Jobs and Economic Growth Act   from a source that cannot afford to be taxed any more: the everyday hard-working Canadian. Again, here we are. As I have said in the past, everything this government does is based on no public input, no parliamentary oversight, and all decisions are made under a shroud of secrecy

Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2010   with Revenue Canada. If he paid back a portion of those taxes, it would be satisfied. I wonder if the government offers that same deal to the average hard-working Canadian taxpayers. If they are having a hard time this year or last year paying their taxes, Revenue Canada will cut them

Fairness at the Pumps Act   to operate against consumers. It is not as if there are cases where people are getting free gas, no siree. Consistently, hard-working Canadian consumers are being ripped off. Two years went by before the Conservatives decided to take very reluctant action. What have they done

Fairness at the Pumps Act   priorities lie. But it is adding insult to injury by punishing hard-working Canadians even further with the much hated HST, which will increase the price of gas by another 8%. Time and again the government shovels tax dollars by the truckload into the hands of profitable corporations

Fairness at the Pumps Act   that hard-working Canadians deserve that protection. The Ottawa Citizen did a study in 2008 that revealed that of more than 200,000 government inspections in less than a decade, 6% of the pumps were inaccurate. In fact, 2% of the time, the pumps erred in favour of the consumer and 94

Finance committee   manufacturers, transport companies, and international mailers that employ thousands of hard-working Canadians and contribute significantly to the Canadian economy. Contrary to what you heard yesterday from CUPW, this is not just about five or six companies or a few hundred employees. We've

House debate   the economy and creating jobs, keeping families safe but keeping criminals off the street, improving employment insurance, protecting consumers at the pumps, creating jobs through investments in infrastructure, and cutting taxes so hard-working Canadians can keep more of their money

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act   or who are trying to stop the bill by other frivolous means, are slaves to an outdated ideology that says we must put the vultures and the shadowy backroom financiers, like those who used to work at Lehman Brothers and those who still work at Goldman Sachs, ahead of hard-working

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act   in these uncertain economic times. Record job losses, the decline of entire industries, and the collapse of large employers are throwing hundreds of thousands of hard-working Canadians out of work. Far too many bankrupt employers are leaving underfunded pension plans in their wake. Through

Workplace Safety   workplace violence, and the second is an e-tool for individuals on how to reduce musculoskeletal injuries. Both of these tools are available, free of charge, to all Canadians on Labour Canada's web page. Hard-working Canadians are the backbone of our country. That is why we have

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act   something that should unite us in a common cause. Record job losses, the decline of entire industries, like forestry and manufacturing, the collapse of large employers, like Nortel Networks and AbitibiBowater, are throwing tens of thousands of hard-working Canadians out of work

Finance committee   this devastating deal. The largest voting group was divided and conquered by our own representation. Please explain the rationale for keeping these maleficent laws. They are being exploited to make some very rich, while plunging hard-working Canadians into financial ruin and destroying

Government Operations committee   and expertise and to learn from others. Being a new Canadian, I felt the need and responsibility to give back to this great land and people. I have a strong sense of pride in my community work. Madam Chair, I am a hard-working Canadian. My first job was as a delivery boy for the Journal de

Arts and Culture  Mr. Speaker, our government cut taxes. We are the government that cut taxes. We are not looking for ways to put new taxes on hard-working Canadians and consumers. We have made a commitment to copyright legislation. It will be fair and balanced and made in Canada.

Human Resources committee   and activities are really there to support hard-working Canadians as well as successful Canadian businesses. Federally regulated enterprises are the ones that we in the Ministry of Labour oversee. They are represented in some key economic sectors, so ensuring their health and prosperity