Charitable Organizations  Those are a lot of jobs and vital contributions that this country cannot afford to lose. We are talking about over one million hard-working Canadians who contribute to our country every day. They deserve better than to have their government undermine their important contributions and threaten their jobs. Would the government at least be honest with them about what it has in mind?

The Economy  The government is not taking action to stimulate job creation. In the meantime, other countries are taking action. It takes hard work. Canadian families have seen enough inaction from this government. It is as simple as that. When will the government get to work to ensure that people have jobs?

Oil and Gas Ombudsman Act  The ombudsman would be charged with providing strong and effective consumer protection to make sure that no big business can swindle, cheat or rip off hard-working Canadians. As it stands right now, people can only complain to each other about being gouged at the pumps. Clearly that is not good enough, so my bill creates a meaningful vehicle for having those complaints taken seriously, with effective mechanisms for investigation and remediation to help consumers fight the squeeze.

Canada- U.S. Relations  He said that he does not begrudge the United States' taking a protectionist decision. Imagine that, standing up for the Americans rather than standing up for ordinary hard-working Canadians. We continue to focus on what is important to Canadians. We are focusing on economic growth, and we are focusing on creating jobs for Canadians.

Canada- U.S. Relations  Speaker, while that member has been in this House grandstanding for weeks, I have been in Washington and my colleagues here on this side of the House have been in Washington, connecting with our counterparts and impressing upon the Americans that new trade barriers are bad for business in Canada and bad for business in the United States. It is only this Conservative government that is standing up for ordinary hard-working Canadians.

Canada- U.S. Relations  Mr. Speaker, no one is going to rely on the NDP to stand up for the interests of hard-working Canadians who want to travel across the border. It is only this government that has taken steps to remove the thickening at our border, to move security to the perimeter and strengthen security around our borders.

Canada- U.S. Relations  Last week, the NDP trade critic actually expressed sympathy for the American position on buy American provisions. Instead of expressing sympathy, the NDP should be standing up for ordinary hard-working Canadians.

Canada-U.S. Relations  I was in the United States yesterday and the day before meeting with my counterpart and meeting with key decision-makers in the United States making it very clear that barriers to trade hurt both of our countries. We will continue to stand up for hard-working Canadians. Why will the Liberals not?

International Trade  The week before I was in Indonesia and I signed Canada's first trade and investment framework agreement with Asia. We are getting it done for hard-working Canadians.

Copyright Modernization Act  There might not be as much sympathy for big name artists, but we still have to protect artists through copyright laws. A vast majority of the artists are not multi-millionaires. They are hard-working Canadians who have sacrificed their time, energy, thoughts and ideas. Maybe they rented a recording studio and put together a CD. Now they are hoping to make enough money from that CD to recover their costs, and if they can make a little extra, they are very grateful.

Government Operations committee  AMITA has been able to achieve its international success with a strong vision and hard-working Canadians. Assistance from the Government of Canada is essential, not only to our business but to all small and medium-sized businesses. My company's experience with the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises and the Canadian innovation commercialization program has been positive.

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  I fully support this budget for its measures to create jobs and economic growth to support hard-working Canadians while maintaining Canada's fiscal advantage. Throughout this period of economic instability, Canada has received many international accolades for its relatively sound fiscal position.

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Our Conservative government believes in low taxes and in leaving more money where it belongs: in the pockets of hard-working Canadian families and job-creating businesses. The opposition's high-tax agenda would increase taxes on job-creating businesses to pay for billions of dollars in reckless spending and bloated government programs in Ottawa.

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Our Conservative government believes that Canada's economic success depends on a competitive tax regime working to keep taxes low for hard-working Canadians and the businesses that employ them, like many businesses in Etobicoke Centre. The opposition's high tax agenda would increase taxes on job creating businesses to pay for billions and billions in reckless spending on bloated government programs in Ottawa.

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  The Conservatives simply shrug their shoulders and tell Canadians to take solace in the fact that we are better off than countries like Greece. That is an insult. It is an insult to the hard-working Canadians who lost their jobs in the last recession through no fault of their own. It is time to act decisively on job creation so that the middle-class citizens who built our country can finally get back on their feet.