Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   takes it off the backs of the provinces and from hard-working Canadians and then boldly stands in this place and says, “What a bunch of heroes we are”. If Canadians cannot see all through that, I am really feeling sorry for this country. I really hope Canadians are paying attention

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act   in this case. I am optimistic that if my colleagues from all parties are free to vote their conscience on the bill, they will do the right thing and put the interests of hard-working Canadians first, ahead of the banks and other secured creditors. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read

Supply   is responsible and should now be held to account. Summing up her report, Sheila Fraser said that we needed to ask two important questions. Who authorized the payments and who benefited? We know who did not benefit: hard-working Canadians who every year, in trust, send their hard-earned

Supply  , stole, from the residents of my riding. Some 12,000 hard-working Canadians have been stiffed by this corrupt government. I bet they cannot wait to let the Liberals know what they think of them in the next election. My constituents are demanding overall accountability and an end

Income Tax Act   is a sector that contributes significantly to our economy. In 2002 alone, forestry exports contributed more than $32 billion to our economy and our trade surplus. Today more than 350,000 hard-working Canadians are directly employed in this sector. The core of the bill would give a special

Agriculture   of agriculture in Tuesday's throne speech, is what areas of Canada this crisis actually affects. The government obviously needs a quick and valuable lesson in geography. Contrary to Liberal beliefs, there is life in rural Canada. There are hard-working Canadians who do live north of highway

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   and transparency in the decision making process. Hard-working Canadians deserve to know where and how their money is being spent. I want to congratulate the Prime Minister, all premiers, all ministers of health, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, the Minister

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   is not wasting hundreds of millions of dollars in sponsorship scandals. Accountability is not wasting $500 million in penalties for cancelling helicopter deals. Accountability is understanding that this is real money we are talking about, money from hard-working Canadians. Imagine

Committees of the House   from which these hard working Canadians came from. The most visually impacting thing that I saw was the people themselves and a management team which showed deep concern for its people. I saw an owner who was gravely worried, not only for his own future but for the workers that he

Justice   to Canadians why he believes judges deserve pay raises so far beyond that of other hard-working Canadians?

Auditor General Act   underestimates the budget balance. That is a total of $86 billion. Also, other speakers have referred to the sponsorship scandal, which is in the order of $250 million. On the one hand, we have seen the mismanagement of funds from hard-working Canadian taxpayers across the country, funds

Main Estimates, 2004-05   to pay is coming from the pockets of hard-working Canadian taxpayers. To that end a very strong message is being sent, a strong message that addresses concerns that the Prime Minister used to hold over the democratic deficit, concerns that Canadians should have over the way in which

Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2  . It is a finance item. It is a phantom tax that the government is proposing to collect of hundreds of thousands of dollars from hard- working Canadians who have never earned a dime of that money. The irony is that I brought this matter to the attention of the current Prime Minister when he

Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2   repayment plan, and then collect that much in taxes. If they put the money back in the pockets of low and middle income Canadians, if they gave hard-working Canadians a little more disposable income, gave them some freedom and choices as to how to spend that money, the economy would

Finance  , just over three months ago, Canadians would get some of that $11 billion back in the form of tax relief, or as I prefer to call it, a pay increase. Specifically the throne speech amendments, which government MPs voted to support, called for tax cuts for hard-working Canadians