Sustaining Canada's Economic Recovery Act  Mr. Speaker, to continue with the theme of tax relief, it certainly is appropriate to give tax relief when the government's revenues are in surplus. However, we are looking at a deficit this year of $56 billion. How, in heaven's name, does it make any sense whatsoever to give

The Economy  , biggest spending finance minister in Canadian history. He has missed every fiscal projection he has ever set. Now with the $56 billion deficit, he has given Canada its largest deficit in our history. To suggest that Canada should continue with this kind of reckless policy and stay

Transport committee   in government. Other parties want higher taxes; create $56 billion in new expenses; $21 billion of carbon tax—it's easier to transfer money at that time; they promise something on one hand, and they catch more in the other one. That's not what we want to do in our own government. We want

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the number she has referred to is actually quite small compared to the $56 billion that the New Democrats have suggested they would take out of the pockets of Canadians in all of their plans. The New Democrats stand and put forward all sorts of crazy ideas on how

The Economy   that we will have the best economic growth for many years to come. Mr. Speaker, I will tell you about contingencies. If we ever had an NDP government, we would need a contingency for massive, out-of-control spending, at least $56 billion in unbudgeted new spending committed

The Economy   $56 billion that comes through either a massive increase in our national debt that will have to be paid for by our grandkids or through job-killing tax hikes. Which is it?

G8 and G20 Summits  Mr. Speaker, Canadians are outraged by the billion dollars that they must pay because of the Conservatives' incompetence. This billion is on top of the Conservative deficit of $56 billion, the largest in all of Canadian history. And the Conservatives want to add another $6

Business of Supply  . It is a government that increased the deficit in its first couple of years. Even before there was a recession or it would admit to a recession, it increased the deficit by $56 billion. What have the Conservatives done? In the six years they have been in power, they have increased the country's

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, this is the magic that the Conservatives are working. They took a trade surplus of $26 billion and transformed it into a trade deficit of $50 billion. The Conservatives took a budget surplus of $14 billion and transformed it into a budget deficit of $56 billion

Jobs and Economic Growth Act   to the government, we now have a $56 billion deficit, but it is probably closer to $66 billion or $70 billion. What kind of exit strategy does the government have? It does not have much of an exit strategy. It claims that it does not really need to cut anything or make any really tough

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   in a deficit of almost $56 billion, although we do not know the exact the figure. However, if we add $56 billion and $13-something billion, we have had a turnaround of almost $70 billion in a short three and a half years. That is mind-boggling. When the hon. member of the new Conservative

Business of Supply   not addressed for a number of years. First, it does go to government restraint. We are at a difficult time. We are $56 billion in deficit. However, even when we are not in deficit, government should not be spending money wastefully. I think anybody would agree with that. In a difficult time

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   to the edge of deficit before the recession began, and then took us from a $32 billion deficit to a $56 billion deficit and now presumes to tell us that we are the problem. It defies belief. We believe that is the first challenge and we have dealt with that challenge before

The Budget   of tomorrow, protection for the most vulnerable and a plan to help us climb out of the Conservative-made $56 billion deficit. The shortcomings of the budget are numerous: no job creation strategy; no investment in early childhood development; no national child care plan; no affordable

The Budget   to get it. With respect to freezing MPs' and ministers' budgets and salaries, do that; we all have to contribute to bringing down the current deficit, but those are simply optics. Canada now has a $56 billion deficit, a number that is substantially higher than the $39 billion