The Canada Council   the pockets of hard working Canadians and distributed through the Canada Council. That is right. You do not even have to live in Canada to receive a grant from the Canada Council. No, sir, if you do not like the winners here, no problem. You too can receive $18,000 to live in sunny Los

Immigration   and improving the standard of living of every Canadian relies, in part, on keeping a vibrant and dynamic immigration system. The Canadian experience shows that immigrants as well as refugees become some of the best, brightest, most self-motivated and hard working Canadians

Excise Tax Act   of money comes from the pockets of hard-working Canadians, who are among the most highly taxed people in the world. It is said that the average middle class Canadian worker in this country in all forms of taxes pays about 63 per cent of their gross income in taxation. In a country

Members Of Parliament Retiringallowances Act   for instance these separatists who come into this House wanting and agreeing with a pension plan. I think it is absurd enough that they are getting a salary, much less asking for a pension plan at a cost to hard working Canadian citizens. I also wonder why it is that the Liberals keep

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

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   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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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