Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  , which was put forward on April 16. These are some headlines that came out in newspapers across the country following the dropping of the budget: “Liberal hike to job-killing capital gains tax is inexcusable”; “Capital gains tax change draws ire from some Canadian entrepreneurs

Canada Business Corporations Act  Madam Speaker, I have a simple answer: Yes, but all that is not enough. I want to talk about the example I gave at the end of my speech. In committee we looked at the issue of who really profited from the Isle of Man trusts created by KPMG for Canadian tax cheats. We worked

Information & Ethics committee   can't remember exactly what it is. Part of the reason why there is public disclosure in the United States is that the IRS gets their tax returns and they can tell what they're spending money on. Through the legislation, they have made the decision that Americans have the right

Finance committee   wrap up, though, I would like to point something out to the members of the committee. The Canadian Bar Association sent a letter to the chair to express its concern that some of the proposed amendments would undermine solicitor-client privilege. I know that the government is very

Finance committee  , or $34 million more than was provided in budget 2021. Excise duty on Canadian wine is not a consumer tax but a production tax, because we cannot pass it on to the consumers. This is because imported wines represent over 70% of Canada's domestic wine sales market, forcing Canadian

Canada Infrastructure Bank Act   that. It would prioritize the infrastructure needs of the communities the bank claims to be working for. The bank's privatization agenda has been a key part of the problem. There was a consistent feature of testimony at committee from witnesses, including Canadians for Tax Fairness

Information & Ethics committee   to appear and the threat to defy a summons. Today should have been the last day of witness testimony of our study into the $912 million in taxpayer money that would have been given to the Kielburger group. This study began eight months ago. It has been subject to an unprecedented level

Questions on the Order Paper   the transmission of financial account information of “U.S. persons” from Canadian financial institutions, FIs, to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, IRS. Information regarding “U.S. persons” can be found under article 1(ee) of the IGA: https://www.fin.gc.ca/treaties-conventions/pdf/FATCA

Finance committee   interest with respect to Bill C-97 is tax—specifically the taxation of private companies and small businesses and their owners. I'm primarily interested in what's missing from Bill C-97. My firm's day-to-day work as a chartered professional accounting firm is to work directly

Foreign Lobbyist Transparency Act   members, including Liberal and NDP members, to watch Wendy Mesley's interview with Vivian Krause. Because in the U.S. there is disclosure of tax records, of foundation reports to the IRS, of unions' disclosures of money spent on the legislative process, she is able to analyze U.S

Federal Sustainable Development Act   able to afford the things we paid for. There was nothing about reducing the tax burden on Canadians. Therefore, it is a real pleasure to talk about the Federal Sustainable Development Act and the amendments that have been proposed. When we actually compare the provisions

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals had an opportunity with this implementation act to build an economy that would lift everyone up, people who counted on them, instead of just the wealthy few at a top with their tax havens. Unfortunately, the Liberals decided instead to defend

Business of Supply  . Once again, instead of doing things out in the open and having an honest debate with the people who represent Canadian taxpayers, the Prime Minister is meeting these investors in hotel rooms behind closed doors. Nobody knows what is going on, and everything is worked out in secret

Foreign Affairs committee   the American economy as well as the Canadian economy going. Canadians create millions of good American jobs, and the United States economy helps to fuel the Canadian economy by creating jobs there as well. The problem, however, is that the Trump administration has created a great deal

Business of Supply  , and others. It seems to me that the Liberals are thumbing their noses at Canadians by continuing to say that the government is cracking down on tax havens. Canada is one of the biggest users of tax havens in the world. That is particularly true of Canada's five largest banks. Their use