Jobs and Growth Act, 2012   on. Overall it was a budget bill that raised the ire of Canadians who did not send their members of Parliament, certainly the government members of Parliament in the House, to shove through legislation that would essentially decrease our standard of living. Yet, here we are again seeing

Business of Supply   offsetting the higher cost of the Canadian dollar. That is wrong. Tax cuts are of little attraction. In fact, U.S.-based companies, unlike most foreign multinationals, are taxed by the IRS on their global income. Therefore, profits that are not reinvested but are repatriated are hit

Income Tax Act   in federal tax credits. Every Canadian has the right to know the salaries of such executives and provide reasonable limits to these taxpayer-supported activities. We are supporting these executives in their positions. We have a right to know how much they are making and we have a right

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the United States Internal Revenue Service is going after innocent Canadians The IRS is now going after Canadian citizens who have been playing by the rules, living and paying their taxes in Canada, in some cases for decades. It is going after them for thousands

International Trade  ; U.S. entry fees imposed; marine taxes threatened; Canadian taxpayers attacked by the U.S. IRS; country of origin labelling still a problem; softwood lumber still a problem; nothing back for killing the Canadian Wheat Board; no market access guarantees. Are the Conservatives going

Income Tax Act  , charities file the salaries of their CEO and other top executives with the IRS and they are publicly accessible for anyone who is thinking of donating to that charity. Canadians are not so lucky. Last fall, one CEO departed a very well known charity, with a $2.7 million incentive

Canada-Jordan Economic Growth and Prosperity Act   the anti-circumvention clause. Canadian taxpayers and the industry have had to pick up the tens of millions of dollars in fines that have been levied ever since the bad deal was signed, supported by the Liberals and the Conservatives. We have seen the Colombian trade deal. We raised

Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act   horrendous deficit in Canadian history too. Even there we see a massive failure by this government to actually manage trading relationships in such a way that we would actually create jobs in Canada. We have biggest most horrendous merchandise deficit and the biggest and most horrendous

Canada-Panama Free Trade Act   the IRS says Panama is tied for worst in the world, one would expect the Canadian government to be a bit more responsible. The Conservatives have not been responsible. They have not dealt with it in any way, and that is why the NDP is standing up in the House and saying

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the new U.S. rules also require all Canadian financial institutions to disclose the personal financial information of Canadian and U.S. citizens directly to the IRS. This will be a costly process that will compromise privacy obviously. The bank account

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, there is concern across the country among many law-abiding Canadian citizens and taxpayers about the long arm of the U.S. tax collection department. Even the Canadian Bankers Association is upset. The Americans are trying to enforce their laws beyond their borders

Subcommittee on the Automotive Industry in Canada committee   the thinking that more taxes should have been in Canada versus the U.S.—thus the dispute. When Daimler sold a controlling interest in Chrysler, Daimler agreed to indemnify Chrysler against, among other things, these transfer pricing tax assessments. Under Canadian law, even though Chrysler

Canada Customs And Revenue Agency Act   for taxpayer protection. Canadians do not want to be bullied around, especially not by the tax collector. It is essential that Canadians never be subjected to the type of treatment used by the IRS on the citizens of the United States. That government went through a heart-rending process

Finance committee  . The data contained the names of Canadians who held accounts with the banks. The next important fact is that the era of banking secrecy is not over. Article 26 of the OECD model tax treaty is the international standard and is reflected in the protocol to the Canada-Swiss tax treaty

Criminal Code   for corporate tax cuts, and at the economy and government's throwing away of 600,000 well paying full-time jobs and its replacement of them with 400,000 low paying part-time jobs, and it then coming into the House and saying, this is a triumph, these are the contradictions that Canadians see