the importance of this house and his leadership qualities, the smooth operation of our parliamentary system, at least in the Senate, would have been seriously threatened, because the opposition was so outnumbered.
Sans sa détermination, ses talents de parlementaire, son travail acharné, son inspiration, sa conviction inébranlable de l'importance de cette Chambre et ses qualités de leadership, le bon fonctionnement de notre système parlementaire, au moins au Sénat, aurait été gravement compromis à cause de la faiblesse numérique de l'opposition.