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

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

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

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   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

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, 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