Finance  Mr. Speaker, I am sure that the hon. member would like to hear it again. The first thing we did was to reduce taxes for nine million Canadians. That is the first thing that this government did. What we have announced today are preventive measures to ensure long-term stability in the housing market.

Finance  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my honourable colleague for his question. We are managing the economy like a responsible family man would. The first thing we did was reduce taxes for the middle class. Next, we introduced the Canada child benefit, and we will now bolster the Canada pension plan while making historic investments in infrastructure and innovation.

Finance  Mr. Speaker, a responsible family man plans for the long term. That is exactly what this government did by investing in infrastructure for future generations, introducing the Canada child benefit, and enhancing the Canada pension plan. I would say to my hon. colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent that this government is acting like a responsible family man.

Employment  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for raising a very important question. We care deeply about and we understand the people of Alberta and the workers of Alberta. That is why we took a number of actions. Let me list them. The first thing we did was to reduce taxes for Canadians, and that affected Albertans.

Employment  Madam Speaker, let me be clear. We are listening to western Canadians. We are listening to people in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. We understand the situation. That is why we reduced taxes for Canadians. That was the first bill we passed in this House. It was to reduce taxes for Canadians and invest in infrastructure and invest in innovation.

Employment  Madam Speaker, we recognize the situation in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. I can say that the first thing the government did, which is helping people in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, was reduce taxes for Canadians. Then we went on to the Canadian child benefit. More importantly, we also reviewed the employment insurance regions to provide more benefits to people there when they lost their jobs.

Finance  Madam Speaker, actually, growth was up in July. Let us be clear on the facts. More importantly, this government has, as its first priority, reduced taxes for Canadians, because that is what Canadian families wanted. After that, we went on to introduce the Canada child benefit, which is helping nine families out of ten.

Finance  Madam Speaker, let me state for the record very clearly, the very first thing that this government did was to reduce taxes for nine million Canadians. That is the first thing we did, and we are very proud of it. What we are doing is applauded around the world, by the IMF managing director, by the governor of the Bank of Canada, by the PBO.

Finance  Madam Speaker, this is the government that has decided to invest in Canadians and the Canadian economy. What we are doing has been applauded around the world. Let me quote what the managing director of the IMF, Madame Christine Lagarde, said recently. She said, really, very much of the Canadian economic policies “can actually go viral”.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, let us be clear. We will take no lessons from the Conservatives when it comes to growing the economy. They left us 10 years of unprecedented low growth in the country. What we have done, and I think my colleague misunderstood, is that our government reduced taxes for nine million Canadians in the first bill we passed in the House.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my colleague on the other side, the first thing we did was reduce taxes for Canadians. We then went on to introduce the Canada child benefit. We are going to announce the Canada pension plan. We are making historic investments in infrastructure and innovation in the country.

Housing  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Trois-Rivières. In fact, it was the Trudeau government that made available $30 million to families affected—

Housing  Mr. Speaker, I apologize. Obviously I wanted to talk about this government, which addressed this issue in its first budget. I am proud to say that my colleagues made a point of providing $30 million in the first budget to help these families. This prime minister went to visit a family in Trois-Rivières to ascertain the damage and to provide moral and financial support.

Post-Secondary Education  Madam Speaker, as I said, this government has invested more in post-secondary education to make sure we understand that education is key to prosperity in this country. Let me quote another number from our last budget. We want to help young people gain the skills and experience they need to fill and keep the good jobs that are coming.

Post-Secondary Education  Madam Speaker, I appreciate this opportunity tonight to address the comments of the hon. member for South Okanagan—West Kootenay for whom I have a lot of respect for bringing this important issue to the floor tonight. I want to inform the House of what the government is doing to ensure that Canadians are better positioned to access post-secondary education and to graduate.