Mr. Speaker, on CTV News yesterday, Mr. Georgetti said as follows:
I'd say to the NDP--
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Points of Order March 23rd, 2011
Mr. Speaker, on CTV News yesterday, Mr. Georgetti said as follows:
I'd say to the NDP--
The Budget March 23rd, 2011
Mr. Speaker, once again, the leader of the fourth party is demonstrating his uncanny ability not to let the facts interfere with his argument.
We have negotiations ongoing with the provincial governments, as the member opposite should know because he has been in this place long enough. He ought to know that the federal government cannot unilaterally alter the Canada pension plan. We share jurisdiction with the provinces. There are rules. They are constitutional. We need two-thirds of the provinces to agree, and two-thirds in terms of population. We are continuing to work with the provinces on modest improvements to the CPP.
The Budget March 23rd, 2011
Mr. Speaker, once again, there is a tremendous benefit to reading the document. As I said yesterday, it is not that long a read. It is one of the shortest budgets in the last 20 years.
There is a wonderful chart in there that shows the job creation and it shows, contrary to what the member opposite says, that about 75% of those 480,000 jobs are full-time jobs in high paying industries.
The Budget March 23rd, 2011
Mr. Speaker, if the leader of the fourth party had bothered to read the budget, he would know that more than 480,000 net new jobs have been created in this country. This is the best job creation record in the advanced economies of the world.
The IMF looks at Canada and says this is the best place to invest in the next five years. It looks at our financial systems and says this is not just the best financial system in the G7 or the G20, it is the best financial system in the world.
The Budget March 23rd, 2011
Mr. Speaker, we have had productive discussions with the Quebec government and with the finance minister about the HST. We hope to sign a deal soon. We will continue these discussions with the Quebec government.
The Budget March 22nd, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. member was in the chamber when I read the budget speech. I know she has the budget documents. I commend the budget documents to her and to all hon. members of the House. It is an excellent read. It is one of the shortest budgets in the last 20 years or so in terms of pages.
I know the member can manage it. She can do this.
I am sure this hon. member can read the budget. She can read it on behalf of the constituents of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine. When she reads the story in the budget, she will see all the initiatives that will help her constituents in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine and I am sure she will want to communicate it to them.
The Budget March 22nd, 2011
Mr. Speaker, first of all I want to thank the hon. member for his support and his advocacy for Canada's volunteer firefighters.
I want to also acknowledge the work of the long-standing member for Lethbridge who originally championed this measure in Parliament.
The way the credit will work is a new tax credit on $3,000 available to those men and women who perform 200 hours of service annually or more.
I want to recognize those who serve our communities as volunteer firefighters. Although we can never truly repay them for risking their lives as they do to protect us, we can give thanks to them. To the wives, families and friends of Raymond Walter and Ken Rea, along with the community of Listowel, Ontario we send our deepest condolences on the loss of those two brave Canadians.
The Budget March 22nd, 2011
Mr. Speaker, the member opposite refers to the “people back home”.
Where I am from in Whitby—Oshawa, the people back home expect me to vote according to what I say to them during an election campaign.
When the member opposite, in election after election tells his people back home that he will vote to get rid of the gun registry and then stands in this place and votes in the contrary direction then I think he has a lot to explain to them.
The Budget March 22nd, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his question. I have a question for him too: where is the Bloc Québécois?
The Budget March 22nd, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I think there was a question in there somewhere. There may have been a question in there.
This is the same member opposite who voted in favour of the economic action plan. This is the same opposition that supported the economic action plan, that knew that we were in what is now called the great recession, and now we show our way out. Now we follow the plan, we show the way that we reduce the deficit and move to a balanced budget by 2015 and 2016, and we do that in a reasonable, moderate way so that we can sustain economic growth and create more jobs in our country.