Income Tax Act   of the actions it has taken first. As it stands today, the government has not prioritized seniors, young people, lower and middle-class Canadians, and our children by its leaving a greater deficit year after year The government has prioritized tax cuts for the top 10% of income earners

Income Tax Act   for them to help build a solid foundation for their future economic growth and a higher standard of living for themselves and their children. Canadians at all levels are benefiting from that tax relief, with low and middle-class Canadian families receiving proportionately greater

Income Tax Act   Act? Why did we have legislation to reverse some of the harmful legislation of the previous Conservative government? We could have done something to lift seniors out of poverty. Instead, a tax bill has been introduced that will help wealthy Canadians, not middle-class Canadians.

Income Tax Act  . Those earning between $48,000 and $62,000 get $50 under this Liberal tax plan. Perhaps Liberals do not think those are middle-class Canadians, but I am going to walk out on a limb and say they are. They might think that is nice. However, one increase in energy bills in northern

Income Tax Act   to discussing and debating the best way to serve Canadians. Before my time runs out, I would like to take a minute to speak to the MPs present and Canadians at home today. This bill's proposed tax cut will help millions of Canadians. This tax cut will give middle class Canadians more income

Income Tax Act   to the middle class. How would the member come up with ideas to contribute to overall middle-class savings and more prosperous times for the nine million middle-class Canadians who were abandoned by her government?

Income Tax Act   it. We understand that we need to make bills and policy in the best interests of our constituents who have sent us here to speak on their behalf. My riding is overwhelmingly made up of middle-class Canadians. They are people like Steve and Bettie from Listowel who have three children

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, I agree with my colleague. I think this is an excellent first step to addressing the income gap that we have in this country. It is the first step in ensuring that middle-class Canadians have more money in their pocket. As well, we will be introducing the Canada

Income Tax Act   in this legislation would help millions of Canadians. It would give middle-class Canadians more money in their pockets to spend, invest, and grow the economy. I encourage all members of the House to vote for this important legislation.

Income Tax Act   that this investment tool is utilized by many middle-class Canadians. Half of those holding TFSAs earn less than $42,000 a year. In fact, 60% of Canadians who take advantage of the TFSA's limit earn $60,000 or less a year. What is more, in 2015, 600,000 Canadian seniors invested in TFSAs

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, part of the frustrating part of this, as a middle-class Canadian myself, is to hear the arguments of the Minister of Finance and to hear the arguments of the hon. member, as though somehow they are giving a gift to the middle class. David Macdonald, who

Income Tax Act   in the context of a difficult global economic climate so that all Canadians benefit. I heard some of the debate earlier, and I appreciate some of the concerns the opposition put forward. Of course, we have taken a strategic approach to provide a benefit to middle-class Canadians, especially

Income Tax Act  , catch phrases, and empty rhetoric, but very thin in terms of measures that will truly help Canadians, especially middle-class Canadians and those with such low incomes that they struggle to make ends meet. I look forward to questions from my colleagues in the House, but I want

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   arrivals? We say that we have confidence in them, their dreams, and their aspirations. I met with middle-class Canadians during the last election campaign, especially in residential neighbourhoods like Rosemère. Rosemère is a rural municipality where I lived for nine years. I raised

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, in October, Canadians chose a positive and optimistic plan for the future that will provide economic growth by investing in jobs and lowering taxes for the middle class. When middle-class Canadians have more money in their pockets to save, invest, and grow