House debate   held true to our commitment. Now the CBC is obviously experiencing the same economic downturn that regular Canadians are facing. Everyday Canadians are saying that these are tough economic times. People are being forced to make tough choices. The CBC has seen its advertising

Environment committee   believe those guidelines exist for everyday Canadians as well. What are the differences?

Transport committee   of everyday Canadians, and your constituents, in an exceptional number of ways. We have the young couple who take the bus or train to work every day. There are families who depend on transit to access health care. Students, our country's future leaders, need to take the bus to and from

Environment committee  . Economic modelling results on page 2 talk about starting out with $50 per tonne, moving up to $300 per tonne by 2030. Do you have anything you can offer to this committee in terms of what that would do to the price of energy for everyday Canadian consumers? How much would a litre

Business of Supply   a heck of a job getting money out to Canadians. What is important is we have held the payroll taxes, taxes on small business, taxes on business in general, taxes that everyday Canadians who go to work have to pay. I would like to know, will the member keep in mind the weight

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act   from Burnaby—New Westminster has been quite active in his criticism of the many free trade agreements that the government has been pursuing, and rightly so. He has engaged a great many Canadians on this front. He can tell members that the response he has received from everyday

Finance committee  , and I quote, “Did the HRTC accelerate Canadians' decisions to undertake renovations? I definitely think it did, especially those who may have been sitting on the fence.” On a more anecdotal basis, it has become among the clearest signs to everyday Canadians that the economic action

The Budget   positions. We have faith in the auto worker who just lost a job competition at Tim's to his daughter. We have faith in the senior in Shelburne who should not have to go to bed hungry. We have faith that everyday Canadians, the ones who build this country through co-operation and hard

The Budget   associations. Most important, we heard and spoke to everyday Canadians, men and women who are the backbone of this great country and who trust Parliament to spend their hard-earned tax dollars wisely after, and only after, careful consideration. While we heard a lot of different stories

The Budget  Madam Speaker, our Conservative government believes that the private sector, not the public sector, should be the primary source of jobs and economic growth. Everyday Canadians depend on healthy businesses for their jobs, which is why we are proposing to make Canada a tariff

The Budget   MPs like myself have talked with constituents to discover where people want the country to go. The result is the budget we have before us today, a budget which is a response to the concerns of everyday Canadians about jobs and the economy, with prudent measures to ensure our long

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   that help middle-class, hard-working Canadians and the NDP voted against them. I notice that the NDP and the other coalition parties are now supporting a new tax on iPods that will hammer everyday Canadians who are simply trying to take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy music

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, we have been pretty clear on it. On the other side of the House, it is here a tax, there a tax, everywhere a tax tax. They look at this and say that here is an opportunity to put a tax on something, frankly, that everyday Canadians are using. Have they talked

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, our Conservative government believes that the private sector, not the public sector, should be the prime resource for jobs and economic growth. Everyday Canadians depend on healthy businesses for their jobs and increasing taxes on businesses. In the early stages

Pensions  Mr. Speaker, Canadians work hard to realize their retirement dreams. Today I announced our government will give everyday Canadians an unprecedented opportunity to be part of the debate on Canada's retirement income system. This will be cross-country and public from town halls