Gasoline Prices  This price fixing practice has long been a ploy by the gasoline industry to rob money from the pockets of hard working Canadians. Various individuals and groups have suggested a boycott of these gasoline companies. I have also asked the government to legislate an end to these price fixing tactics. To date nothing has been done and these multinationals continue to reap the benefits.

Department Of Public Works And Government Services Act  These are tax dollars we are working with. These tax dollars are given to the government by hard working Canadians who want to see their tax dollars spent in a prudent fashion. Let us never forget that the tax dollars are basically funds paid into trust by Canadians. The government should regard taxpayers' money as a sacred trust and should do everything it can so that there is no question by Canadians as to how the government spends that money.

Employment Insurance Act  On the second day of Christmas the minister of HRD, having no understanding of the meaning of insurance, gave us two hard-working Canadians who, despite their considerable financial contributions to UI over all of their working lives, died without ever having received a penny of benefits: taxed to the grave. On the third day of Christmas the minister of HRD, having no understanding of the meaning of insurance, gave us three French Canadian leaders who, to no one's surprise, babbled on incessantly about Quebec and how unemployment in Quebec was distinct from all other unemployment in the rest of Canada and who felt, as always, that no one understood them.

The Canada Council  No, these are not winners from the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes. These are the lucky recipients of tax dollars wrenched from the pockets of hard working Canadians and distributed through the Canada Council. That is right. You do not even have to live in Canada to receive a grant from the Canada Council. No, sir, if you do not like the winners here, no problem.

Immigration  The Canadian experience shows that immigrants as well as refugees become some of the best, brightest, most self-motivated and hard working Canadians. These are the people who will work with us to build a stronger, more economically dynamic country, which is why we are actively promoting Canada as a place in which to settle.

Excise Tax Act  We do not pick it off a tree, as some Liberals would like to believe. This kind of money comes from the pockets of hard-working Canadians, who are among the most highly taxed people in the world. It is said that the average middle class Canadian worker in this country in all forms of taxes pays about 63 per cent of their gross income in taxation.

Members Of Parliament Retiringallowances Act  I think it is absurd enough that they are getting a salary, much less asking for a pension plan at a cost to hard working Canadian citizens. I also wonder why it is that the Liberals keep hanging on to this and why it is they try to keep mixing it up with the statement that we are not paid enough, we need a future, we need a pension plan.

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act  If the government cannot bring the MP pension plan into line with private pension plans it is holding MPs up as more deserving than other hard working Canadians. I do not believe that is the case and that is why I will be opting out. I did not get into politics for the retirement plan. I came here to help change things for the better.

Tax Reform  It is a party that in one year in the name of simplicity has added 1,288 pages to the Income Tax Act. Canada's tax system is out of control. It takes too much money from hard working Canadians who earn it and gives it to high spending politicians on that side of the House who blow it on pensions, on junkets, on programs like TAGS. Reformers believe in a flat tax. It is supported by our entire party, unlike the Liberal member who is truly a lone wolf, whose unanswered howls for tax reform echo through the halls of Parliament.

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act  Members do not contribute enough for that privilege. There is one standard for the elected politician. Yet the ordinary hard working Canadian taxpayer who looks after their own future in the private sector does not have that same opportunity, that same privilege, but a politician does. It is a double standard. The second point is double dipping will not end for former members, past colleagues of the House like Joe Clark who is currently on the payroll and is receiving his pension plus his salary.

Budget Implementation Act, 1995  The government has sent a clear message that it feels special interest groups, business subsidies, regional patronage handouts and foreign aid are all more important than the agriculture sector. The budget is nothing more than a raid on the income of hard working Canadians so the Liberals can continue to fund their pet projects with $1 billion of additional tax revenues to help them along. The budget is a failure. It fails to get Canada off the debt treadmill.

Members Of Parliament Pensions  If the Deputy Prime Minister retires in three years, she will stand to collect a cool $2.7 million until age 75. She fought to maintain her cushy pension plan, which comes courtesy of hard working Canadians. Perhaps she fought so hard for her pension because she thought she would be forced to keep her promise and resign. We all remember when the Deputy Prime Minister said she would quit if the GST was not scrapped by her government.

Charitable And Non-Profit Organization Director Remuneration Disclosure Act  They receive funds in one form or another, a portion of which are the taxes paid by hard working Canadians. With these funds they run their programs, pay salaries and execute daily business. As anyone can see, a clear definition as to where charities and non-profit organizations belong is no easy matter.

Supply  Sadly, the pipe dream of big government as a solution to our problems has not only brought us close to bankruptcy, it has led to an abdication of personal responsibilities and has set Canadians against Canadians. Hard working Canadians are becoming increasingly incensed to have the fruits of their labour confiscated to fund an ever growing number of non-essential programs. Needy Canadians are told that they are entitled to more help from their fellow citizens and that they can rightly resent anyone whose hard work, risk taking or good fortune has provided them with a measure of wealth.

Supply  Four million was given to 159 special interest groups. The people we should have heard from are regular, hard working Canadians who regularly pay their taxes and receive no special grants or privileges. However we heard from special interest groups to ensure that the committee heard testimony. And to what avail?