Speech From The Throne   that businesses can unleash this talent by providing them with access to capital. Without this access Canadian small and medium sized businesses will not be able to compete globally, and therefore will not be able to create jobs for skilled, hard-working Canadians.

Alcohol Consumption   this type of abuse occur? How long must hard working Canadians endure the fiscal reverberations of social irresponsibility and whimsical behaviour? On behalf of outraged Canadians, this abuse must not be tolerated at any level. Honest and hard working individuals should

Supply   in this Chamber. A petition is a very inexpensive way for hard working Canadians who love their country and are concerned about a number of issues, some with which we agree and others with which we are opposed, to bring their issues before us. To just summarily dismiss them is not showing

The Budget   age security for families making more than $54,000, their response was generally that they wished they could have earned $54,000 a year as a family. Why should hard working Canadians, many of whom are just scraping by, pay their taxes for retired people to be in Florida, Hawaii

Excise Tax Act   to reduce its current tax hauls from hard working Canadians and give them back their disposable income which will then be spent more efficiently and effectively. They know how to spend their money on their needs better than the government knows how to spend it on their behalf on what

Health Care  Mr. Speaker, hard working Canadians who live by the rules, who pay their taxes, gave us a very strong message during the last election. They believe in the health care system as it is governed by the Canada Health Act. That is our mandate and we will maintain it. There is a role

Executive Salaries   this year. When taxes for 1994 are calculated and the benefit taken into account, that will be it. In 1995 these hard working Canadians will lose their benefits. As a result it also means that each and every one of these tax paying families will see a dramatic increase in their tax bill

Supply   are regular, hard working Canadians who regularly pay their taxes and receive no special grants or privileges. However we heard from special interest groups to ensure that the committee heard testimony. And to what avail? The minister of human resources announced that the government

Supply   responsibilities and has set Canadians against Canadians. Hard working Canadians are becoming increasingly incensed to have the fruits of their labour confiscated to fund an ever growing number of non-essential programs. Needy Canadians are told that they are entitled to more help from

Charitable And Non-Profit Organization Director Remuneration Disclosure Act   in one form or another, a portion of which are the taxes paid by hard working Canadians. With these funds they run their programs, pay salaries and execute daily business. As anyone can see, a clear definition as to where charities and non-profit organizations belong is no easy

Members Of Parliament Pensions   and will grow in value at a rate twice the legal maximum in the private sector. If the Deputy Prime Minister retires in three years, she will stand to collect a cool $2.7 million until age 75. She fought to maintain her cushy pension plan, which comes courtesy of hard working Canadians

Budget Implementation Act, 1995   a raid on the income of hard working Canadians so the Liberals can continue to fund their pet projects with $1 billion of additional tax revenues to help them along. The budget is a failure. It fails to get Canada off the debt treadmill. It fails to demonstrate that we can avoid

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act   in the private sector with the exception of maybe one of the richest companies in the private sector. This indexation costs a lot of money. Members do not contribute enough for that privilege. There is one standard for the elected politician. Yet the ordinary hard working Canadian taxpayer

Tax Reform   to the Income Tax Act. Canada's tax system is out of control. It takes too much money from hard working Canadians who earn it and gives it to high spending politicians on that side of the House who blow it on pensions, on junkets, on programs like TAGS. Reformers believe in a flat tax

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act   pension plans it is holding MPs up as more deserving than other hard working Canadians. I do not believe that is the case and that is why I will be opting out. I did not get into politics for the retirement plan. I came here to help change things for the better. Maybe