Finance committee   that excluding the poorest Canadians--the Canadians who have the greatest need--from these tax credits is wrong, morally wrong, and that it will worsen the growing income inequality in Canada. So in an effort to address this constructively, my office has worked with the House of Commons

Finance committee  Could you just repeat that so we all understand? The clock has been turned back to the 1930s, the Great Depression, in terms of income inequality now in the country.

Finance committee   in the modest recovery. Claw-back rules punish those who try to help themselves, especially the most disadvantaged. Income inequality in Canada has increased over the past 20 years. A recent Conference Board of Canada report on poverty identified seniors, especially women, as the most

Finance committee   of children out of poverty. A budget that assessed the impact on children of this aspect of the tax system would identify the cost-effectiveness of lowering the child poverty rate and reducing income inequity. The evidence on cost-effectiveness is there for all to see in the higher cost we

Finance committee  . The Conference Board released a study this summer, indicating that Canada came fourth among the 215 countries that were assessed based on the increase in income inequality. We believe this is a major setback since, not too long ago, we were able to boast about being one of the most

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the points that the NDP member has made regarding poverty, income inequality, some of the government's failures on the economy, and youth unemployment. I have a different angle. There is no such thing as a general case. There are areas where

House debate   in B.C. still lives in poverty despite years of unprecedented economic prosperity. In B.C. up to 2008, we have allowed income inequality to increase. In my riding of Nanaimo—Cowichan, we have higher than average welfare rates in general, and although some progress has been made

Economic and Fiscal Statement  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Chambly—Borduas for his question. This gives me an opportunity to add something to the debate that not much has been said about. One of the problems that explains the current crisis is the rising income inequality in our societies

Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services Legislation   deserve the same salary as your co-workers”. Whatever happened to the principle of decent pay for decent work? The income inequality sought by Canada Post is a slap in the face. What about sick leave? Canada Post wants to eliminate sick leave for all employees and impose an unfair

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have recommended a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy and, of course, campaigned on increasing the GIS, as well. I wonder if the member could comment on the recent research showing that reducing income inequality in a society, in a country, actually

Human Resources committee  I don't think you need to choose one. I think the market basket measure measures one thing and the low-income cut-off measures another. It is important to measure income inequality. I think it is important because income inequality is an indicator of social exclusion. My answer

Finance committee  , there is a concern that a move of that sort could increase income inequality. So to a large extent, the answer to the question depends on the relative weight you put on reducing income inequality compared to increasing the rate of growth. I think that is a question for politicians to decide

HIV-AIDS among Aboriginal People   are recreating the same conditions that we had around the time of prohibition and, later, the Great Depression. This is not just limited to Canada. In the United States, we see similar levels of income inequality, as we well know. The United States now, according to many economic indicators

Economic Negotiations with the European Union   support for outsourcing that contributes to it. I think we have the Liberals out-conservating the Conservatives on that issue. It is certainly not, in my opinion, in the public interest. We now have income inequality that is as bad as it was in the 1920s. This is an economic

International Trade committee  , the Harvard Law Review showed that: Thus, globalization and tax competition lead to a fiscal crisis for countries [like Canada] that wish to continue to provide social insurance to their citizens at the same time that demographic factors and the increased income inequality, job