A week ago

Didn't vote on Vote #681 on Bill S-213 Respecting a national day of remembrance to honour Canadian veterans of the Korean War

Didn't vote on Vote #680 on Bill C-460 Respecting the implementation of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada

Didn't vote on Vote #679 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Didn't vote on Vote #678 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Didn't vote on Vote #677 on Bill S-8 Respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands

Spoke in the House on The Budget Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Mississauga East—Cooksville for the question. I also ask why the NDP and Liberal MPs plan to vote against Bill ...

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, to be accurate, credit unions still have access to the lower small-business tax rate. That has not changed. We are eliminating an outdated tax ...

Mentioned by Hill Times (subscription) Flaherty's slimmed-down budget bill 'less omnibusive,' say opposition MPs Here's the budget: Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, left, NDP MP Peggy Nash, Liberal MP Scott Brison, and Green Leader Elizabeth May are debating the budget bill. By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH | Published: Monday, 05/06/2013 12:00 am EDT. Finance ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, the member opposite asks about many things. It generally seems to be questions about the economy. I am sure he is mindful of the ...

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, while the member opposite asks about the economy, I am sure the member wanted to take note that Canada's economy grew by .3% in ...

Spoke in the House on Employment Mr. Speaker, I thank the member opposite for her question about the economy. I am pleased to report that Statistics Canada today announced that Canada's economy ...

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, credit unions still have access to the lower small business tax rate. That has not changed. In fact, Quebec eliminated a comparable subsidy in ...

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, preferential tariffs are a form of foreign aid that are designed to help underdeveloped countries. Countries such as China now have an economy four ...

Introduced legislation Government bill C-60 An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Taxation Mr. Speaker, the real question is why the NDP wants to give special tax breaks to Chinese companies and is opposed to creating jobs in Canada ...

Two months ago

Mentioned by Sackville Tribune Post Local MP says Conservative budget offers very little for New Brunswick Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has promised to boost job skills training and infrastructure projects in his federal budget last month but Beausejour MP Dominic LeBlanc says he isn't convinced New Brunswick will see much benefit from the Conservatives' ...

Mentioned by Canada.com The budget is for all Canadians Last week Jim Flaherty released the Conservative's eighth budget. By all accounts it was a bland budget with very little "earth shaking" news. It is important in uncertain economic times that the government refrain from radical, experimental budgets or taxation ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca Canada names first resident ambassador to Burma Conservative MP Mark Warawa has lost his appeal to bring a motion condemning sex-selective abortion to the House of Commons for a debate. more » · North Korea orders rocket preparations after U.S. drill: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warns that his rocket forces were ready 'to settle accounts with the U.S.,' unleashing a new round of bellicose rhetoric after U.S. nuclear-capable B-2 ... What does he make of Jim Flaherty's latest budget? ... Greg Weston Jim Flaherty's wish-list budget Not a whole lot of specifics ...

Mentioned by Canada.com Denis Lebel praises cities for building support for infrastructure plan Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced in his budget that the government had agreed to increase the $2 billion annual transfer by two per cent per year, over ten years. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities said this gives them long-term predictable ...

Mentioned by Sun News Network MPs flee after getting pay raise The hike also translates into fatter pay packets for the prime minister, cabinet ministers, ministers of state, opposition leaders, the Speaker and other parliamentarians who have additional responsibilities besides MP duties. That means whips ... But it did question the timing, considering that when salaries were frozen in 2009-10 as part of an exercise to show political belt-tightening at a time of private-sector job losses, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty forecast an $8.6 billion deficit. “So what's changed?” asked Gregory ...

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Posted on Twitter Earlier: Handshake with @pmharper after the budget speech. http://t.co/rV2RlU2aDU #eap13

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Government bill C-48 An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and related legislation

Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-45, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget ... Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am joined this evening by officials from various departments that are responsible for various aspects of the bill. As you know ...

Introduced legislation Government bill C-46 An Act to amend the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act

Introduced legislation Government bill C-45 A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures

Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled ... Thank you, Chair. I will make my comments relatively brief to allow sufficient opportunity for the committee's questions. First, before I begin, let me congratulate the ...

Introduced legislation Government bill C-38 An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures

Introduced legislation Government bill C-28 An Act to amend the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act

Introduced legislation Government bill C-25 An Act relating to pooled registered pension plans and making related amendments to other Acts

Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-13, An Act to implement certain provisions of the 2011 budget ... Thank you, Chair. I'm here, of course, with officials from the Department of Finance who can be helpful on any technical questions after I make some ...

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