Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   and so on, they pay GST on it. They do not pay the full 7% GST that everyday Canadians pay; they pay about 4% GST. The federal government is now saying that effective February 1 of this year municipalities will receive a rebate cheque for the GST they are paying on the buying of new

Science and Technology   for everyday Canadians. How can the Prime Minister say he respects Parliament when he replaces a science minister with a bureaucrat who reports only to him?

Reinstatement of Government Bills   and the former finance minister, is really any different from the former prime minister, whom he pushed out of office in what a political science professor described to me two days ago as a civilized coup d'état. If we ask the average everyday Canadian for the three reasons why the current

Supply   it up so everyday Canadians can understand and appreciate the level of scandal that we are talking about here. We must not forget why Richard Nixon was run out of office. People in Richard Nixon's campaign broke into the Brookings Institution, which had campaign files, because

Supply   be a political leader, he certainly was not a moral leader. While other parties receive significant donations from everyday Canadians, the Liberals have always relied upon the generous support of the corporate elite, usually the same corporations that receive lucrative government contracts

The Budget   of taxpayers. The budget does absolutely nothing for taxpayers of Canada. Tax freedom day in the country is on July 1. By comparison, in the United States it is April 30. How could the member possibly defend this budget in relation to tax cuts for everyday Canadians?

The Budget  Madam Speaker, my hon. friend comes from a particularly beautiful part of the country. He speaks of everyday working Canadians. I speak of everyday Canadians. I wonder if he would be prepared to join cause with us, at least this far, in terms of tax cuts. What is clear

Budget Implementation Act, 2005   constituents believe that the personal income tax measures contained in the budget are insufficient, They are back-end loaded, certainly, but moreover, they are insufficient and they are inadequate. Frankly, I would say that they are disrespectful to the many everyday Canadians who

Budget Implementation Act, 2005   should work toward in this country. Where I disagree with my friend is the fact that credit for the progress we have made in this nation toward reducing debt and to having some fiscal flexibility cannot go to the government. Credit for that goes to the everyday Canadians, the middle

An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments   they are going to lower taxes in the budget for everyday Canadians. The tax break in the next tax year for Canadians amounts to $16. That is unbelievable. There was no shortage of money for Liberal friends when it came to the sponsorship scandal. There were envelopes and suitcases of money

An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments   that money on NDP priorities. This is one of a number of very curious things which the Liberals are attempting to do in their efforts to cling to power at all costs. However, nothing which they have proposed is more curious than this. They are proposing to tax everyday Canadians at tax

An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments   everyday Canadians a tax cut of $1,000 per year, they could invest that in a RRSP instead of having that money gobbled up by increased government expenditures, which is what we have seen over the last five years to six years in the country. If we gave Canadians an extra $1,000 to keep

Gasoline Prices   is very nervous because she works the night shift. Government has to look at the well-being of all Canadians. Government has to be able to predict the future. It has to look at the signs and see what is going on in the economic engine of our country. Everyday Canadians feed

Gasoline Prices  Mr. Speaker, the government can justify hundreds of thousands of dollars for David Dingwall, but nothing for everyday Canadians who are struggling with the high cost of fuel. Despite the so-called big announcement on rebate cheques, farmers, taxi drivers, truckers and the vast

Government Appointments   for 20 months because the Liberals did not fire him properly the first time. His potential pay out for this Liberal fumble is $3.5 million, more money than many Canadians will make in their entire lifetime. Why is it that when everyday Canadians lose their job, they have to rely