House of Commons photoWon her last election, in 2006, with 46% of the vote.
Canada-EU Summit November 6th, 2006
Mr. Speaker, since the election of the Conservative minority government, Canada's international reputation on climate change has gone out the window. Today is no exception. The Minister of the Environment was not at the opening of the conference in Nairobi to submit Canada's plan.
Canada's international leadership was previously recognized by everyone. Does the Prime Minister realize that he is currently bringing shame on Canadians and that he is an embarrassment on the world stage?
Income Trusts November 3rd, 2006
Mr. Speaker, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and the Conservative members seemed to know everything there was to know about income trusts when they were in opposition. By promising not to impose any new taxes on income trusts, they issued a direct invitation to small investors to put their savings in them.
What do they have to say today to citizens who will be forced to delay their retirement or even go back to work to make up the loss? Why did the Prime Minister throw them to the wolves?
Income Trusts November 3rd, 2006
Mr. Speaker, the government members must be getting the same emails we are getting from angry Canadians. Have they read them?
Let me read one. This is from Mrs. Sinclair in Surrey, B.C. She says:
As a single pensioner living mostly on my income trust investments I find myself now looking at the Hiring signs...of Tim Hortons...I trusted the [Prime Minister] when he...stated that “he would not touch income trusts”.
How can the arrogant minority Conservative government turn its back on people like Mrs. Sinclair in B.C.?
Income Trusts November 3rd, 2006
Mr. Speaker, all week this government has tied itself in knots denying that it broke its promise not to impose any new taxes on income trusts. Yet that is exactly what it did. Its decision came out of nowhere and had disastrous consequences for millions of small investors in this country.
Will the Conservative government recognize that it alone is responsible for the heavy losses taken by small investors?
Income Trusts November 2nd, 2006
Mr. Speaker, it is very disappointing to see that our Prime Minister cannot even say to Canadians that he is sorry he made a promise and had to break it when circumstances changed.
Why is it so difficult for him to admit something so simple to all of the citizens of this country?
Income Trusts November 2nd, 2006
Mr. Speaker, the current circumstances are not any different from those of a year ago. The only thing that has changed is the minority Conservative government's promises.
The Prime Minister promised free rein to income trusts, and now he acts surprised to see that so many companies availed themselves of it.
Why does the Prime Minister not have the courage to say to Canadians that he made a promise, he broke it and he is sorry? It would be so easy to say.
Business of Supply November 1st, 2006
Tomorrow?
Income Trusts November 1st, 2006
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance was like a bull in a china shop with his announcement yesterday of radical tax changes for income trusts. Today, people are watching their savings melt like snow on a sunny day as the stock market plummets.
Does the Prime Minister realize that many Canadians now have to think about working a few extra years to compensate for their losses on the stock market, for which he is responsible?
Income Trusts November 1st, 2006
Mr. Speaker, during the last election, the Conservative Party lied to retired Canadians, to widows and to grandmothers and the consequences are enormous.
Canadians invested in good faith in income trusts in order to make their savings grow, so that, when they retire, they can spoil their grandchildren, pay for drugs and even pay the rent.
How dare the Prime Minister allow his Minister of Finance to do the exact opposite of what was written in black and white in his campaign platform?
The Environment October 31st, 2006
Mr. Speaker, that is not the issue. The minister had stated previously that Quebec had a good plan and now she has changed her mind.
Quebec has a plan that is acceptable to all stakeholders and Minister Claude Béchard has set up a coalition to oppose the Conservatives' approach. All of a sudden the minister is starting to criticize the Quebec government.
Why is she now criticizing the plan? Why has she changed her mind? Where is her own plan for Canadians?