Bruce Hyer on Business of Supply

In the House of Commons on September 29th, 2011. See this statement in context.

Opposition Motion--Canadian EconomyBusiness of SupplyGovernment Orders

September 29th, 2011 / 4:45 p.m.

NDP

Bruce Hyer NDP Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON

Mr. Speaker, to a significant degree small businesses are the backbone of Canada.

We have huge tax cuts for large corporations--greater than any other country in the G8, as the Minister of Finance has bragged. However, a lot of that money is going to exorbitant CEO salaries and is being reinvested in the United States, whereas small business tax cuts would stimulate our economy and stay locally invested.

I wonder if the member might like to add to that and comment on what we should be doing for small business.

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