Business of Supply   the Canada child benefit and now a national child care plan, which all provinces and territories, except for Ontario, have already signed on to. There have been many other promises to try to reduce income inequality and create tax fairness in this country. In terms of the publicly

Finance committee   be tackling income inequality—that you get economic historians like Adam Tooze of Columbia University, who lauds Canada for doing a great job in a more equal distribution of our emergency funds. It should be noted that at every point our government tried to do its best in a very

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   of the roles of Her Majesty's loyal opposition is proposition. There are things the New Democrats have been fighting for to ensure equality, and one of those pieces is income inequality. We put forward ideas such as pharmacare, tax fairness, the elimination of tax loopholes and a guaranteed

Finance committee   benefit while exacerbating wealth and income inequality. During the 2021 election, every party made promises to ensure the wealthiest pay their fair share. We appreciate your commitment to addressing the issue and expect the all-party consensus on more CRA funding will result

Finance committee  That is a good and thoughtful question. I actually do think a lot, as I'm sure you and I hope all members of this committee do, about the income distribution effects of various policies that we put in place. In my previous life, before I became a politician, income inequality

National Strategy for a Guaranteed Basic Income Act  , tackles income inequality, enhances productivity and spurs economic growth and innovation. Bill C-273 proposes to create a new model that would serve as the foundation of our social welfare system. The bill, at its core, is about enabling implementation pilots between the provinces

Bill C-273 An Act to establish a national strategy for a guaranteed basic income

rights, including by reducing income inequality and other disparities that exist in communities across the country; Whereas the Government of Canada is committed to supporting the workforce of the 21st century by ensuring that program and service delivery structures are more

Industry committee   that high income inequalities are dwarfed by staggering growth inequalities. You've written recently about how the market price has increasingly become divorced from human value. Mariana Mazzucato has written about this as well. Both of you, to my knowledge, have said that we need

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1   with terms designed to keep them in endless cycles of debt. This is unacceptable. How have we let income inequality reach this point? All of these things could have been dealt with in this budget. Over and over again during this debate, I have heard the Conservatives call

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020   growing income inequality as a serious threat to a free and democratic society. Several initiatives were taken, including the raising of the upper tax bracket and the lowering of a middle bracket, a worthy initiative. However, clearly the most significant initiative was the creation

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1   half of Canadians, 53% of them, are within $200 of not being able to cover their monthly bills. This includes the 30% who report they are already insolvent with no money left at month's end to cover their payments. This is unacceptable. How have we let income inequality reach

Status of Women committee   inequitable pay, health system underfunding or an unfair service allocation. You also talked about the importance of investing more in midwife associations. Ms. Campbell, you talked about the fact that midwives were underpaid, and you also talked about income inequality and the lack

Business of Supply   a headline and perhaps to win social media likes. However, for the benefit of the record and for the benefit of those watching from home, let us stick to the facts instead. This government has a strong, demonstrable record on fighting income inequality and on fighting poverty. As I have

National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism Act  . This is the crux of the problem that we face. In Canada, this environmental injustice for indigenous and racialized peoples stems in part from our history of colonialism: the lack of diverse representation in decision-making roles, the marginalization of racialized voices, income inequality

Finance committee   that is not really observable: no one knows what full employment is. When it comes to the other objectives—climate change, income inequality—income inequality is certainly something we can take into account when we pick a framework, but monetary policy is a blunt instrument and can't pick