Environment committee   Canadians want. We've also heard that it's very directly related to a possible court-directed tax, a carbon tax, which could be attached to this. So what we have in clause 15 is a timetable, or timelines of what there would be under Bill C-469 for requests for investigations

Business of Supply   for their retirement and for their kids education because they want it. From a GST hike, to the carbon tax, and now increasing taxes on Canadian businesses, the Liberal Party is constantly thinking up ways to have big government in Ottawa dig deeper and deeper into the pockets of hard-working

Taxation   believes in keeping taxes low. Our low tax plan is creating jobs for families right across the country. The Liberal leader has a history of supporting higher taxes. In 2004, he called himself a “tax and spend Liberal”. In 2006, he was the first Liberal to propose a job-killing carbon

Taxation   to create jobs for families across the country. The leader of the coalition has always been in favour of raising taxes. In 2004, he called himself a “tax-and-spend Liberal”. In 2006, he was the first Liberal to propose a job-killing carbon tax. In 2008, he said a GST hike was still

Taxation   businesses. The Liberal leader, the self-proclaimed tax and spend Liberal, was the first to propose a job-killing carbon tax. He said a GST hike was still on the table and has said, “We will have to raise taxes”. Last year he said he would raise taxes on job creators, and he even

Business of Supply   tax plan, the self-described tax and spend Liberal leader was finally coming clean on the Liberals' hidden agenda for higher taxes. First, he admitted that a GST hike was on the table. Second, the Liberals refused to rule out the return of a job-killing carbon tax. Third

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, those are strange concerns coming from a man who was going to cripple our economy with a carbon tax. Yesterday, for nearly eight hours, the House debated a motion to advance Bill C-59. The Liberal critic talked about keeping white-collar criminals out of prison. He

Business of Supply   that the Liberals are proposing. They will have to pay higher GST because the Liberals have promised to hike GST. They will potentially be hit with a $75 iPod tax for their children, which the Liberals have proposed. Those families will have to look at potential carbon taxes, proposed

Business of Supply   the ways they would like to increase taxes, such as a GST hike, an iPod tax, a carbon tax, and it goes on and on. Let us look at our Conservative government's tax record. Since taking power, we have cut over 100 taxes. We are cutting taxes in every way that we collect them, from excise

House debate   to carbon tax our Canadians. That is not what Albertans are calling for. I do not know who she purports to be representing here in this House today, but it certainly is not the Albertans who have spoken very clearly to our government, saying that they appreciate those tax measures

Liberal Party of Canada   complained that Canadians are not paying enough taxes and are looking at new ways to increase our tax bill. The Liberals have talked about increasing the GST, imposing a new carbon tax on energy and even a tax on iPods. Now the Liberals are targeting job-creating businesses. As businesses

Business of Supply   propose. We cannot afford a carbon tax, as proposed by the Liberal Party. This would damage our families and our economy. I will stand up for families with this next phase of the economic action plan.

Liberal Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, last week, the Liberals revealed that they have not dropped their plan to impose a carbon tax. Their spokesperson, the member for Kings—Hants, said: A carbon tax is not a left-wing or a right-wing policy, it’s simply a sensible, pragmatic, courageous [policy

The Budget  , we paid down debt. We strengthened our already strong financial sector. We delivered more than 120 tax cuts for Canadian workers, families and job-creating entrepreneurs. We also rejected calls from the opposition to impose a job-killing carbon tax. Most important, when

House debate   that has a well-deserved reputation for getting things done. Since Copenhagen, we are now part of an international agreement that covers 85% of global greenhouse gas emissions. What a difference. Also, emissions are being reduced. The member across talked about a carbon tax. In 2008