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Finance committee to managing the economy, and I'm pleased to have the opportunity to take some time this morning to reiterate that here. After 10 years of weak growth, Canadians chose a new path to economic growth. They chose investment. They chose a government committed to helping the middle class
February 23rd, 2016Committee meeting
Bill MorneauLiberal
Employment Insurance money in the pockets of middle-class Canadians. The member opposite made a campaign promise, as we all know, to balance the budget, which means right now he would be cutting billions of dollars from the Canadian economy instead of making the investments we need. Therefore, I am
February 22nd, 2016House debate
Justin TrudeauLiberal
Finance committee that the federal government implement a new capital growth tax credit for credit unions. This tax measure would help credit unions lend to middle-class Canadians and create local jobs in rural and urban areas, while meeting increased regulatory capital requirements. Our estimate on this measure
February 18th, 2016Committee meeting
Martha Durdin
Intergovernmental Relations Mr. Speaker, I would again like to say that we are working hard to improve our economy for all Canadians. We are working hard to improve the economy for middle-class Canadians who are challenged. We are working especially hard to work with those provinces that have been
February 18th, 2016House debate
Bill MorneauLiberal
Finance Mr. Speaker, Canadians expect us to take actions to make their lives better. We recognize that middle-class Canadians have not had a fair increase in income for many years. The most vulnerable really need to be helped in our society. We have put forward ideas that we know we
February 18th, 2016House debate
Bill MorneauLiberal
Finance Mr. Speaker, I want to remind the hon. member that we were elected on October 19 by Canadians who elected us on a plan to grow the economy. We made it very clear what we were going to do. We said that we were going to reduce taxes for middle-class Canadians, who needed tax
February 18th, 2016House debate
Bill MorneauLiberal
Finance Mr. Speaker, we have put forward a plan for Canadians. It is a plan that will be laid out in more detail during the course of our upcoming budget. What we have told Canadians, especially those middle-class Canadians who want to do better, is that we have a plan that will make
February 18th, 2016House debate
Bill MorneauLiberal
Finance -class Canadians to do better. We have already moved forward on a tax cut for nine million Canadians. We will be moving forward not only with the Canada child benefit, but also with significant investments in infrastructure to improve the state of our economy.
February 16th, 2016House debate
Bill MorneauLiberal
Canada Labour Code Madam Speaker, my colleague makes the very point that these workers are middle-class Canadian citizens and they work hard every day. Why should they not have the democratic right to a secret ballot to be in a union? I do not know what they are afraid of when 40% is all we were
February 16th, 2016House debate
Larry MaguireConservative
Taxation Mr. Speaker, middle-class Canadians need Liberal governments to get out of the way and not raise their taxes. That is simple. If it keeps raising taxes, there will be less revenue and fewer jobs. When will the finance minister realize that taxing Canadians is not a solution
February 4th, 2016House debate
Maxime BernierConservative
Business of Supply will do more. In December, we introduced a tax cut for middle-class Canadians. On January 1, we made it possible for nine million Canadians to enjoy a significant tax cut every year. This legislative measure is just the first step in our plan for long-term economic growth, job
February 4th, 2016House debate
Bill MorneauLiberal
Canada Labour Code of its very first bills to reward big union bosses instead of helping out middle-class Canadians that the Liberal government purports to support.
February 3rd, 2016House debate
Dan AlbasConservative
Canada Labour Code of these recommendations and much-needed updates would benefit the many hard-working Canadians working two or three part-time jobs, trying to support a family and purchase or maintain a home, a home whose affordability is increasingly out of reach of most middle-class Canadians in Canada, let alone
February 3rd, 2016House debate
Sheri BensonNDP
Income Tax Act by providing tax relief to middle-class Canadians and investing in key economic sectors. That is what people were asking us to do when I was criss-crossing the country during our prebudget consultations. People want us to invest in innovation, productivity, and in our infrastructure
February 1st, 2016House debate
François-Philippe ChampagneLiberal
Income Tax Act in. They said they were going to concentrate on middle-class Canadians. They have concentrated on delivering tax relief to the top 10% of income earners in this country. By definition, what I and I think Canadians see is that the Liberal government and my Liberals colleagues across the aisle
February 1st, 2016House debate
Alex NuttallConservative