The Budget  , by reducing transfer payments for health and education or by raising taxes paid by hard-working Canadians. Our bold plan will allow us to reduce the deficit by half in two years and by two-thirds in three years. Shortly after that, our budget will be completely balanced. With respect

THE BUDGET   consultations on how to improve Canada's retirement income system. Finally, we will not balance the budget by raising the tax burden on hard-working Canadians and introducing job-killing increases in business taxes. As a former business lawyer with over 20 years of experience in advising

The Budget   the course and in the process it abandoned hard-working Canadians and seniors. There is no doubt that the innocent victims of the global recession of 2008-09 were seniors and the middle class. A cycle ripped through Canada's job market, leaving over 1.5 million officially unemployed

The Budget   and individuals to take advantage of hard-working Canadians who pay their fair share. We are also repeating our promise. We will not balance the budget at the expense of pensioners. We will not balance the budget by cutting transfer payments for health care and education or by raising taxes

Speech From The Throne   and services. Our Government will keep tax rates competitive and low, while taking aggressive steps to close unfair tax loopholes that allow a few businesses and individuals to take advantage of hard-working Canadians who pay their fair share. Our Government will open Canada’s doors

Pay Equity Task Force Recommendations Act  . Many minimum wage earning women are living well below the poverty line. Clearly the federal government has a role to play in setting fair pay to ensure the welfare of all hard-working Canadians and their families. The NDP has tabled a bill to reinstate the federal minimum wage

Finance committee   as parliamentarians, which is what we're paid to do. If some people in the Liberal Party are having a party out there, that's their business. We have work to do. This is a major tax grab of billions of dollars on the backs of hard-working Canadians. If the Liberals are taking their usual “let

Finance committee   Party to transfer the tax burden from corporations onto the backs of hard-working Canadians. Now, how have they done that? How has it happened that this is the continuation of that? As we heard from the first nations who were here tonight, and as we heard even from the Canadian

Provincial Choice Tax Framework Act   on to the backs of ordinary hard-working Canadians. That is what the Liberals are supporting. That is what this bill is about. To understand the scam, it has often been said that for a swindle to work, it requires two dishonest people, the person who is putting the scam together

Disposition of an Act to amend the Excise Tax Act   single tax cut our Conservative government has ever introduced. That is the NDP record. Unlike the NDP, our Conservative government believes that leaving more money in the pockets of hard-working Canadians is the right thing to do and we have the record to prove it, unlike the NDP

Tax Harmonization  Mr. Speaker, pensions are at risk and RRSPs are losing significant value. At a time when Canadian seniors are faced with poverty, the government is raising their taxes. The Liberals have decided to abandon hard-working Canadians, but I rise today to speak on behalf of those

Support Measures for Adoptive Parents   is an important component. I support this measure. Hard-working Canadians do not have to choose between family and work responsibilities any longer. Maternity benefits are available in the weeks surrounding childbirth and can start up to eight weeks prior to the expected date of birth

House debate   is there. They see that we are in favour of getting things done for everyday ordinary Canadians, the hard-working Canadians who pay their taxes and who expect their government to take their interest into account and not the government's own interest.

Committees of the House   forward on its commitments. Hard-working Canadians expect us to defend their interests. Finally, let me take this opportunity to move the following motion. I move: That the debate be now adjourned.

Economic Recovery Act (Stimulus)   they not realize it is not their dollars? It comes from taxpayers, hard-working Canadians, and it is an abuse to pretend it comes from their personal largesse or that of the Conservative Party of Canada. It is nothing less than an abuse. The members opposite, who once upon a time advertised