The Budget   with some of the leading economic and financial minds in Canada, not just the people on Bay Street or the car manufacturers in southern Ontario, but everyone from coast to coast to coast. I myself met with community leaders and constituents and everyday Canadians in my riding of Saint

The Budget   incorporated in this budget, but they demonstrated that our finance minister and our Prime Minister were listening when we were handing in reports from everyday Canadians and incorporating those suggestions right into the budget. I just want to refer to some of the suggestions that I heard

The Budget   that at the request of the Minister of Finance, I was personally engaged in this process. We invited the ideas of provincial and territorial governments, economists, academics, labour and non-governmental organizations. We sought out the input from everyday Canadians through online consultations

Address in Reply   can disagree on politics and still work together when it really counts, why can their representatives not? Why can we not? The most disheartening thing about this point is not that MPs of different persuasions are more divided than everyday Canadians. It is that if we

Address in Reply   be of benefit. I want to thank those members who made a sincere effort to publicly demonstrate, even if they do not particularly love our government, that they do love our country enough to set aside petty partisanship and do what they can to give everyday Canadian families the peace of mind

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, western Canadians have a long tradition of standing up and standing against anti-democratic figures, even when such figures are from western Canada themselves. Instead of worrying about his job, he should be taking action to create jobs for everyday Canadians

Economic and Fiscal Statement   over $200 billion in tax cuts. That is putting money back in the hands of everyday Canadians to ensure they spend it on their priorities and not on the priorities of political operatives. Tax cuts this year alone are over $31 billion. That represents 2% of GDP that is being given

Bill C-20 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee   hearing from everyday Canadians on the issue of changes to the Senate? We've all probably heard, to one degree or another, in our own ridings as members of Parliament that Canadians should have some input on who rules—that's how they put it sometimes—or governs them, especially when

Price of Petroleum Products  . That will get us up to $2.25 a litre. The Liberals go on. We know that is their approach. We understand that high gas prices are a concern for Canadians. That is why we are investing in energy efficiency. That is why we are lowering taxes for everyday Canadians by an amount they can

Public Accounts committee   and helped with writing and editing that material. They had sessions in Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver, North York, and Montreal to gather feedback from everyday Canadians on the budget. And they did all that for what is the standard hourly rate, if not significantly less. It raises a lot

Public Accounts committee   who worked roughly 800 hours to write and edit roughly 400 pages and to hold five consultations with everyday Canadians in different parts of the country. They did that for about $122,000, and you're saying that would be a fairly reasonable sum of money to do that volume of work.

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999   between farmers and other Canadians. It is unfortunate that he is trying to drive a wedge between farmers on the one hand and everyday Canadians on the other. I do not think most Canadians would put up with that. I am happy that they will see through this as just wedge politics

Budget Implementation Act, 2008   support the amendment that my colleague from Trinity—Spadina put forward. I oppose this budget once again because there is precious little in it for everyday Canadians struggling to make ends meet right across this country, including in my riding of Vancouver Island North. As others

Foreign Affairs committee   with the committee as to what you know about Canadian investments that presently exist? I'd really like to know a little more about the Canada Pension Plan and if you're aware of investments presently that Canada has through the Canada Pension Plan, because that affects everyday Canadians

Citizenship and Immigration committee   to happen this time around. However, you talked about undocumented workers and people who have been taking advantage and people who are made to do things that everyday Canadian citizens and/or landed immigrants wouldn't do. You shared some of those stories. We have in this country