Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2  , or to buy a home, how do they do it when half of their income is eaten up by taxes? The problem is getting worse. The Fraser Institute produces a study every year which determines when tax freedom day will occur in Canada, which is the day in the year after which people start working

The Budget   of taxpayers. The budget does absolutely nothing for taxpayers of Canada. Tax freedom day in the country is on July 1. By comparison, in the United States it is April 30. How could the member possibly defend this budget in relation to tax cuts for everyday Canadians?

Budget Implementation Act, 2005   freedom day in Canada. Tax freedom day in Canada has actually worsened under this Liberal administration, from a date of June 10 to a date of approximately July 1. Each year, tax freedom day in Canada under this Liberal government now occurs on July 1. How do we compare to other

Budget Implementation Act, 2005   Canadians the wrong figures on the surplus and attacked our numbers based on their misinformation. Tax freedom day for Canadians does not happen until sometime in July. It is unacceptable to think that every single hard-working Canadian working today is working for the government. Right

Budget Implementation Act, 2005  Madam Speaker, I want to remind the member that tax freedom day in Canada is now July 4, I think, so most Canadians work the first half of the year just to pay the government bills that the government is imposing on them. All this new extra spending, this $22 billion plus

Tax Freedom Day  Mr. Speaker, today is Tax Freedom Day, the day when the average Canadian family has earned enough money to pay all of the taxes levied on it by the three levels of government. This year, Tax Freedom Day is arriving four days earlier than in 2005 and 2006 thanks to our

Address in Reply   of our Conservative budget: the marriage penalty, out of the tax system; income splitting for seniors, a truly great initiative; the lifetime capital gains exemption for farmers and small business owners, up; and taxes for families with children, down. Tax freedom day is the day

PREBUDGET CONSULTATIONS   in her speech. This government has created the $2,000 child tax credit to help families. We have increased the amount that all Canadians can earn without paying federal income tax. In fact, tax freedom day comes about two weeks earlier now, and I feel free. We have eliminated taxes

Tax Freedom Day  Mr. Speaker, I have great news to share with Canadians. Tax Freedom Day, the day when Canadians have paid off the total tax bill imposed on them by government, is tomorrow, June 14, four days earlier than last year and 11 days earlier than the last full year of the former tax

Taxation   to the Minister of Finance please advise the House on the date of tax freedom day in 2008?

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Kitchener—Conestoga for his hard work in helping the government reduce taxes. It is because of this government's work and after three balanced budgets that Tax Freedom Day is coming earlier. I know the Liberals do not want to hear

Carbon Tax Proposal   for Markham—Unionville remarked that he would not say that no Canadian would be unharmed by the Liberal leader's tax on everything. Tax Freedom Day came early this year; 11 days earlier than under the previous Liberal government. I can say with certainty to the Canadian Federation

Employment  Mr. Speaker, the leader of the Liberal Party talks about deficits. This is an unfortunate international economic time. The leader of the Liberal Party and his entire caucus voted for this budget, I would remind him. Let us look at Tax Freedom Day. In 2005, the last year

Business of Supply   that might not mean something to the Bloc, it does to most Quebeckers and most Canadians. Families and individuals want to work for themselves, not government, and they appreciate our actions to lower their tax bill. How so? As a Winnipeg Free Press editorial noted: Tax Freedom Day

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, in one breath, the member for Wascana belittles those people who create their own jobs, employ themselves and reach out to others. Now he seems to do a U-turn. What is absolutely essential is that Canadians know that the Liberals want to raise taxes. Tax freedom