Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, I have been listening very carefully, but there is something I would like to hear a clear answer to. In the House we often hear about the NDP's $21-billion carbon tax scheme. It has been in the NDP platform. Also, on September 14, in a Financial Post interview

Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada   by our government and even sent an anti-trade mission to Washington to advocate against Canadian jobs. Yesterday it tried to claim that it was standing up for Canadian taxpayers, but the NDP has a plan to impose a new $20-billion carbon tax on everything. The NDP leader's new job

Taxation   year. Our government will continue with our low-tax plan for jobs and growth. We will continue to deliver on our promises and ensure that Canadians keep more of their own money. In contrast, the NDP leader made a promise in his platform to impose a carbon tax that would generate

The New Democratic Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, love is in the air. Today thousands of Canadian couples will celebrate their love. They will take the time to tell one another how special the love they share truly is. Sadly, Canadians must be made aware that the proposed $20-billion job-killing carbon tax the NDP

New Democratic Party of Canada  . That is why we have stood firmly opposed to the NDP leader's $20 billion job-killing tax that would kill jobs and stall economic growth. In fact, the NDP leader's $20 billion job-killing carbon tax would raise the price of everything including gas, groceries and electricity. The NDP's 2011

Business of Supply   it to attack and talk down the Canadian economy as they always do, such as calling our resource sector a disease, sending a delegation down to Washington, D.C., to argue against the creation of Canadian jobs and its determination to impose a $21.5 billion carbon tax. It is essential

New Democratic Party of Canada   important energy is to our society. This is even more true in a northern country such as Canada. Unfortunately, the NDP's $20 billion carbon tax plan will cause its own power outages across the country as Canadians struggle to deal with the increased cost of electricity. On this side

Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada  , his cornerstone policy would kill thousands of jobs and put hardworking Canadians out of work. The NDP leader's $21 billion job-killing carbon tax would raise the price of everything from gas to groceries to electricity. His job-killing carbon tax would stop economic growth and put

New Democratic Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, Canada's debt is by far the lowest of all the G7 countries, and our record on job creation is the best, with over 900,000 net new jobs created since July 2009. We are working to improve the economy, but the NDP wants to impose a $21 billion job-killing carbon tax

New Democratic Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, It's two weeks before Christmas and all through this House, the NDP has been silent, as silent as a mouse. For they are afraid to speak of their sneaky carbon tax plan, knowing if Canadians found out there would be an NDP ban. But we all know of their true

Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, as Canadians make plans to head home for Christmas, the NDP leader's carbon tax will be on their minds. The NDP leader's plan to increase the cost of fuel will make bus trips, train trips and airline trips much more expensive, more expensive for students trying

New Democratic Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, it is almost Christmas, a time when our thoughts naturally turn to family, friends and gift giving. This Christmas the NDP members are behaving more like Scrooge than Santa. They want to give Canadians the gift of a carbon tax. This is no gift, but a money grab

New Democratic Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, my constituents feel the effects of any increase in the price of goods. From gas and groceries to electricity, any change has a profound impact. That is why my constituents and our Conservative government vehemently opposed the NDP leader's $21 billion carbon tax

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012  Mr. Speaker, I do not know about that tax, but the $21 billion carbon tax is the centrepiece of the NDP program. It seems to be focusing on a one-solution-fits-all carbon tax of $21 billion. It is beyond me why the NDP members will not explain that carbon tax yet are so focused

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012   it been by promoting an aggravating and massive $21 billion carbon tax as touted by the NDP? No, not at all. The single reason why Canada remains resilient and prosperous, the explicit principle behind our success, is the courageous long-term vision of our Conservative government. Our