Mr. Chair, does the minister know if this drafting error is in any other government motions or bills on the order paper?
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Business of Supply May 25th, 2015
Mr. Chair, does the minister know if this drafting error is in any other government motions or bills on the order paper?
Business of Supply May 25th, 2015
Mr. Chair, can the minister confirm that the drafting error can be found in ways and means Motions Nos. 16 and 17, as well as in Bill C-57?
Business of Supply May 25th, 2015
Mr. Chair, can the minister confirm that affected households are those that qualify for both income splitting as well as the tuition, education, or textbook tax credits? Will he confirm that?
Business of Supply May 25th, 2015
Mr. Chair, will the minister confirm that this drafting error, if left uncorrected, would cost affected households up to $750 on their 2014 tax returns? Would he confirm that?
Business of Supply May 25th, 2015
Mr. Chair, can the minister describe the legislative drafting error that was made with respect to income splitting and confirmed in the briefing by departmental officials last week?
Business of Supply May 25th, 2015
Mr. Chair, the minister may not have heard my question, but would he support an independent body to review and approve ads, vetting them to ensure that they actually do provide good value for taxpayers and that they are not partisan by nature? Would he support that?
Business of Supply May 25th, 2015
Mr. Chair, does the minister support the idea of a non-partisan, independent body to review and approve ads to determine that they are not wasteful and not partisan by nature?
Business of Supply May 25th, 2015
Mr. Chair, does the minister believe that economic action plan ads have provided good value to taxpayers?
Business of Supply May 25th, 2015
Mr. Chair, with thousands of young Canadians struggling to find work and summer work, does the minister think that it makes sense to spend $100,000 for an ad when that could create 30 summer jobs for Canadian students?
Business of Supply May 25th, 2015
Mr. Chair, will the minister confirm that these ads cost approximately $100,000 per ad during NHL playoffs?