Broadcast Act  Mr. Speaker, I am extremely pleased to rise in support of a very important piece of legislation which is of concern to every hard working Canadian including those living in Quebec. I am speaking against the amendment because for too long Canadian pocketbooks have been gouged

Budget Implementation Act, 2003   all the help and benefits that a strong federal government should provide for them. There was certainly more than enough surplus to finally reward these hard working Canadian families by lowering the GST and personal income taxes. Instead, the government has ignored the priorities

The Budget  . This should have been the budget that propelled Canada to the forefront of the most innovative, the most productive nations on earth by substantially paying down our national debt, providing hard-working Canadians and businesses with some real tax relief and re-prioritizing spending from

The Budget  . It fails because it spends too lavishly and banks on future economic success that is not guaranteed. It fails because it ignores hard-working Canadians, average Canadians who deserve real broad based tax breaks after all the years of Liberal tax hikes and half measures. The budget

Canada Elections Act   and donations are the way that political party is funded. We are, however, adamantly opposed to the enhanced public funding of political parties. In a democracy it is simply wrong to force hard-working Canadians or citizens to support certain political parties. Every voter in the country

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to take part in the debate on Bill C-35, an act to amend the Canada Labour Code. This amendment speaks to the type of government this is. It is a government that seeks justice, opportunity and recognizes that hard working Canadians need

Export Development Canada  , workers in Mexico are doing more than half the work on this Pacific project. How can the federal government lend billions of dollars to create jobs in foreign countries while hard-working Canadians are losing their jobs at the same time?

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   be facets of the throne speech one can find pleasing, but the reality is that those most in need of the government, those producing the wealth in the country, hard-working Canadians, are those in rural, remote and northern Canada. They are all but forgotten in the member from

Government Contracts  . Forty million dollars may not matter to the Liberal government but it sure matters to hard working Canadians who have squeezed till they squeak to come up with the cash. My question for the minister of public works. How many millions of taxpayer dollars have to be wasted, lost

Supply   the federal government has neglected to say is that, as my hon. colleague has mentioned, there is only one taxpayer. Only one person bears the brunt and the burden of the government's actions, good or bad, in terms of money: the hard-working Canadian who slogs, is overtaxed and often

Supply   failed to protect hard-working Canadian families. Why would the Alliance Party attack another region by saying Quebecers were not hard workers? The opposition leader went on to say if it had been Bombardier and not hard-working families the government might have taken action

Trade   to protect hard-working Canadian families. The Prime Minister has failed. It turns out he has no influence in Washington and no clout to protect Canadians. Will the acting prime minister explain to Canadian families why the government has failed to protect their interests from U.S

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Cruelty to Animals and Firearms) and the Firearms Act   and ranchers do not trust the legislation. They do not trust the former justice minister and they do not trust the current justice minister. If the bill were to pass I fear that honest hard-working Canadians would be charged and put in jail for the simple act of trying to make a living

Excise Act, 2001   and scope of the federal government in order to deliver meaningful tax relief to hard-working Canadians. As a small business owner, I have firsthand knowledge and experience in dealing with the difficulties inherent in complying with CCRA regulations and remittance schedules. I look

The Economy   they not look in the mirror to see who is really causing the problem? Who is at fault here? Hard working Canadian businessmen or the failed economic policies of the government?