The Budget  I am so grateful for the mayors, the reeves, the farmers, the producers, the businesspeople and the mums and dads, the everyday Canadians in my riding and across the country who came out to town hall meetings and who met with me over coffee shop meetings to give me their ideas and give ideas to our government on the economic action plan.

The Budget  On May 2, Canadians elected a Conservative majority government. During the campaign, our party promised to deliver on the priorities of everyday Canadians. The next phase of Canada's economic action plan delivers on this pledge. As we move forward, our government will continue to lay the foundation for a stronger, more stable and more prosperous Canada.

The Budget  Included in those many important measures are tax breaks for hard-working Canadian families, support for our country's most vulnerable seniors, support for family caregivers, help for Canadians looking to make their homes more energy efficient and improvements to our justice system to make our streets safe, among other things. In short, this is truly a plan to help everyday Canadians. This is what Doug Northrup of H&R; Block told the Times & Transcript recently: The federal budget...is seen as a “people budget”...As a tax professional, I get people coming to me every year asking if there's anything new that will bring them more money back, and now there is.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Harper's public pronouncements about hiding corrupt or incompetent governance under a cloak of secrecy and the fact that we're now being forced here in this committee to drag this government kicking and screaming to heel, to abide by the will of Parliament, and share core information with everyday Canadians about things like what a fighter plane is going to cost? They're paying for it, aren't they? Could you help us understand?

Business of Supply  The Bloc has used today as an opportunistic occasion to make reckless, irresponsible and unsubstantiated partisan attacks toward a government that has done nothing but successfully respond to the needs of everyday Canadians over the past five years. Employment and economic growth remain this government's main priority and we want to stay on course. Our economic action plan is achieving positive results and providing support measures that are key to our economy.

Transport committee  It requires that we listen to those partners, and it really requires all of us, whether we're in the private or public sector, to work together. It's why I've been travelling across the country, speaking with everyday Canadians and with industry groups, getting a sense of their transportation vision. These groups include, amongst many others, the Chamber of Marine Commerce, the Railway Association of Canada, and WESTAC—I had a meeting a week or so ago in B.C—to name just a few.

Business of Supply  What will help with the global concern of rising prices is this government's and Prime Minister's decision to lower the GST from 7% to 6% to 5%. On those issues, we are getting the job done for everyday Canadians, which is why the Canadian people support this government. I would encourage my distinguished colleagues on all sides of this House to work with us in order to advance the cause of our economic action plan.

Business of Supply  Who is going to pay for that big government spending in Ottawa? Members may have guessed, it would be everyday Canadians through higher and higher taxes. I do not believe that families in Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar should be forced to send more of their hard-earned money to Ottawa, neither do the job creators in my home province.

Public Safety committee  That's the way our system is. I'm going to speak about who the victims are here. I speak to everyday Canadians. I won't go into the specific cases, but they see people who go abroad and commit serious, heinous crimes and then hear that the government is bringing them back to Canada to serve their time.

Business of Supply  In 2006 the government killed $5.6 billion of climate change funding, including a commercial buildings retrofit program to help our companies and our commercial operations achieve energy efficiency. Now we learn the government is killing an eco-energy program for everyday Canadian householders, everyday Canadian homeowners, co-op and condo owners who want to do the right thing and become more energy efficient. Let me ask the minister this next question.

Finance  Speaker, in 1994, the previous Liberal government mandated the finance committee to spend each fall meeting with everyday Canadians and to report what they heard back to the House. This year, for the very first time since the process began, the Conservatives derailed the process when an employee in the office of the member for Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar leaked a draft copy of the report to Conservative-friendly lobbyists.

Natural Resources committee  Chairman. I'd like to start off by bringing this down to the human level. The average everyday Canadian mostly cares about what it costs to fill up the tanks in their vehicles. The increase in inflation last month over this month was mostly attributed to increased fuel costs. Can you tell me how production in the oil sands impacts the cost of gasoline, and how it will in the future impact on the individual filling up their tank, if we do versus don't develop the oil sands, or if we go at a slower pace versus a faster pace?

Public Safety committee  Again, I hope we can put a different face on the pardon program, because for us it is really the face of everyday Canadians, such as Mr. Myette, who are taking the opportunity to clear a criminal record. The first item I'd like to comment on was not in the bill itself. It was in the legislative summary I read, and it involved increasing the fee for a pardon from $50 to $500.

Taxation  Our government believes, and experts have confirmed, low business taxes equal more jobs and more opportunity for everyday Canadians. The only ones who do not seem to get this are the Liberals and their leader. The Liberals have promised to increase taxes on small and medium size businesses, as well as on job creators like 3M.

Eliminating Entitlements for Prisoners Act  He spoke about how it was not just victims and stakeholders who wanted the bill passed, but countless everyday Canadians cared so much about the bill that they had taken time out of their busy lives to voice their opinion. When the minister spoke, she said that she had received more correspondence on this issue than almost any other.